The Forgery of Foreign Bills Act 1803 (43 Geo 3 c 139) was an Act of the

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. Prior to its repeal in 2013, it created offences of

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of foreign instruments in

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Preamble

The preamble read:

Section 1

In Scotland, this section read:

Repeals

This section was repealed for

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by section 31 of the

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, and for

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by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the 24 & 25 Vict c 95.

Sentence

A person guilty of an offence under this section was liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

Section 2

In Scotland, this section provided:

Repeals

The words omitted were repealed for Scotland by section 2 of the

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. This section was repealed for England and Wales by section 31 of the

, and for Ireland by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the 24 & 25 Vict c 95.

Sentence

A person guilty of a second offence under this section was liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.The Forgery of Foreign Bills Act 1803, section 1; the

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, section 2; the

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, section 221(2)

Sections 3 to 8

These sections are repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the 24 & 25 Vict c 95.

Repeal

This Act was repealed for the

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by sections 2 and 3 of, and Part 4 o
Schedule 2
to, the

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. Th
Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill 2012
contained in the nineteenth report on statute law revision of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, proposed repealing the Act for Scotland. The whole Act was repealed in Scotland by section 1 of, and Group 4 o
Part 2
of Schedule 1 to, the

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References

*Danby Pickering
The Statutes at Large, 1803

External links

The Forgery of Foreign Bills Act 1803
as amended from the National Archives. *List of repeals and amendments in the Republic of Ireland from th
Irish Statute Book
{{UK legislation United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1803 Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Scotland Forgery 1803 in Scotland

Preamble

Section 1

Repeals

Sentence

Section 2

Repeals

Sentence

Sections 3 to 8

Repeal

See also

References

External links