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The Forgery of Foreign Bills Act 1803 (43 Geo 3 c 139) was an Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
. Prior to its repeal in 2013, it created offences of
forgery Forgery is a white-collar crime that generally refers to the false making or material alteration of a legal instrument with the specific intent to defraud anyone (other than themself). Tampering with a certain legal instrument may be forbidd ...
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This section was repealed for
England and Wales England and Wales () is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It covers the constituent countries England and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. The substantive law of the jurisdiction is Eng ...
by section 31 of the
Forgery Act 1830 The Forgery Act 1830 (11 Geo 4 & 1 Will 4 c 66) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It consolidated into one Act all legislation imposing the death penalty for forgery (except for counterfeiting coins). (It did not apply to Scotl ...
, and for
Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
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The words omitted were repealed for Scotland by section 2 of the
Criminal Justice Act 1948 The Criminal Justice Act 1948 () is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Overview It is "one of the most important measures relating to the reform of the criminal law and its administration". It abolished: * penal servitude, har ...
. This section was repealed for England and Wales by section 31 of the
Forgery Act 1830 The Forgery Act 1830 (11 Geo 4 & 1 Will 4 c 66) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It consolidated into one Act all legislation imposing the death penalty for forgery (except for counterfeiting coins). (It did not apply to Scotl ...
, 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
Penal Servitude Act 1857 Penal is a town in south Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. It lies south of San Fernando, Princes Town, and Debe, and north of Moruga, Morne Diablo and Siparia. It was originally a rice- and cocoa-producing area but is now a rapidly expanding and de ...
, section 2; the
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally begins with a formal criminal charge with the person on trial either being free on bail or ...
, 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
Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...
by sections 2 and 3 of, and Part 4 o
Schedule 2
to, the
Statute Law Revision Act 2007 The Statute Law Revision Act 2007 is an Act of the Oireachtas of the Republic of Ireland which repealed a large amount of pre-1922 legislation of Ireland, England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom while preserving a shorter list of statutes. ...
. 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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.


See also

*
Forgery Act Forgery Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom which relates to forgery and similar offences. The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Forgery Bill during its passage ...
*
Scottish criminal law Scots criminal law relies far more heavily on common law than in England and Wales. Scottish criminal law includes offences against the person of murder, culpable homicide, rape and assault, offences against property such as theft and malicious mi ...


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