Forgery Act 1837
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| Long title | An Act to abolish the Punishment of Death in Cases of Forgery. |
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| Citation | 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 84 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 17 July 1837 |
| Commencement | 1 October 1837[2] |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1874 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Forgery Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. ) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Acts for the Mitigation of the Criminal Law (chapters 84 to 91) passed during the session 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.[3]
Preamble
[edit]The preamble referred to the following Acts:
- Forgery Act 1830 (1 Will. 4. c. 66)
- 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 59
- Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 123)
- 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 125
- 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 45
- 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 51
Section 1
[edit]This section abolished the death penalty for the offences mentioned in the preamble. It provided instead that a person convicted of any of those offences was liable to be transported for life, or for a term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding four years and not less than two years.
Section 2
[edit]Section 2 repealed several earlier acts about forgery, and stated that the offences mentioned in the repealed laws were to be punished with transportation or imprisonment.
Section 3
[edit]This section provided that persons convicted of offences made punishable by imprisonment could be kept to hard labour and solitary confinement.
Section 4
[edit]This section provided that the Act did not affect the powers conferred by 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 38 or 4 Geo. 4. c. 64.
Section 5
[edit]Section 5 provided that the act was to come into force on 1 October 1837.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- John Frederick Archbold. "1 Victoria, c. 84". The Recent Criminal Statutes, (1 Victoria, cc. 84 to 91,) with Forms of Indictments, Notes and Index. Shaw & Sons. Fetter Lane, London. 1837. Pages 1 to 16.
- Richard Matthews. "Forgery". The Criminal Law as altered by various Statutes of Will. IV. and 1 Victoria. Alphabetically Arranged. Comprising the New Statutes, New Forms of Indictment, the Evidence necessary to support them, the Punishment in each Case, and an Index. Saunders and Benning. Fleet Street, London. 1837. Pages 86 to 97. See also "Forgery - Abolishing Death in" at pages 209 to 215, and "Punishment" at page 168.
- "The Forgery Act, 1837". Halsbury's Statutes of England. First Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Bell Yard, Temple Bar, London. 1929. Volume 4: [1] [2]. Page 460.
- The Statutes: Revised Edition. 1875. Volume 8. Pages 163 to 167.
- William Newland Welsby and Edward Beavan. Chitty's Collection of Statutes. Second Edition. S Sweet. London. Hodges and Smith. Dublin. 1851. Volume 2. Title "Criminal Law". Subtitle "Forgery and False Personation". Pages 241 to 243.
- John Tidd Pratt. A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the last Session (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vic.) as far as relates to the Office of a Justice of the Peace and to parochial matters, in England and Wales, with Notes, References, and an Index. Shaw & Sons. Fetter Lane, London. 1837. Pages 119 to 125.
- "Abstract of Public General Statutes" (1837) 18 The Law Magazine 487
- A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth and the First Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1837. Queen's Printer. Pages 489 to 494. Google Books: [3] [4].
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ The Forgery Act 1837, section 5
- ^ "The Acts of the Last Session" (1837) 14 The Legal Observer 425 (7 October 1837)