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C1The text of ss. 12, 21(3), 23, 26, 29, 30 and Sch. is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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32 Geo. 3. c. 56. | Servants’ Characters Act 1792. | In section 1, the word “either”, the words “or in writing” and the words “forged or counterfeited”. |
In section 4, the words “forged or counterfeit” and the words from “or shall” to “the same”. | ||
6 & 7 Vict. c. 86. | London Hackney Carriage Act 1843. | In section 14, the words from “or who” to “forged recommendations”. |
Section 20. | ||
24 & 25 Vict. c. 98. | Forgery Act 1861. | The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, except sections 34, 36, 37 and 55. |
34 & 35 Vict. c. 96. | Pedlars Act 1871. | In section 12, paragraphs (2), (4) and (5). |
45 & 46 Vict. c. 50. | Municipal Corporations Act 1882. | Section 235. |
48 & 49 Vict. c. 49. | Submarine Telegraph Act 1885. | Section 8(4). |
57 & 58 Vict. c. 60. | Merchant Shipping Act 1894. | Section 66. |
In section 104, paragraph (a) and, in paragraph (c), the words “forged, altered”. | ||
In section 282, paragraph (b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it. | ||
In section 564, paragraphs (a) and (b). | ||
Section 695(4). | ||
Section 722(1). | ||
6 Edw. 7. c. 5. | Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters Act 1906. | In section 1(1), the words from “forges” to “discharge, or”. |
In section 2, the words from “any forged” to “employment, or”. | ||
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 27. | Forgery Act 1913. | The whole Act. |
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 75. | Official Secrets Act 1920. | In section 1(1)(c), the words “forges, alters, or”, the words “or uses” and the word “such”. |
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 86. | Criminal Justice Act 1925. | In section 11(3), the words from “against” to the second “or”. |
Section 35. | ||
In section 36, in subsection (1), the words “The forgery of any passport or”, and subsection (2). | ||
Section 38. | ||
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 43. | Improvement of Live Stock (Licensing of Bulls) Act 1931. | In section 8, in subsection (1)(i), the words “forges or”, and subsection (2). |
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 49. | Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934. | In section 9, in subsection (1)(a), the words “forges or” and the words from “or forges” to “Act”, and subsection (2). |
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 73. | Hill Farming Act 1946. | In section 19(2)(a), the words from the beginning to “or” in the first place where it occurs. |
14 Geo. 6. c. 36. | Diseases of Animals Act 1950. | Section 78(2)(iv). |
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 20. | Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953. | In section 37, the words “forges or” and the words “or forged”. |
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 36. | Post Office Act 1953. | In section 23(1), the words “of the Forgery Act, 1913 and”, the word “other” and the words “forgery or”, and subsection (2). |
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 61. | Pharmacy Act 1954. | In section 20(2), the words “forges, or” in paragraph (a) and all the words from “In the application” onwards. |
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 43. | Horse Breeding Act 1958. | Section 11. |
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 51. | Public Records Act 1958. | In Schedule 3, the entry relating to the Forgery Act 1913. |
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72. | Mental Health Act 1959. | Section 125(4). |
In Part I of Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Forgery Act 1913. | ||
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 8. | Civil Aviation (Euro-control) Act 1962. | Section 6(5). |
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 15. | Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962. | In Schedule 3, paragraph 7. |
1964 c. 26. | Licensing Act 1964. | Section 36(3). |
Section 159. | ||
1967 c. 58. | Criminal Law Act 1967. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 11. |
1967 c. 76. | Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967. | In section 86(1), the words “forges or alters, or” in paragraph (a), and all the words from “In the application” onwards. |
1967 c. xx. | Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1967. | Section 5(4). |
1971 c. 40. | Fire Precautions Act 1971. | In section 22, in subsection (1)(a), the words “forges a fire certificate or” and subsection (3). |
1974 c. 37. | Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. | In section 33, in subsection (1), the words “forge or” in paragraph (m), and subsection (6). |
1974 c. 47. | Solicitors Act 1974. | In Schedule 3, paragraph 1. |
1976 c. 58. | International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act 1976. | In section 9, in subsection (1)(a), the words “forges, or alters, or” and subsection (2). |
1977 c. 45. | Criminal Law Act 1977. | In Schedule 2, paragraphs 13 and 21. |
In Schedule 3, paragraphs 15, 21 and 31. |
Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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41 Geo. 3. c. 57. | Bank Notes Forgery Act 1801. | The whole Act. |
45 Geo. 3. c. 89. | Bank Notes (Forgery) Act 1805. | The whole Act. |
1 Geo. 4. c. 92. | Bank Notes Forgery (Scotland) Act 1820. | The whole Act. |
39 & 40 Vict. c. 36. | Customs Consolidation Act 1876. | In section 42, in the Table, the words from “Coin, viz., false money” to “or fineness.”. |
52 & 53 Vict. c. 42. | Revenue Act 1889. | Section 2. |
55 & 56 Vict. c. 55. | Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892. | Section 380(15). |
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 25. | Counterfeit Currency (Convention) Act 1935. | In section 1(1), the words “the Forgery Act, 1913, and”. |
Section 2. | ||
Section 6(2). | ||
26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 16. | Coinage Offences Act 1936. | The whole Act. |
1971 c. 24. | Coinage Act 1971. | In section 12(1), the words “the Coinage Offences Act 1936 and in” and the words from “and accordingly” onwards. |
In Schedule 2, the words “The Coinage Offences Act 1936”. |
Chapter or Number | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 12 (N.I.). | Live Stock Breeding Act (Northern Ireland) 1922. | In section 8, the words “forges or” and “alters or”. |
1945 c. 15 (N.I.). | Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945. | Section 27(1) and (2). |
1950 c. 3 (N.I.). | Exchequer and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1950. | In Schedule 3, the entry relating to the Forgery Act 1913. |
1953 c. 14 (N.I.). | Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953. | Section 19. |
1957 c. 27 (N.I.). | Marketing of Eggs Act (Northern Ireland) 1957. | In section 20(2)(b), the words “forges or” and “alters or”. |
1958 c. 9 (N.I.). | Summary Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1958. | In section 27, in subsection (1), the words “forges a passport or” and subsection (2). |
1958 c. 13 (N.I.). | Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1958. | Section 45(2)(d). |
1961 c. 15 (N.I.). | Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961. | Section 98(4). |
1964 c. 21 (N.I.). | Magistrates’Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964. | In Schedule 3, entries 10 and 12. |
1967 c. 29 (N.I.). | Increase of Fines Act (Northern Ireland) 1967. | In section 1(8)(c), the words “forgery of a passport and”. |
In Part I of the Schedule, the entry relating to section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 and, in the entry relating to section 20(2) of the Marketing of Eggs Act (Northern Ireland) 1957, the words “or forgery, etc. of licence or other document”. | ||
1967 c. 37 (N.I.). | Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967. | In section 34(a), the words “forges within the meaning of the Forgery Act 1913, or”. |
S.I. 1976/1041 (N.I. 14). | Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976. | In Article 45, in paragraph (1), in sub-paragraph (a), the words “forges or” and, in sub-paragraph (b), the words “or forged” and Article 45(2). |
S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22). | Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976. | In Article 14, in paragraph (5), the words “forges, or” and paragraph (6). |
S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I.9). | Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978. | In paragraph 31, in paragraph (1)(a), the words “forges or” and paragraph (7). |
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