Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45)

Part I E+W+N.I. Forgery and Kindred Offences

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss.1-13) modified (11.11.1999) by 1999 c. 33, ss. 31(3)(a), 170(3)(e)

Offences E+W+N.I.

2 The offence of copying a false instrument. E+W+N.I.

It is an offence for a person to make a copy of an instrument which is, and which he knows or believes to be, a false instrument, with the intention that he or another shall use it to induce somebody to accept it as a copy of a genuine instrument, and by reason of so accepting it to do or not to do some act to his own or any other person’s prejudice.