Forgery Act 1861
1861 c.98
An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to indictable Offences by Forgery.
[6th August 1861]
Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
References to penal servitude to be construed as references to imprisonment and references to penal servitude for life to be construed as references to imprisonment for life or any shorter term: Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(1)
This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
Act repealed (E.W.N.I.) so far as unrepealed, except sections 34, 36, 37 and 55 by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45), Sch. Pt. 1