Forgery Act 1837
Encyclopedia
The Forgery Act 1837 is an Act
of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom
.
This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland
by section 2 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007
. It is still in force in that country.
The preamble referred to the following Acts:
Section 1 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 3 provided that persons convicted of offences made punishable by imprisonment could be kept to hard labour and solitary confinement.
Section 4 provided that the Act did not affect the powers conferred by the 5 & 6 Will 4 c 38 or the 4 Geo 4 c 64.
Act of Parliament
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of the Parliament
Parliament
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of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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.
This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
by section 2 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007
Statute Law Revision Act 2007
The Statute Law Revision Act 2007 was an Act of the Oireachtas of the Republic of Ireland which repealed a large amount of pre-1922 legislation of Ireland, England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom while preserving a shorter list of statutes.-Scope:...
. It is still in force in that country.
The preamble referred to the following Acts:
- 1 Will 4 c 66
- 2 & 3 Will 4 c 59
- 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 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
Penal transportation
Transportation or penal transportation is the deporting of convicted criminals to a penal colony. Examples include transportation by France to Devil's Island and by the UK to its colonies in the Americas, from the 1610s through the American Revolution in the 1770s, and then to Australia between...
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 3 provided that persons convicted of offences made punishable by imprisonment could be kept to hard labour and solitary confinement.
Section 4 provided that the Act did not affect the powers conferred by the 5 & 6 Will 4 c 38 or the 4 Geo 4 c 64.
External links
- The Forgery Act 1837, as originally enacted, from Google Books.