The Forgery Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 58) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The enactments consolidated by this act and the National Debt Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71) were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1870 (c. 69).
Provisions
Section 1 - Short title Section 1 of the act authorised the citation of this act by its short title.
Section 2 - Construction and extent of act Section 2 of the act provided that this act had effect as one act with the Forgery Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 98), except that this act extended to the United Kingdom.
Section 3 - Forgery of stock certificates etc Section 3 of the act provided that:
Section 4 - Personation of owners of stock Section 4 of the act provided that:
Section 5 - Engraving plates etc for stock certificates etc Section 5 of the act provided that:
Section 6 - Forgery of certificates of transfers of stocks from England to Ireland etc Section 6 of the act provided that:
Section 7 - Extension of provisions of Forgery Act to Scotland Section 7 of the act extended sections 2 and 4, and all provisions relative thereto, of the Forgery Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 98) and all enactments amending those sections or provisions, or any of them, to Scotland.
Section 8 - Alteration as to Scotland Section 8 of the act provided that:
Schedule The schedule to the act read:
The act referred to was the Forgery Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 98) (which did not have a short title when this act was passed).
Subsequent developments Sections 3, 5 and 6 of the act were repealed by section 20 of, and part I of the schedule to, the Forgery Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 27), which came into force on 1 January 1914.
The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed for the United Kingdom by section 33(3) of, and part I of schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), which came into force on 1 January 1969..
The whole act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 1 of, and part 4 of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Act 2005, which came into force on 18 December 2005 subject to the savings in section 2 of the act.
See also Forgery Act
Notes
References Halsbury's Statutes, The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. The Law Reports: The Public General Statutes, 1870. Pages 308 to 310.
External links
List of repeals and amendments in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book