Forgery Act 1830

Forgery Act 1830
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for reducing into One Act all such Forgeries as shall henceforth be punished with Death, and for otherwise amending the Laws relative to Forgery.
Citation	11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 66
Introduced by	Sir Robert Peel MP (Commons)
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	23 July 1830
Commencement	21 July 1830
Repealed	1 January 1979
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832; Forgery Act 1837; Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861; Statute Law Revision Act 1890; Marriage Act 1949;
Repealed by	Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978
Relates to	Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827; Criminal Law Act 1827; Larceny Act 1827; Malicious Injuries to Property Act 1827; Remedies against the Hundred Act 1827; Offences Against the Person Act 1828; Criminal Statutes (Ireland) Repeal Act 1828; Criminal Law (India) Act 1828; Offences Against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829; Coinage Offences Act 1832; Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832; Forgery Act 1837; Accessories and Abettors Act 1861; Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861; Larceny Act 1861; Malicious Damage Act 1861; Forgery Act 1861; Coinage Offences Act 1861; Offences Against the Person Act 1861;
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Forgery Act 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 66) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated for England and Wales all legislation imposing the death penalty for forgery (except for counterfeiting coins) into one act.