Forgery of Foreign Bills Act 1803

Forgery of Foreign Bills Act 1803
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for preventing the forging and counterfeiting of Foreign Bills of Exchange, and of Foreign Promissory Notes and Orders for the Payment of Money; and for preventing the counterfeiting of Foreign Copper Money.
Citation	43 Geo. 3. c. 139
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; Republic of Ireland;
Dates
Royal assent	11 August 1803
Commencement	11 August 1803
Repealed	England and Wales: 21 July 1830; Scotland: 31 January 2013; Northern Ireland: 1 November 1861; Republic of Ireland: 8 May 2007;
Other legislation
Amended by	Forgery Act 1830; Statute Law Revision Act 1888; Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861; Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861;
Repealed by	England and Wales: Forgery Act 1830; Scotland: Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013; Ireland: Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861; Republic of Ireland: Statute Law Revision Act 2007;
Relates to	Penal Servitude Act 1857; Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975; Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981; Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995;
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Forgery of Foreign Bills Act 1803 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Forgery of Foreign Bills Act 1803 (43 Geo. 3. c. 139) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Prior to its repeal in 2013, it created offences of forgery of foreign instruments in Scotland.