Forgery Act 1913


The Forgery Act 1913 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided a definition of forgery and created several offences of forgery and uttering, while repealing numerous other offences of forgery, thereby consolidating the law of forgery. It did not extend to Scotland.

Sample indictments

The following specimen counts were formerly contained in paragraph 18 of the to the Indictments [Act 1915] before it was repealed.

Repeal

The entire act was repealed for England and Wales and Northern Ireland by section 30 of, and part I of the schedule to, the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981.
It was repealed in the Republic of Ireland by of, and to, the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001.