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Long title | An Act to make fresh provision for England and Wales and Northern Ireland with respect to forgery and kindred offences; to make fresh provision for Great Britain and Northern Ireland with respect to the counterfeiting of notes and coins and kindred offences; to amend the penalties for offences under section 63 of the Post Office Act 1953; and for connected purposes. |
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Statute book chapter | 1981 c 45 |
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Royal Assent | 27 July 1981 |
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The Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c 45) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Forgery Act 1913, the Coinage Offences Act 1936 and parts of the Forgery Act 1861. It implements[2] recommendations made by the Law Commission in their report on forgery and counterfeit currency.[3]
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Section 1 creates the offence of forgery.
Section 2 creates the offence of copying a false instrument.
Section 3 creates the offence of using a false instrument.
Section 4 creates the offence of using a copy of a false instrument.
Section 13 abolished the common law offence of forgery.
Section 27 defines the expressions "currency note" and "protected coin".
Protected coin
Section 27(1) provides that, in Part II of the Act, the expression "protected coin" means any coin which is customarily used as money in any country, or which is specified for the purposes of Part II in an order made by the Treasury.
The following coins have been specified for the purposes of Part II:
Orders made under this section
The power conferred on the Treasury by section 27(1) has been exercised by the following orders:
Section 29 amended section 63 of the Post Office Act 1953. It was repealed on 26 March 2001[9] by section 127(6) of, and Schedule 9 to, the Postal Services Act 2000.
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