Forgery Act 1913

The Forgery Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 27) 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.

This Act was repealed for England and Wales and Northern Ireland by section 30 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981.

It was repealed in the Republic of Ireland by section 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001.

Sample indictments
The following specimen counts were formerly contained in paragraph 18 of the Second Schedule to the Indictments Act 1915 before it was repealed.

"STATEMENT OF OFFENCE.

First Count.

Forgery, contrary to section 2(1)(a) of the Forgery Act, 1913.

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE.

A.B., on the day of, in the county of, with intent to defraud, forged a certain will purporting to be the will of C.D.

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE.

Second Count.

Uttering forged document, contrary to section 6(1)(2) of the Forgery Act, 1913.

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE.

A.B., on the day of, in the county of , uttered a certain forged will purporting to be the will of C.D, knowing the same to be forged and with intent to defraud."