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    Meegeren. In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, forgery is an offence under section 1 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, which provides: A...
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    The Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes it illegal to make fake versions of many...
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    repealed by the Forgery Act 1913, and today forgery is mostly covered by the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 and the Identity Documents Act 2010. However...
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    most prevalent method of counterfeiting involved mixing base metals with pure gold or silver. Another form of counterfeiting is the production of documents...
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  • c. 27) The Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45) The Forgery of Foreign Bills Act 1803 (43 Geo. 3. c. 139) The Bank Notes Forgery Act 1801 (41 Geo...
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    date of 1780 is a "protected coin" for of Part II of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. The MTT is first recorded as circulating in Ethiopia from...
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  • charge sheet read "uttering a forgery", under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. They appealed successfully and were twice acquitted by higher...
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    into one Act all legislation imposing the death penalty for forgery (except for counterfeiting coins). (It did not apply to Scotland or Ireland.) Two years...
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    Banksy (redirect from Wall and Piece)
    of the banknotes classifies as a criminal offence (s.18 Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981). In 2016, the American Numismatic Society received an email...
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  • first two people to be charged under section 1 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 with forgery which deceived a non-human target. When the case came...
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    Act was repealed for England and Wales and Northern Ireland by section 30 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981....
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  • of Death Act 1832 Forgery Act 1837 Forgery Act 1861 Forgery Act 1870 Forgery Act 1913 Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement...
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  • Criminal Justice Act 1988 Offences under the Knives Act 1997 See forgery: Offences under Part I of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 Falsification...
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    accounts and passed information thus obtained to the police. The pair were charged under section 1 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 with defrauding...
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    by section 30 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. From 1967 to 1971, offences under this act, other than offences...
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  • Forgery is used by some governments and non-state actors as a tool of covert operation, disinformation and black propaganda. Letters, currency, speeches...
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  • and Stephen Gold are convicted of accessing the Telecom Gold account belonging to the Duke of Edinburgh under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981...
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    repealed for England and Wales and Northern Ireland by section 30 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. "Misdemeanour"...
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    The Counterfeiting Coin Act 1741 (15 Geo. 2 c. 28) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which made it high treason to counterfeit silver, copper...
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  • to how the Sexual Offences Act 2003 did in England and Wales. Forgery is covered by the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. The common law offence of...
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    The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c.32) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom covering mutual assistance in criminal matters...
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    treason to counterfeit foreign coins, or forge the Queen's privy seal, signet ring or royal sign-manual. This act was replaced by the Forgery Act 1830 (11...
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    repealed for Scotland by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. The text of the Act states "49 Geo. 3. c. 13. (I.)" The text of the Act states "5 Geo. 4. c....
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    The Forgery Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 84) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that abolished the punishment of the death penalty...
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    introduced since the Treason Act 1351, except those to do with forgery and counterfeiting, were abrogated by the Treason Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6 c. 12), which...
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    Foreign Enlistment Act 1870 Offences under the Immigration Act 1971 Coinage offences under Part II of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 Offences relating...
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  • Abolished by the Theft Act 1968 Codified by the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 Abolished by 73(a) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 Abolished by the...
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    Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (f) a debit or credit card (g) any other instrument to which Section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981...
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    Art forgery is the creation and sale of works of art which are intentionally falsely credited to other, usually more famous artists. Art forgery can be...
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    Heydrich's order to set up the unit stated that This is not to be a forgery or counterfeiting in the usual sense, but authorised facsimile production. The notes...
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