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Index Section Page

1 Definition of forgery ....................................................................................................... 5
2 Forgery of certain documents with intent to defraud ............................................... 6
3 Forgery of certain documents with intent to defraud or deceive ............................ 7
4 Forgery of other documents with intent to defraud or to deceive a
misdemeanour................................................................................................................. 9
5 Forgery of seals and dies ............................................................................................... 9
6 Uttering .......................................................................................................................... 10
7 Demanding property on forged documents, etc ...................................................... 11
8 Possession of forged documents, seals, and dies ..................................................... 11
9 Making or having in possession paper or implements for forgery ....................... 12
10 Purchasing or having in possession certain paper before it has been duly
stamped and issued ...................................................................................................... 13
11 Forgery of passport....................................................................................................... 13
12 Accessories and Abettors ............................................................................................. 13
13 Punishments .................................................................................................................. 13
14 Criminal possession...................................................................................................... 14
15 Search warrants ............................................................................................................. 14
16 Form of indictment and proof of intent ..................................................................... 15
17 [Repealed] ...................................................................................................................... 16
18 Interpretation ................................................................................................................. 16
19 Saving clauses ............................................................................................................... 17
20 [Repealed] ...................................................................................................................... 17
21 Short title ........................................................................................................................ 17
22 Commencement ............................................................................................................ 18
SCHEDULE 19

ENDNOTES 21

TABLE OF LEGISLATION HISTORY 21
TABLE OF RENUMBERED PROVISIONS 21
TABLE OF ENDNOTE REFERENCES 21
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FORGERY ACT 1952

Received Royal Assent: 10 March 1952
Passed: 8 April 1952
Commenced: 8 April 2012
AN ACT
to consolidate, simplify and amend the Law relating to Forgery and
kindred offences.
GENERAL NOTES

1. The maximum fines in this Act are as increased by the Criminal Justice (Penalties,
Etc.) Act 1993 s 1.
2. References to the Rolls Office or Registry Office of Deeds or to the Registrar or
Deputy Registrar of Deeds are to be construed in accordance with the General Registry
Act 1965.
1 Definition of forgery

[1913/1]
(1) For the purposes of this Act, forgery is the making of a false document in
order that it may be used as genuine, and in the case of the seals and dies
mentioned in this Act, the counterfeiting of a seal or die, and forgery
with intent to defraud or deceive, as the case may be, is punishable as in
this Act provided.
(2) A document is false within the meaning of this Act if the whole or any
material part thereof purports to be made by, or on behalf or on account
of, a person who did not make it or authorise its making; or if, though
made by or on behalf or on account of the person by whom or by whose
authority it purports to have been made, the time or place of making,
where either is material, or, in the case of a document identified by
number or mark, the number or any distinguishing mark identifying the
document, is falsely stated therein; and in particular a document is
false: —
(a) if any material alteration, whether by addition, insertion,
obliteration, erasure, removal, or otherwise, has been made
therein;
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(b) if the whole or some material part of it purports to be made by or
on behalf of a fictitious or deceased person;
(c) if, though made in the name of an existing person, it is made by
him or by his authority with the intention that it should pass as
having been made by some person, real or fictitious, other than
the person who made or authorised it.
(3) For the purposes of this Act —
(a) it is immaterial in what language a document is expressed or in
what place it is expressed to take effect;
(b) forgery of a document may be complete even if the document
when forged is incomplete, or is not or does not purport to be
such a document as would be binding or sufficient in law;
(c) the crossing on any cheque, draft on a banker, post-office money
order, postal order, coupon, or other document the crossing of
which is authorised or recognised by law, shall be a material part
of such cheque, draft, order, coupon, or document.
(4) A document may be a false document within the meaning of this Act
notwithstanding that it is not false in any such manner as is prescribed in
subsection (2) of this section.1

2 Forgery of certain documents with intent to defraud

[1913/2]
(1) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud,
shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for life: —
(a) any will, codicil, or other testamentary document, either of a dead
or a living person, or any probate or letters of administration,
whether with or without the will annexed;
(b) any deed or bond, or any assignment at law or in equity of any
deed or bond, or any attestation of the execution of any deed or
bond;
(c) any bank note, or any endorsement on or assignment of any bank
note;
(d) any order made by His Majesty in Council or any Act or
Ordinance of any part of the Commonwealth or the Republic of
Ireland.
(2) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud,
shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for any term not
exceeding fourteen years: —
(a) Any valuable security or assignment thereof or endorsement
thereon, or where the valuable security is a bill of exchange, any
acceptance thereof;
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(b) Any document of title to lands or any assignment thereof or
endorsement thereon;
(c) Any document of title to goods or any assignment thereof or
endorsement thereon;
(d) Any power of attorney or other authority to transfer any share or
interest in any stock, annuity, or public fund, British or Foreign, or
to transfer any share or interest in the debt of any public body,
company or society, British or Foreign, or in the capital stock of
any such company or society, or to receive any dividend or
money payable in respect of such share or interest or any
attestation of any such power of attorney or other authority;
(e) Any entry in any book or register which is evidence of the title of
any person to any share or interest hereinbefore mentioned or to
any dividend or interest payable in respect thereof;
(f) Any policy of insurance or any assignment thereof or
endorsement thereon;
(g) Any charter-party or any assignment thereof;
(h) Any declaration, warrant, order, affidavit, affirmation, certificate,
or other document required or authorised to be made by or for the
purposes of the Government Annuities Act, 1829, or the
Government Annuities Act, 1832 (being Acts of the Imperial
Parliament) or by the National Debt Commissioners acting under
the authority of the said Acts;
(i) Any assessment, certificate, or notice of the Treasury or the
Assessor acting in execution of the Income Tax Acts;2

3 Forgery of certain documents with intent to defraud or deceive

[1913/3]
(1) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud
or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for life: —
Any document whatsoever having thereupon or affixed thereto
the stamp or impression of the Great Seal of the Realm, His
Majesty’s Privy Seal, any privy signet of His Majesty, His
Majesty’s Royal Sign Manual, any of His Majesty’s seals
appointed by the Twenty-fourth Article of the Union between
England and Scotland to be kept, used and continued in Scotland,
the Great Seal of Northern Ireland, or the Seal Public of the Isle of
Man.
(2) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud
or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for any
term not exceeding fourteen years: —
(a) Any register or record of births, baptisms, namings, dedications,
marriages, civil partnerships, conversions, deaths, burials or
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cremations, which now is, or hereafter may be, by law authorised
or required to be kept in the Isle of Man, relating to any birth,
baptism, naming, dedication, marriage, civil partnership,
conversion, death, burial, or cremation, or any part of any such
register, or any certified copy of any such register, or of any part
thereof;3

(b) Any copy of any register of baptisms, marriages, civil
partnerships, conversions, burials or cremations, directed or
required by law to be transmitted to any registrar or other officer;4

(c) Any wrapper or label provided by or under the authority of the
Commissioners of Inland Revenue or the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise or Commissioners of Revenue and Customs.5

(3) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud
or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for any
term not exceeding seven years: —
(a) Any official document whatsoever of or belonging to any court of
justice, or made or issued by any judge, magistrate, officer, or
clerk of any such court;
(b) Any register or book kept under the provisions of any law in or
under the authority of any court of justice;
(c) Any certificate, office copy or certified copy of any such
document, register, or book or of any part thereof;
(d) Any document which any magistrate or any court is authorised or
required by law to make or issue relating to the mental state of
any person;
(e) Any document which any person authorised to administer an
oath, is authorised or required by law to make or issue;
(f) Any document made or issued by an officer of state or law officer
of the Crown, or any document upon which, by the law or usage
at the time in force, any court of justice or any officer might act;
(g) Any document or copy of a document used or intended to be used
in evidence in any court of record, or any document which is
made evidence by law;
(h) Any certificate required by any Act for the celebration of
marriage, entering into of a civil partnership, or a conversion;6

(i) Any licence for the celebration of marriage or entering into a civil
partnership which may be given by law;7

(j) Any certificate, declaration, or order under any enactment
relating to the registration of births or deaths;
(k) Any register book, builder’s certificate, surveyor’s certificate,
certificate of registry, declaration, bill of sale, instrument of
mortgage, or certificate of mortgage or sale under Part I of the
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Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (being an Act of the Imperial
Parliament) or any entry or endorsement required by the said Part
of the said Act to be made in or on any of those documents;
(l) Any permit, certificate, or similar document made or granted by
or under the authority of the Commissioners of Customs and
Excise or Commissioners of Revenue and Customs;8

(m) Any Manorial Roll, or copy of any Manorial Roll or any entries in
any of the records relating to any customary real estate;
(n) Any register or book kept by the Registrar of Deeds;
(o) Any document recorded, filed or enrolled in the Rolls Office or
Registry Office of Deeds;
(p) Any Certificate of Registration, Receipt to Cancel or certified copy
of any such register or book, document, certificate or receipt, or of
any part thereof, made or issued by the Registrar or Deputy
Registrar of Deeds.
(4) In this section “conversion” means the conversion of a civil partnership
into a marriage under section 27A of the Civil Partnership Act 2011 and
regulations made under that section.9

4 Forgery of other documents with intent to defraud or to deceive a

misdemeanour

[1913/4]
(1) Forgery of any document which is not made felony under this or any
other statute for the time being in force, if committed with intent to
defraud, shall be a misdemeanour and punishable with imprisonment
for any term not exceeding two years.
(2) Forgery of any public document which is not made felony under this or
any other statute for the time being in force, if committed with intent to
defraud or deceive, shall be a misdemeanour and punishable with
imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years.
5 Forgery of seals and dies

[1913/5]
(1) Forgery of the following seals, if committed with intent to defraud or
deceive, shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for life: —
(a) The Great Seal of the Realm, His Majesty’s Privy Seal, any privy
signet of His Majesty, His Majesty’s Royal Sign Manual, any of
His Majesty’s seals appointed by the Twenty-fourth Article of the
Union between England and Scotland to be kept, used and
continued in Scotland, the Great Seal of Northern Ireland, the Seal
Public of the Isle of Man;
(b) The seals of the Public Record Office in England;
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(c) The seal of any court of record or judge authorised to use a seal;
(d) The seal of the offices of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths
and Marriages.
(2) Forgery of the following seals, if committed with intent to defraud or
deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for any term
not exceeding fourteen years: —
(a) The seal of any register office relating to births, baptisms,
marriages or deaths;
(b) The seal of any public or local authority;
(c) The seal of, or belonging to, any office for the registry of deeds or
titles to lands;
(d) The seal of any body corporate, company or society.
(3) Forgery of the following seals, if committed with intent to defraud or
deceive shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for any term
not exceeding seven years: —
(a) The seal of any court of justice other than a court of record;
(b) The seal of the Court of Protection.10

(4) Forgery of the following dies, if committed with intent to defraud or
deceive, shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for any term
not exceeding fourteen years: —
(a) Any die provided, made, or used by the Commissioners of Inland
Revenue or the Commissioners of Customs and Excise or
Commissioners of Revenue and Customs;11

(b) Any die by means of which any mark of the nature of a sponsor’s
mark or a hallmark is struck on any metal.12

(5) Forgery of the following die, if committed with intent to defraud or
deceive, shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for any term
not exceeding seven years: —
Any stamp or die provided, made, or used in pursuance of the
Official Fees Acts, 1874 and 1928, or the Public Offices Fees Act
1888, or any other Acts of Tynwald for the time being in force
under the authority of which stamps are provided, made, or used.
6 Uttering

[1913/6]
(1) Every person who utters any forged document, seal, or die shall be guilty
of an offence of the like degree (whether felony or misdemeanour) and
on conviction thereof shall be liable to the same punishment as if he
himself had forged the document, seal, or die.
(2) A person utters a forged document, seal or die, who, knowing the same
to be forged, and with either of the intents necessary to constitute the
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offence of forging the said document, seal or die, uses, offers, publishes,
delivers, disposes of, tenders in payment or in exchange, exposes for sale
or exchange, exchanges tenders in evidence, or puts off the said forged
document, seal or die.
(3) It is immaterial where the document, seal, or die was forged.
7 Demanding property on forged documents, etc

[1913/7]
Every person shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof shall be liable to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years, who, with intent to
defraud, demands, receives, or obtains, or causes or procures to be delivered,
paid or transferred to any person or endeavours to receive or obtain or to cause
or procure to be delivered, paid or transferred to any person any money,
security for money or other property, real or personal: —
(a) under, upon, or by virtue of any forged instrument whatsoever,
knowing the same to be forged; or
(b) under, upon, or by virtue of any probate or letters of
administration, knowing the will, testament, codicil, or
testamentary writing on which such probate or letters of
administration shall have been obtained, to have been forged, or
knowing such probate or letters of administration to have been
obtained by any false oath, affirmation, or affidavit.
8 Possession of forged documents, seals, and dies

[1913/8]
(1) Every person shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof shall be
liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years, who,
without lawful authority or excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on the
accused, purchases or receives from any person, or has in his custody or
possession, a forged bank note, knowing the same to be forged.
(2) Every person shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof shall be
liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years, who,
without lawful authority or excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on the
accused, and knowing the same to be forged, has in his custody or
possession: —
(a) a counterfeit of a die by means of which any mark of the nature of
a sponsor’s mark or a hallmark is struck on any metal, or an
article (whether of a precious metal or not) which means a
counterfeit of any such mark;13

(b) any forged stamp or die as defined by the Stamp Duties
Management Act, 1891 (being an Act of the Imperial Parliament),
or the Stamps Management Act, 1936 (being an Act of the
Imperial Parliament);
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(c) any forged wrapper or label provided by or under the authority of
the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise or Commissioners of Revenue and Customs
or the Treasury.14

(3) Every person shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof shall be
liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years, who,
without lawful authority or excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on the
accused, and knowing the same to be forged, has in his custody or
possession: —
Any forged stamp or die resembling or intended to resemble
either wholly or in part any stamp or die which at any time
whatever has been or may be provided, made, or used by or
under the provisions of the Official Fees Acts, 1874 and 1928, or
the Public Offices Fees Act, 1888, or any other Acts of Tynwald for
the time being in force.
9 Making or having in possession paper or implements for forgery

[1913/9]
Every person shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof shall be liable to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years, who, without lawful
authority or excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on the accused: —
(a) Makes, uses, or knowingly has in his custody or possession any
paper intended to resemble and pass as —
(i) Special paper such as is provided and used for making any
bank note, Treasury bill, or London county bill;
(ii) Revenue paper;
(b) Makes, uses, or knowingly has in his custody or possession any
frame, mould, or instrument for making such paper, or for
producing in or on such paper any words, figures, letters, marks,
lines, or devices peculiar to and used in or on any such paper;
(c) Engraves, or in anywise makes upon any plate, wood, stone, or
other material, any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices,
the print whereof resembles in whole or in part any words,
figures, letters, marks, lines or devices peculiar to and used in or
on any bank note, or in or on any document entitling or
evidencing the title of any person to any share or interest in any
public stock, annuity, fund, or debt of any part of the
Commonwealth, or of any foreign state, or in any stock, annuity,
fund or debt of any body corporate, company, or society, whether
within or without the Commonwealth;
(d) Uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any plate,
wood, stone, or other material, upon which any such words,
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figures, letters, marks, lines or devices have been engraved or in
anywise made as aforesaid;
(e) Uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any paper
upon which any such words, figures, letters, marks, lines, or
devices have been printed or in anywise made as aforesaid.
10 Purchasing or having in possession certain paper before it has been

duly stamped and issued

[1913/10]
Every person shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and on conviction thereof shall
be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, who, without
lawful authority or excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on the accused,
purchases, receives, or knowingly has in his custody or possession —
(a) Any special paper such as is provided and used for making any
bank note, Treasury bill, or London county bill, or any Revenue
paper before such paper has been duly stamped, signed, and
issued for public use;
(b) Any die peculiarly used in the manufacture of any such paper.
11 Forgery of passport

[1925/36]
Every person shall be guilty of a misdemeanour punishable with imprisonment
not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding £500, or both such
imprisonment and fine, who forges any passport or makes a statement which is
to his knowledge untrue for the purpose of procuring a passport, whether for
himself or any other person.
12 Accessories and Abettors

[1913/11]
Any person who knowingly and wilfully aids, abets, counsels, causes, procures,
or commands the commission of an offence punishable under this Act shall be
liable to be dealt with, indicted, tried and punished as a principal offender.
13 Punishments

[1913/12]
(1) On conviction of a felony or misdemeanour punishable under this Act,
the court, instead of or in addition to any other punishment which may
be lawfully imposed, may fine the offender.
(2) On conviction of a felony punishable under this Act, the court, in
addition to imposing a sentence of imprisonment, may require the
offender to enter into his own recognizances, with or without sureties,
for keeping the peace and being of good behaviour.
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(3) On conviction of a misdemeanour punishable under this Act, the court,
instead of or in addition to any other punishment which may lawfully be
imposed for the offence, may require the offender to enter into his own
recognizances, with or without sureties, for keeping the peace and being
of good behaviour.
(4) No person shall be imprisoned under this section for more than one year
for not finding sureties.
14 Criminal possession

[1913/15]
Where the having any document, seal, or die in the custody or possession of any
person is in this Act expressed to be an offence, a person shall be deemed to
have a document, seal or die in his custody or possession if he —
(a) has it in his personal custody or possession; or
(b) knowingly and wilfully has it in the actual custody or possession
of any other person, or in any building, lodging, apartment, field,
or other place, whether open or enclosed, and whether occupied
by himself or not.
It is immaterial whether the document, matter, or thing is had in such custody,
possession, or place for the use of such person or for the use or benefit of
another person.
15 Search warrants

[1913/16]
(1) If it shall be made to appear by information on oath before a Justice of
the Peace that there is reasonable cause to believe that any person has in
his custody or possession without lawful authority or excuse —
(a) any bank note; or
(b) any implement for making paper or imitation for the paper used
for bank notes; or
(c) any material having thereon any words, forms, devices, or
characters capable of producing or intended to produce the
impression of a bank note; or
(d) any forged document, seal, or die; or
(e) any machinery, implement, utensil, or material used or intended
to be used for the forgery of any document;
the justice may grant a warrant to search for the same; and if the same
shall be found on search, it shall be lawful to seize it and carry it before a
justice to be by him disposed of according to law.
(2) Every document, seal or die (except any forged bank note or any
machinery, implement, utensil or material used or intended to be used
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for the forgery of a bank note) lawfully seized under such warrant shall
be defaced and destroyed or otherwise disposed of —
(a) by order of the court before which the offender is tried; or
(b) if there is no trial, by order of a justice of the peace; or
(c) if it affects the public revenue, by the Treasury or the
Commissioners of Inland Revenue, the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise or Commissioners of Revenue and Customs
or the Treasury, as the case may require; or15

(d) if it affects an assay office, by that office.16

(3) Every forged bank-note or any machinery, implement, utensil, material,
used or intended to be used for the forgery of a bank-note lawfully
seized under a warrant granted in pursuance of subsection (1) of this
section or otherwise, shall be delivered up to the Governor or any person
authorised by him for the purpose, by order of the court before which the
offender is tried or, if there is no trial, by order of a justice of the peace.
16 Form of indictment and proof of intent

[1913/17]
(1) In an indictment or information for an offence against this Act with
reference to any document, seal, or die, it is sufficient to refer to the
document, seal or die by any name or designation by which it is usually
known, or by its purport, without setting out any copy or facsimile of the
whole or any part of the document, seal or die.
(2) Where an intent to defraud or an intent to deceive is one of the
constituent elements of an offence punishable under this Act, or under
any other Act relating to forgery or any kindred offences for the time
being in force, it shall not be necessary to allege in the indictment or to
prove an intent to defraud or deceive any particular person; and it shall
be sufficient to prove that the defendant did the act charged with intent
to defraud or deceive, as the case may require.
(3) If any person who is a member of any co-partnership, or is one of two or
more beneficial owners of any property, forges any document, matter, or
thing with intent to defraud the co-partnership or the other beneficial
owners, he is liable to be dealt with, indicted, tried and punished as if he
had not been or was not a member of the co-partnership, nor one of such
beneficial owners.
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17 [Repealed]
17

18 Interpretation

[1913/18]
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
expressions shall have the meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to
them, that is to say: —
“bank-note
” includes any note or bill of exchange of the Bank of England or
Bank of Ireland, or of any other person, body corporate, or company
carrying on the business of banking in any part of the world, or
Government note under the Currency Act 1992 or any currency notes
issued by or on behalf of the Government of any country outside the Isle
of Man, including currency notes (by whatever name called) which are
legal tender in the country in which they are issued, and includes “bank

bill
”, “bank post bill
”, “blank bank note
”, “blank bank bill of

exchange
” and “blank bank post bill.
”18

“Commonwealth
” means the British Commonwealth of Nations.
“bill of exchange
” includes a promissory note.
“die
” includes any plate, type, tool or implement whatsoever, and also any part
of any die, plate, type, tool or implement, and any stamp or impression
thereof or any part of such stamp or impression, and for this purpose
“plate
” includes a photographic plate;19

“document of title to goods
” includes any bill of lading, India warrant, dock
warrant, warehouse keeper’s certificate, warrant or order for the delivery
or transfer of any goods or valuable thing, bought or sold note, or any
other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the
possession or control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise
either by endorsement or by delivery the possessor of such document to
transfer or receive any goods thereby represented or therein mentioned
or referred to.
“document of title to lands
” includes any deed, map, roll, register or
instrument in writing being or containing evidence of the title or any part
of the title to any land or to any interest in or arising out of any land, or
any authenticated copy thereof.
“imprisonment
” [Repealed]20

“Revenue paper
” means any paper provided by the proper authority for the
purpose of being used for stamps, licences, permits, Post Office money
orders, or postal orders, or for any purpose whatever, connected with the
public revenue.
“seal
” includes any stamp or impression of a seal or any stamp or impression
made or apparently intended to resemble the stamp or impression of a
seal, as well as the seal itself.
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“stamp
” includes a stamp impressed by means of a die, as well as an adhesive
stamp.
“Treasury bill
” includes Exchequer bill, Exchequer bond, Exchequer debenture,
and War bond.
“Valuable security
” includes any writing entitling or evidencing the title of any
person to any share or interest in any public stock, annuity, fund or debt
of any part of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland or of any
foreign state, or in any stock, annuity, fund, or debt, or any body
corporate, company or society whether within or without the
Commonwealth, or to any deposit in any bank, and also includes any
scrip, debenture, bill, note, warrant, order, or other security for the
payment of money, or any authority or request for the payment of
money or for the delivery or transfer of goods or chattels, or any
accountable receipt, release, or discharge or any receipt or other
instrument evidencing the payment of money, or the delivery of any
chattel personal.
(1A) In this Act “assay office
”, “hallmark
” and “sponsor’s mark
” have the
same meanings as in the Hallmarking Act 1973 (an Act of Parliament).21

(2) References in this Act to any Government department shall in relation to
any functions performed by that department, be held to include
references to any other Government department by which the same
functions were previously performed.
19 Saving clauses

[1913/19]
(1) Where an offence against this Act also by virtue of some other Act
subjects the offender to any forfeiture or disqualification, or to any
penalty other than imprisonment or fine, the liability of the offender to
punishment under this Act shall be in addition to and not in substitution
for his liability under such other Act.
(2) Where an offence against this Act is by any other Act, whether passed
before or after the commencement of this Act, made punishable on
summary conviction, proceedings may be taken either under such other
Act or under this Act: Provided that where such an offence was at the
commencement of this Act punishable only on summary conviction, it
shall remain only so punishable.
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21 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Forgery Act, 1952, and shall be construed as one
with the Criminal Law Acts, 1872 to 1946, and such Acts and this Act may be
together cited as the Criminal Law Acts, 1872 to 1952.
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This Act shall come into operation when the Royal Assent thereto has been by
the Governor announced to Tynwald and a certificate thereof has been signed
by the Governor and the Speaker of the House of Keys.
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Forgery Act 1952 Endnotes


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ENDNOTES

Table of Legislation History

Legislation Year and No Commencement






Table of Renumbered Provisions

Original Current






Table of Endnote References

1
Subs (4) amended by Criminal Law Act 1981 Sch 7. 2
Para (i) amended by Treasury Act 1985 Sch 2. 3
Para (a) amended by SD2016/0193. 4
Para (b) amended by SD2016/0193. 5
Para (c) amended by SD242/05. 6
Para (h) amended by SD2016/0193. 7
Para (i) amended by SD2016/0193. 8
Para (l) amended by SD242/05. 9
Subs (4) inserted by SD2016/0193. 10
Para (b) amended by Mental Health Act 1974 Sch 4. 11
Para (a) amended by SD242/05. 12
Para (b) substituted by Statute Law Revision Act 1989 Sch 1. 13
Para (a) substituted by Statute Law Revision Act 1989 Sch 1. 14
Para (c) amended by GC29/80, by Treasury Act 1985 Sch 2 and by SD242/05. 15
Para (c) amended by GC29/80, by Treasury Act 1985 Sch 2, by Transfer of Governor’s
Functions Act 1992 Sch 1 and by SD242/05. 16
Para (d) substituted by Statute Law Revision Act 1989 Sch 1. 17
S 17 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1983 Sch 2. 18
Definition of “bank-note” amended by Currency Act 1992 Sch 1. 19
Definition of “die” amended by Post Office Act 1993 Sch 2. 20
Definition of “imprisonment” repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1963 Sch 5. 21
Subs (1A) inserted by Statute Law Revision Act 1989 Sch 1. 22
S 20 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1983 Sch 2.
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Sch repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1983 Sch 2.