Coinage Offences Act 1832
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Long title | An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws against Offences relating to the Coin. |
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Citation | 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 34 |
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The Coinage Offences Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 34) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It consolidated into one Act all offences concerning the counterfeiting and clipping of coins. Such conduct was often considered to be high treason: this Act downgraded the offence to felony and abolished the death penalty for all coinage offences.
See also
[edit]- High treason in the United Kingdom
- Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
- Treason Act 1351
- Treason Act 1415 (also Coin Acts 1572 and 1575)
- Coin Act 1732
- Treason Act
- Peel's Acts
- Coinage Offences Act
- Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832