Treason Act 1535
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act concerning the Forging of the King's Sign Manual, Signet and Privy Seal. |
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| Citation | 27 Hen. 8. c. 2 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 April 1536 |
| Commencement | 4 February 1536[a] |
| Repealed | 28 July 1863 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Treason Act 1553 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1863 |
| Relates to | Treason Act 1547 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Treason Act 1535 or Forging the Sign-manual, etc. Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 2) was an act passed by the English Parliament during the reign of King Henry VIII of England in 1535.
It made it high treason to counterfeit the Privy Seal, Signet or royal sign-manual.
Repeal
[edit]The act was virtually repealed by the Treason Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 1. c. 1), but another act passed later in the same year, the Treason (No. 2) Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 6) recreated the offence.[1]
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Start of session.
References
[edit]- ^ Lords, Great Britain Parliament House of (1863). Public Bills — Statute Law Revision Bill. p. 120.
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