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Forgery Act 1837
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<p>The Forgery Act 1837 (<a href="/facts/7_Will._4_%26_1_Vict./o55qYoFn">7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.</a> c. 84) was an <a href="/facts/Act_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)/apqk8I13">act</a> of the <a href="/facts/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom/7bFbPI9g">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> that abolished the punishment of the death penalty for all offences of forgery, substituting it for <a href="/facts/Penal_transportation/uDQVe8v2">transportation</a> or imprisonment. </p><p>The act was one of the Acts for the Mitigation of the Criminal Law (<a href="/facts/7_Will._4_%26_1_Vict./o55qYoFn">7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.</a> cc. 84–91), which reduced the severity of punishments in the <a href="/facts/English_criminal_justice_system/5LB8uW8q">criminal justice system</a> and abolished the <a href="/facts/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom/D9YNgklj">death penalty</a> for several offences. </p>