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Treason Act 1535
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Act concerning the Forging of the King's Sign Manual, Signet and Privy Seal.
Citation27 Hen. 8. c. 2
Territorial extent Kingdom of England
Dates
Royal assent14 April 1536
Repealed28 July 1863
Other legislation
Amended byTreason Act 1553
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1863
Status: Repealed

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

The act was virtually repealed by the Treason Act 1553 (1 Mar.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.

The act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.

See also

References

  1. Lords, Great Britain Parliament House of (1863). Public Bills — Statute Law Revision Bill. p. 120.
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