Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.
Change 1
5 Offences relating to money orders, share certificates, passports, etc.
(1) It is an offence for a person to have in his custody or under his control an instrument to which this section applies which is, and which he knows or believes to be, false, with the intention that he or another shall use it to induce somebody to accept it as genuine, and by reason of so accepting it to do or not to do some act to his own or any other person’s prejudice. (2) It is an offence for a person to have in his custody or under his control, without lawful authority or excuse, an instrument to which this section applies which is, and which he knows or believes to be, false. (3) It is an offence for a person to make or to have in his custody or under his control a machine or implement, or paper or any other material, which to his knowledge is or has been specially designed or adapted for the making of an instrument to which this section applies, with the intention that he or another shall make an instrument to which this section applies which is false and that he or another shall use the instrument to induce somebody to accept it as genuine, and by reason of so accepting it to do or not to do some act to his own or any other person’s prejudice. (4) It is an offence for a person to make or to have in his custody or under his control any such machine, implement, paper or material, without lawful authority or excuse. (5) The instruments to which this section applies are— (a) money orders; (b) postal orders; (c) United Kingdom postage stamps; (d) Inland Revenue stamps; (e) share certificates; (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (fa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (g) cheques and other bills of exchange; (h) travellers’ cheques; (ha) bankers' drafts; (hb) promissory notes; (j) cheque cards; (ja) debit cards; (k) credit cards; (l) certified copies relating to an entry in a register of births, adoptions, marriages , civil partnerships , conversions or deaths and issued by the Registrar General, the Registrar General for Northern Ireland, a registration officer or a person lawfully authorised to issue certified copies relating to such entries; and (m) certificates relating to entries in such registers. (6) In subsection (5) (e) above “share certificate” means an instrument entitling or evidencing the title of a person to a share or interest— (a) in any public stock, annuity, fund or debt of any government or state, including a state which forms part of another state; or (b) in any stock, fund or debt of a body (whether corporate or unincorporated) established in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. (6A) In subsection (5)(l) above, “conversion” means the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section. (7) An instrument is also an instrument to which this section applies if it is a monetary instrument specified for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State. (8) The power under subsection (7) above is exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 Offences relating to money orders, share certificates, passports, etc.
(1) It is an offence for a person to have in his custody or under his control an instrument to which this section applies which is, and which he knows or believes to be, false, with the intention that he or another shall use it to induce somebody to accept it as genuine, and by reason of so accepting it to do or not to do some act to his own or any other person’s prejudice. (2) It is an offence for a person to have in his custody or under his control, without lawful authority or excuse, an instrument to which this section applies which is, and which he knows or believes to be, false. (3) It is an offence for a person to make or to have in his custody or under his control a machine or implement, or paper or any other material, which to his knowledge is or has been specially designed or adapted for the making of an instrument to which this section applies, with the intention that he or another shall make an instrument to which this section applies which is false and that he or another shall use the instrument to induce somebody to accept it as genuine, and by reason of so accepting it to do or not to do some act to his own or any other person’s prejudice. (4) It is an offence for a person to make or to have in his custody or under his control any such machine, implement, paper or material, without lawful authority or excuse. (5) The instruments to which this section applies are— (a) money orders; (b) postal orders; (c) United Kingdom postage stamps; (d) Inland Revenue stamps; (e) share certificates; (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (fa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (g) cheques and other bills of exchange; (h) travellers’ cheques; (ha) bankers' drafts; (hb) promissory notes; (j) cheque cards; (ja) debit cards; (k) credit cards; (l) certified copies relating to an entry in a register of births, adoptions, marriages , civil partnerships , conversions or deaths and issued by the Registrar General, the Registrar General for Northern Ireland, a registration officer or a person lawfully authorised to issue certified copies relating to such entries; and (m) certificates relating to entries in such registers. (6) In subsection (5) (e) above “share certificate” means an instrument entitling or evidencing the title of a person to a share or interest— (a) in any public stock, annuity, fund or debt of any government or state, including a state which forms part of another state; or (b) in any stock, fund or debt of a body (whether corporate or unincorporated) established in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. (6A) In subsection (5)(l) above, “conversion” means the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section. (7) An instrument is also an instrument to which this section applies if it is a monetary instrument specified for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State. (8) The power under subsection (7) above is exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".
Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.
A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.
Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.
Sign in to file itThink it through
Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.