Forging_the_Sign-manual,_etc._Act_1535

Treason Act 1535

Treason Act 1535

United Kingdom legislation

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.

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It made it high treason to counterfeit the Privy Seal, Signet or royal sign-manual.

The Act was repealed by the Treason Act 1553 (1 Mar. 1 sess. 1 c. 1), but another Act passed later in the same year (1 Mar. 1 sess. 2 c. 6) recreated the offence.

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