Treason Act 1488

Treason Act 1488
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte agaynst counterfeting of forrayne Coyne.
Citation	4 Hen. 7. c. 18
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Ireland;
Dates
Royal assent	27 February 1490
Commencement	13 January 1489
Repealed	10 August 1872
Other legislation
Amended by	Treason Act 1553; Treason (No. 2) Act 1553; Statute Law Revision Act 1863;
Repealed by	England and Wales: Statute Law Revision Act 1863; Ireland: Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872;
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

An Acte agaynst counterfeting of forrayne Coyne (4 Hen. 7. c. 18) was an act of the Parliament of England passed in 1488. It made it high treason to counterfeit coinage from other countries. (It was already treason to counterfeit English coins, under the Treason Act 1351 (25 Edw. 3 Stat. 5. c. 2).) It was repealed by the Treason Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 1. c.1) but the offence was created by another act passed later in the same year recreated the offence, the Treason (No. 2) Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 2 c. 6).

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