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Bank of England Act 1696
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XXXVI.
Forging or counterfeiting the Common Seal, or any Bank Note, &c.; Death.
And whereas of late diverse Frauds & Cheats have been putt upon the Governour and Company of the Bank of England by the altering forging & counterfeiting of the Bank Bills and Bank Notes of the said Governor and Company and by the rasing and altering Endorsements thereupon to the great decay of Creditt For redressing the same for the future be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the forging or counterfeiting the co[m]mon Seale of the said Corporation of the Governor and Company or of any sealed Bank Bill made or given out in the Name of the said Governor & Company for the Payment of any Su[m]m of Money or of any Bank Note of any sort whatsoever signed for the said Governour and Company of the Bank of England or the altering or rasing any Endorsement on any Bank Bill or Note of any sort shall be and is hereby declared and adjudged to be Felony without Benefitt of Clergy.
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