Wilful injury or forgery of instruments
Title: Forgery
Offence: Wilful injury or forgery of instruments
Legislation: S8 Non Parochial Registers Act 1840
Commencement Date:
Mode of Trial: Either Way
Statutory Limitations & Maximum Penalty: 2 years (not defined)
Sentencing Range:
Aggravating & Mitigating Factors
- Type of Register
- Motive
- Prejudice to an individual or organisation
- Defendant a professional or quasi-professional
- Evidence of corruption
- Gain - financial or otherwise
- Repeated offending
Relevant Sentencing Case Law
None but note marriage/bigamy offences
R v Zafar [1998] 1 Cr.App.R.(S.) 490
Conspiracy to arrange false marriages to circumvent immigration controls. 21 months to 4.5 years.
