For a forgery charge to succeed, the forgery must go to circumstances of the origin or making of the document. An extraneous lie is insufficient to found a forgery.
Citations:
Ind Summary 09-May-1994, Times 18-May-1994, [1994] CLY 1112
Statutes:
Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 9(1)(g)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.88266
