Treason Act 1795
18 December 1795 | |
Other legislation | |
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Repealed by | Crime and Disorder Act 1998 |
Status: Repealed | |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The Treason Act 1795
Some other treasons created by the Act (which also originated with the 1661 Act) were reduced to felonies by the Treason Felony Act 1848, which also extended the 1795 Act to Ireland.
The Act also stipulated that anyone found to have brought either the King, the Constitution or the government into contempt could be transported for a period of 7 years.[3] This clause was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.
The rest of the Act was repealed by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
See also
References
- ^ short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ JSTOR
- ^ J. Cannon, Parliamentary Reform 1640-1832
External links
- The Treason Act 1795 (at the time of its repeal in 1998), from the UK Statute Law Database