Perjury Act 1728
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the more effectual preventing and further Punishment of Forgery, Perjury and Subornation of Perjury; and to make it Felony to steal Bonds, Notes or other Securities for Payment of Money. |
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| Citation | 2 Geo. 2. c. 25 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 May 1729 |
| Commencement | 29 June 1729[c] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1912 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Perjury Act 1911 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Perjury Act 1728[a] (2 Geo. 2. c. 25) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
So much of the act as related to the stealing or taking by robbery any orders or other securities therein enumerated was repealed by section 1 of the Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 27).[d]
The whole act, except so far as it related to perjury and subornation of perjury, was repealed by section 31 of the Forgery Act 1830.[e]
Section 5 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.
The whole act was repealed as far as it applied to England and Wales[1] on 1 January 1912 by section 19 of the Perjury Act 1911, section 19
The act applied only to perjury in judicial proceedings. Section 2 provided that perjury and subornation of perjury were punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years.[2]
William Oldnall Russell said section 2 was the important statute relating to the punishment of perjury.[3]
Castro v R[4] was decided under section 2.[5][6]
Section 6
Section 6 provided for the act to expire. The act was revived and made perpetual by the Continuance, etc., of Acts, 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 18). Section 6 was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867, because it had been virtually repealed by that act.[7]