Piracy Act 1721
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the more effectual suppressing of Piracy |
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| Citation | 8 Geo. 1. c. 24 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 March 1722 |
| Commencement | 19 October 1721[b] |
| Repealed | 5 November 1993 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 |
| Relates to | Piracy Act 1837 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Piracy Act 1721 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Piracy Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 24) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
The long title and preamble of the act were:
An Act for the more effectual suppressing of Piracy. Whereas the number of persons committing piracies, felonies, and robberies upon the seas is of late very much increased, and notwithstanding the laws already made and now in being, many idle and profligate persons have turned pirates, and betaken themselves to that wicked course of life, whereby the trade and navigation into remote parts will greatly suffer unless some further provision be speedily made for bringing such persons and all others who shall be any ways aiding and assisting, or in confederacy with them, to condign punishment:
The act was made perpetual by section 7 of the Unlawful Games Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 28).
Parts of the act were superseded by the Piracy Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 88).
In section 1, the words from " and he " to " suppressing of piracy ", and section 3 of the act, were repealed by section 10(2) of, and part I of schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967, which came into force on 1 January 1968.[1]
The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 2 of part I of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, which came into force on 5 November 1993.[2]
