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Treason Act 1746
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain
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The Treason Act 1746[a] (20 Geo. 2. c. 30)[c] was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The long title is "An Act for allowing Persons impeached of High Treason, whereby any Corruption of Blood may be made, or for Misprision of such Treason, to make their full Defence by Council."
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Long titleAn Act for allowing Persons impeached of High Treason, whereby any Corruption of Blood may be made, or for Misprision of such Treason, to make their full Defence by Council.
Territorial extentGreat Britain
Royal assent17 June 1747
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for allowing Persons impeached of High Treason, whereby any Corruption of Blood may be made, or for Misprision of such Treason, to make their full Defence by Council. |
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| Citation | 20 Geo. 2. c. 30 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 17 June 1747 |
| Commencement | 1 June 1747[b] |
| Repealed | 18 July 1973 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Criminal Law Act 1967 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The act commenced on 1 June 1747. It entitled anyone impeached by the House of Commons on a charge of high treason or misprision of treason to be defended by up to two "council learned in the law".
The whole act was repealed on 1 January 1968[d] for England and Wales[e] by section 10(2) of, and part I of schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967. It was repealed for the rest of the United Kingdom[f] on 18 July 1973[g] by section 1(1) of, and part V of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973.
Other treason-related legislation in the same year
| Vesting Act 1747 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for vesting in His Majesty the Estates of certain Traitors, and for more effectually discovering the same, and applying the Produce thereof to the Use of His Majesty; and for ascertaining and satisfying the lawful Debts and Claims thereupon. |
| Citation | 20 Geo. 2. c. 41 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 17 June 1747 |
| Commencement | 24 June 1745[b] |
| Repealed | 30 July 1948 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1948 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
- The Vesting Act 1747 (20 Geo. 2. c. 41) stated that any traitor who had been convicted since 24 June 1745, or who had been attainted by statute before 24 June 1748, was to automatically forfeit all of their property to the Crown, without the need for any further legal procedure whatsoever.[h]
| Traitors Transported Act 1746 | |
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| Long title | An Act to prevent the Return of such Rebels and Traitors, concerned in the late Rebellion, as have been, or shall be, pardoned on Condition of Transportation, and also to hinder their going into the Enemy's Country. |
| Citation | 20 Geo. 2. c. 46 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 17 June 1747 |
| Commencement | 18 November 1746[i] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
- A third act, the Traitors Transported Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 46), made it a felony, punishable with death without benefit of clergy, for anyone who had been pardoned for treason and transported to America to return to Great Britain or Ireland, or to go to the dominions of the French or Spanish kings. It was also felony for anyone else to aid and abet a pardoned traitor to commit the same offence, or to correspond with one. However an indictment had to be brought within two years.[5]
See also
Notes
- The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- Section 1.
- Also cited as c. 41 in some statute books.
- The Criminal Law Act 1967, section 11(1)
- The Criminal Law Act 1967, section 12(1)
- Presumed because the contrary is not specified.
- Date of royal assent
- This act is sometimes called the Forfeited Estates Act 1747,[1] the Crown Lands, Forfeited Estates Act 1746,[2] or the Vesting Act 1747.[3] The amended title of this Act was "An Act for vesting in His Majesty the Estates of certain Traitors . . .".[4] The title originally read "An Act for vesting in His Majesty the Estates of certain Traitors, and for more effectually discovering the same, and applying the Produce thereof to the Use of His Majesty; and for ascertaining and satisfying the lawful Debts and Claims thereupon."
- Start of session.
