Treason Act
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Treason Act or Treasons Act (and variations thereon) is a stock short title
used for legislation
in the United Kingdom
and in the Republic of Ireland
on the subject of treason
and related offences. These Acts may also be referred to as Statute of Treasons.
Several Acts on the subject of treason may also have different short titles, such as the Sedition Act.
The Treason Acts may refer to all statutes with this short title or to all statutes on the subject of treason and related offences.
Short title
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used for legislation
Legislation
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in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
on the subject of treason
Treason
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...
and related offences. These Acts may also be referred to as Statute of Treasons.
Several Acts on the subject of treason may also have different short titles, such as the Sedition Act.
The Treason Acts may refer to all statutes with this short title or to all statutes on the subject of treason and related offences.
United Kingdom
- The Treason Act 1351Treason Act 1351The Treason Act 1351 is an Act of the Parliament of England which codified and curtailed the common law offence of treason. No new offences were created by the statute. It is one of the earliest English statutes still in force, although it has been very significantly amended. It was extended to...
(25 Edw.3 St.5 c.2) - The Forfeitures Act 1360Forfeitures Act 1360The Forfeitures Act 1360 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It prohibited "forfeiture for treason of [by] dead persons not attainted or judged in their lives." Prior to the Act being passed, land and goods had been confiscated from the surviving relatives of dead people as a penalty for...
(34 Ed.3 c.12) - The Treason Act 1381Treason Act 1381The Treason Act 1381 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It stipulated that "none from henceforth make nor begin any manner of riot and rumour, nor other like." To do so was made high treason. The Act was passed in response to the Peasants' Revolt earlier that year...
(5 Ric.2 c.6) - The Treason Act 1397Treason Act 1397The Treason Act 1397 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It was supplemented by three other Acts . The four Acts together dealt with high treason....
(21 Ric.2 c.12)- See also cc.3, 4, 20Treason Act 1397The Treason Act 1397 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It was supplemented by three other Acts . The four Acts together dealt with high treason....
- See also cc.3, 4, 20
- The Treason Act 1399 (1 Hen.4 c. 10) (repealed the Treason Acts 1381 and 1397)
- The Safe Conducts Act 1414Safe Conducts Act 1414The Safe Conducts Act 1414 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason to break a truce or promise of safe conduct by killing, robbing or "spoiling" the victim...
(2 Hen. 5 c.6) - The Treason Act 1415Treason Act 1415The Treason Act 1415 was an Act of the Parliament of England which made clipping coins high treason, punishable by death. The Act was repealed by the Treason Act 1553, and then revived again in 1562...
(3 Hen. 5 St.2 c.6)- See also 3 Hen. 5 St.2 c.7Treason Act 1415The Treason Act 1415 was an Act of the Parliament of England which made clipping coins high treason, punishable by death. The Act was repealed by the Treason Act 1553, and then revived again in 1562...
- See also 3 Hen. 5 St.2 c.7
- The Treason Act 1423Treason Act 1423The Treason Act 1423 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for a person who had been indicted for treason to escape from prison . This form of treason was abolished by the Treason Act 1547, although the Act was formally repealed in 1863....
(2 Hen. 6 c.17) - The Treason Act 1429Treason Act 1429The Treason Act 1429 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for a person to threaten to burn someone's house down if they did not leave money in a certain place, and then carry out the threat. It also made it a felony to send a letter demanding money.This category of...
(8 Hen.6 c.6) - The Treason Act 1442Treason Act 1442The Treason Act 1442 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for any Welshman to "drive, bring, carry away, or withhold" any Englishman or any Englishman's horse, cattle or goods. The Act was due to expire after six years, but was renewed for a further six years by the Act...
(20 Hen.6 c.3) - The Treason Act 1448Treason Act 1442The Treason Act 1442 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for any Welshman to "drive, bring, carry away, or withhold" any Englishman or any Englishman's horse, cattle or goods. The Act was due to expire after six years, but was renewed for a further six years by the Act...
(27 Hen.6 c.4) - The Treason Act 1488Treason Act 1488An Acte agaynst counterfeting of forrayne Coyne was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1488. It made it high treason to counterfeit coinage from other countries. It was repealed by the Treason Act 1553, but another Act passed later in the same year recreated the offence....
(4 Hen.7 c.18) - The Treason Act 1495Treason Act 1495The Treason Act 1495, which is sometimes referred to as the Rex de facto statute, is an Act of the Parliament of England which was passed in the reign of Henry VII of England...
(11 Hen.7 c.1) - The Poisoning Act 1530Poisoning Act 1530The Poisoning Act 1530 was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its long title was "An Act for Poisoning." It made it high treason to murder someone with poison, and instead of the usual punishment for treason it imposed death by boiling. It was repealed by the Treason Act 1547....
(22 Hen.8 c.9) - The Treasons Act 1534Treasons Act 1534The Treasons Act 1534 was an Act passed by the Parliament of England in 1534, during the reign of King Henry VIII.This Act was passed after the Act of Supremacy 1534, which made the king the "Only Head of the Church of England on Earth." The 1534 Act made it treason, punishable by death, to...
(26 Hen.8 c.13) - The Treason Act 1535Treason Act 1535The Treason Act 1535 was an Act passed by the English Parliament during the reign of King Henry VIII of England in 1535.It made it high treason to counterfeit the King's privy seal, signet ring or royal sign manual....
(27 Hen.8 c.2) - The Act of Succession 1536Second Succession ActThe Second Succession Act of Henry VIII's reign was passed by the Parliament of England in June 1536, removing both Mary and Elizabeth from the line of the succession. The Act was formally titled "An Act concerning the Succession of the Crown"...
(28 Hen. 8 c.7) - The See of Rome Act 1536See of Rome Act 1536An Act extinguishing the authority of the bishop of Rome was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England in 1536...
(28 Hen.8 c.10) - The Treason Act 1536Treason Act 1536The Treason Act 1536 was an Act passed by the English Parliament during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. It made it high treason to marry or become engaged to the King's children, sisters, paternal aunts, or his nieces or nephews without the King's written permission, or "to deflower any...
(28 Hen.8 c. 18) - The Treason Act (Ireland) 1537Treason Act (Ireland) 1537The Treason Act 1537 is an Act of the former Parliament of Ireland which adds several offences to the law of treason in Northern Ireland...
(28 Hen.8 c.7 (I.)) - The Treasons in Wales Act 1540Treasons in Wales Act 1540The Treasons in Wales Act 1540 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It gave to commissioners the authority to try people for treason committed in Wales "or where the King's writ runneth not."...
(32 Hen. 8 c.4) - The Treason Act 1540Treason Act 1540The Treason Act 1540 was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its short title was "An Act declaring the Dissolution of the King's pretensed Marriage with the Lady Anne of Cleves."...
(32 Hen.8 c.25) - The Treason Act 1541Treason Act 1541The Treason Act 1541 was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1542 . It provided for the trial and punishment of lunatics for high treason...
(33 Hen.8 c.20) - The Royal Assent by Commission Act 1541Royal Assent by Commission Act 1541The Royal Assent by Commission Act 1541 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1542 to authorise the execution of Catherine Howard for adultery. It also created a new way in which the Royal Assent could be granted to legislation....
(33 Hen. 8 c.21)- See also 33 Hen. 8. c.23
- The Crown of Ireland Act 1542Crown of Ireland Act 1542The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 is an Act of the Parliament of Ireland , declaring that King Henry VIII of England and his successors would also be Kings of Ireland. Since 1171 the monarch of England had held the title Lord of Ireland...
(33 Hen.8 c.1 (I.)) - The Treason Act 1543Treason Act 1543The Treason Act 1543 was an Act of the Parliament of England during the reign of King Henry VIII of England, which stated that acts of treason or misprision of treason that were committed outside the realm of England could be tried within England...
(35 Hen.8 c.2)- See also 35 Hen.8 c.1 and 3
- The Treason Act 1547Treason Act 1547The Treason Act 1547 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is mainly notable for being the first instance of the rule that two witnesses are needed to prove a charge of treason, a rule which still exists today in the United States Constitution.-Abolition of new offences:During the reign of...
(1 Ed.6 c.12) - The Riot Act 1549Riot Act 1549The Riot Act 1549 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for 12 people or more to assemble and attempt to kill or imprison any member of the King's council or change the laws, and refuse to disperse when ordered to do so by a justice of the peace, mayor or sherriff...
(3 & 4 Edw.6 c.5) - The Treason Act 1551Treason Act 1551The Treason Act 1551 was an Act of the Parliament of England. The long title of this Act was "An Acte for the punyshment of divse treasons"....
(5 & 6 Edw.6 c.11) - The Treason Act 1553Treason Act 1553The Treason Act 1553 was an Act of the Parliament of England. The long title was "An Acte repealing certayne Treasons Felonies and Premunire". The Act abolished all forms of treason that had been created since 1351, except the Treason Act 1351 itself...
(1 Mar. Sess.1 c.1)- See also 1 Mary Sess.2 c.6
- The Treason Act 1554Treason Act 1554The Treason Act 1554 was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is not to be confused with two other Acts about treason passed in the same year, 1&2 Ph. & M...
(1&2 Ph. & M. c.10)- See also 1&2 Ph. & M. c.9 and 11
- The Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz.1 c.1)
- The Treason Act 1558 (1 Eliz.1 c.5)
- The Supremacy of the Crown Act 1562 (5 Eliz.1 c.1)
- The Clipping Coin Act 1562Treason Act 1415The Treason Act 1415 was an Act of the Parliament of England which made clipping coins high treason, punishable by death. The Act was repealed by the Treason Act 1553, and then revived again in 1562...
(5 Eliz.1 c.11) - The Treasons Act 1570 (13 Eliz.1 c.1)
- The Bulls, etc., from Rome Act 1570 (13 Eliz.1 c.2)
- The Rebellion Act 1572Rebellion Act 1572The Rebellion Act 1572 , full title An Act for the punishment of such as shall rebelliously take or detain or conspire to take or detain from the Queen's Majesty any of her castles, towers, fortresses, holds, &c., was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted during the reign of...
(14 Eliz. 1 c.1) - The Escape of Traitors Act 1572Escape of Traitors Act 1572The Escape of Traitors Act 1572 , full title An Act against such as shall conspire or practice the enlargement of any prisoner committed for high treason, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted during the reign of Elizabeth I.The Act provided that it was henceforth a crime to...
(14 Eliz. 1 c.2) - The Coin Act 1572Treason Act 1415The Treason Act 1415 was an Act of the Parliament of England which made clipping coins high treason, punishable by death. The Act was repealed by the Treason Act 1553, and then revived again in 1562...
(14 Eliz.1 c.3) - The Coin Act 1575Treason Act 1415The Treason Act 1415 was an Act of the Parliament of England which made clipping coins high treason, punishable by death. The Act was repealed by the Treason Act 1553, and then revived again in 1562...
(18 Eliz.1 c.1) - The Religion Act 1580Religion Act 1580The Religion Act 1580 was an Act of the Parliament of England during the English Reformation.The Act made it high treason to persuade English subjects to withdraw their allegiance to the Queen, or from the Church of England to Rome, or to promise obedience to a foreign authority.The Act also...
(23 Eliz.1 c.1) - The Safety of the Queen, etc. Act 1584Safety of the Queen, etc. Act 1584The Safety of the Queen, etc. Act 1584 was an Act of the Parliament of England during the English Reformation. It required a tribunal of at least 24 peers and privy councillors to investigate "any open invasion or rebellion" in England, any attempt to injure the Queen or any pretender to the throne...
(27 Eliz.1 c.1) - The Jesuits, etc. Act 1584Jesuits, etc. Act 1584The Jesuits, etc. Act 1584 was an Act of the Parliament of England during the English Reformation. The Act commanded all Roman Catholic priests to leave the country in 40 days or they would be punished for high treason, unless within the 40 days they swore an oath to obey the Queen...
(27 Eliz.1 c.2) - The Treason Act 1586Treason Act 1586The Treason Act 1586 was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its short title was "An act concerning errors in records of attainders of high treason." It stated that where a person had been executed for high treason, their conviction was not to be posthumously overturned or "reversed" at the suit...
(29 Eliz.1 c.2) - The Popish Recusants Act 1605Popish Recusants Act 1605The Popish Recusants Act 1605 was an Act of the Parliament of England which quickly followed the Gunpowder Plot of the same year, an attempt by English Roman Catholics to assassinate King James I and many of the Parliament....
(3 Jac.1 c.4) - The Treasons Act 1649Treasons Act 1649The Treasons Act 1649 or Act declaring what offences shall be adjudged Treason was passed 17 July 1649 on by Rump Parliament parliament during the Commonwealth of England...
(Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of EnglandCommonwealth of EnglandThe Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first England, and then Ireland and Scotland from 1649 to 1660. Between 1653–1659 it was known as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland...
) - The Sedition Act 1661 (13 Car.2 c.1)
- The Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691The Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691 was an Act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to correspond with the deposed King James II. It was repealed and replaced by the Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697...
(3 W. & M. c.13) - The Treason Act 1695Treason Act 1695The Treason Act 1695 is an Act of the Parliament of England which laid down rules of evidence and procedure in high treason trials. It was passed by the English Parliament but was extended to cover Scotland in 1708 and Ireland in 1821...
(7 & 8 Will.3 c.3) - The Security of King and Government Act 1695Security of King and Government Act 1695The Security of King and Government Act 1695 was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its long title was An act for the better security of his Majesty's royal person and government...
(7 & 8 Will.3 c.27) - The Coin Act 1696Coin Act 1696The Coin Act 1696 was an Act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to make or possess equipment useful for counterfeiting coins. Its title was "An Act for the better preventing the counterfeiting the current Coin of this Kingdom." It was extended to cover Scotland by the Treason...
(8 & 9 Will.3 c.26) - The Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697The Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697 was an Act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to correspond with the deposed King James II...
(9 Will.3 c.1) - The Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701The Correspondence with James the Pretender Act 1701 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England passed in 1701. The long title of the Act is "An Act for the Attainder of the pretended Prince of Wales of High Treason"...
(13 Will.3 c.3) - The Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701The Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701 was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act required nearly all office-holders to take the oath of abjuration against James Francis Edward Stuart, pretender to the throne, self-styled Prince of Wales and son of the former King James II.The Act...
(13 Will.3 c.6)- See also 1 Ann. c.9Coin Act 1696The Coin Act 1696 was an Act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to make or possess equipment useful for counterfeiting coins. Its title was "An Act for the better preventing the counterfeiting the current Coin of this Kingdom." It was extended to cover Scotland by the Treason...
- See also 1 Ann. c.9
- The Treason Act 1702Treason Act 1702The Treason Act 1702 is an Act of the Parliament of England, passed to enforce the line of succession to the English throne, previously established by the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701....
(1 Ann. St.2 c.21) (and the Treason Act (Ireland) 1703 (2 Ann. c.5), which made equivalent provision) - The Correspondence with Enemies Act 1704 (3 Ann. c.14)
- The Regency Act 1705 (4 Ann. c.8)
- The Succession to the Crown Act 1707Succession to the Crown Act 1707The Succession to the Crown Act 1707 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain which is still in force in the United Kingdom, with amendments...
(6 Ann. c.7) - The Treason Act 1708Treason Act 1708The Treason Act 1708 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which harmonised the law of high treason between the former kingdoms of England and Scotland following their union as Great Britain in 1707. It came into effect on 1 July 1709. Some of it is still in force today...
(7 Ann. c.21)- See also 7 Ann. c.25Coin Act 1696The Coin Act 1696 was an Act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to make or possess equipment useful for counterfeiting coins. Its title was "An Act for the better preventing the counterfeiting the current Coin of this Kingdom." It was extended to cover Scotland by the Treason...
- See also 7 Ann. c.25
- The Treason Act 1714Treason Act 1714The Treason Act 1714 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the Jacobite Rising of 1715...
(1 Geo.1 Stat.2 c.33)- See also 1 Geo.I Stat.2 c.20Treason Act 1714The Treason Act 1714 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the Jacobite Rising of 1715...
and 1 Geo.1 Stat.2 c.50Treason Act 1714The Treason Act 1714 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the Jacobite Rising of 1715...
- See also 1 Geo.I Stat.2 c.20
- The Coin Act 1732Coin Act 1732The Coin Act 1732 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which made it high treason to counterfeit gold coins. Its title was "An Act to prevent the coining or counterfeiting any of the gold coins commonly called Broad Pieces."...
(6 Geo.2 c.26) - The Counterfeiting Coin Act 1741Counterfeiting Coin Act 1741The Counterfeiting Coin Act 1741 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which made it high treason to counterfeit silver, copper or brass coins...
(15 Geo.2 c.28) - The Treason Act 1743Treason Act 1743The Treason Act 1743 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which made it high treason to correspond with any of the sons of James Francis Edward Stuart , who claimed to be king of Great Britain and of Ireland...
(17 Geo.II c.39) - The Treason Act 1745Treason Act 1745The Treason Act 1745 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain, passed during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Its long title was "An act for the more easy and speedy trial of such persons as have levied, or shall levy war against his Majesty; and for the better ascertaining the...
(19 Geo.2 c.9)- see also 19 Geo.II c.26
- The Treason Act 1746Treason Act 1746The Treason Act 1746 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."The Act commenced on 1 June 1747...
(20 Geo.2 c.30)- see also 20 Geo.2 c.41Treason Act 1746The Treason Act 1746 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."The Act commenced on 1 June 1747...
- see also 20 Geo.2 c.41
- The Treason Act 1747Treason Act 1747The Treason Act 1747 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which appplied only to Scotland. It stated that anyone who was prosecuted on or after 1 April 1748 for treason or misprision of treason could be tried anywhere in Scotland if the crime had been committed in any of the shires of...
(21 Geo.II c.19) - The Treason Outlawries (Scotland) Act 1748Treason Outlawries (Scotland) Act 1748The Treason Outlawries Act 1748 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which appplied only to Scotland. Its long title was An act to ascertain and establish the method of proceeding to and upon outlawries for high treason, and misprision of high treason, in Scotland.The Act set out the...
(22 Geo.2 c.48) - The Treason Act 1766Treason Act 1766The Treason Act 1766 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The long title was "An Act for altering the Oath of Abduration and the Assurance; and for amending so much of an Act of the Seventh Year of her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for the Improvement of the Union of the two...
(6 Geo.3 c.53) - The Treason Act 1790Treason Act 1790The Treason Act 1790 was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain which abolished burning at the stake as the penalty for women convicted of high treason, petty treason and abetting, procuring or counselling petty treason, and replaced it with drawing and hanging.Identical...
(30 Geo.3 c.48) - The Treason Act 1795Treason Act 1795The Sedition Act 1661 was an Act of the Parliament of England, although it was extended to Scotland in 1708. The long title was "An Act for Safety and Preservation of His Majesties Person and Government against Treasonable and Seditious practices and attempts"...
(36 Geo.3 c.7) - The Counterfeiting Coin Act 1797 (37 Geo.3 c.126)
- The Treason Act 1800Treason Act 1800The Treason Act 1800 was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It assimilated the procedure on trials for treason and misprision of treason to the procedure on trials for murder in certain cases. It was passed as a result of an attempt on the life of George III by James...
(39 & 40 Geo.3 c.93) - The Treason Act 1814Treason Act 1814The Treason Act 1814 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which modified the penalty for high treason for male convicts....
(54 Geo.3 c.146) - The Treason Act 1817Treason Act 1817The Treason Act 1817 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It made it high treason to assassinate the Prince Regent...
(57 Geo.3 c.6) - The Treason (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo.4 c.24)
- The Regency Act 1830 (11 Geo.4 & 1 Will.4 c. 2)
- The Forgery Act 1830Forgery Act 1830The Forgery Act 1830 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It consolidated into one Act all legislation imposing the death penalty for forgery.-Repeal:...
(11 Geo.4 & 1 Will.4 c.66) - The Coinage Offences Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will.4 c.34)
- The Treason Act 1842Treason Act 1842The Treason Act 1842 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was passed early in the reign of Queen Victoria...
(5 & 6 Vict. c.51) - The Treason Felony Act 1848Treason Felony Act 1848The Treason Felony Act 1848 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Act is still in force. It is a law which protects HM the Queen and the Crown....
(11 & 12 Vict. c.12) - The Treason (Ireland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c.26) (Repealed 15 June 1945 by Treason Act 1945)
- The Forgery Act 1861Forgery Act 1861The Forgery Act 1861 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . It consolidated provisions related to forgery from a number of earlier statutes into a single Act. For the most part these provisions were, according to the draftsman of the Act, incorporated with...
(24 & 25 Vict. c.98) - The Treachery Act 1940Treachery Act 1940The Treachery Act 1940 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland enacted during World War II to facilitate the prosecution and execution of enemy spies, and suspended after the war and later repealed...
(3 & 4 Geo.6 c. 40) - The Treason Act 1945Treason Act 1945The Treason Act 1945 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.It was introduced into the House of Lords as a purely procedural statute, whose sole purpose was to abolish the old and highly technical procedure in cases of treason, and assimilate it to...
(8 & 9 Geo.6 c.44)
Kingdom of Ireland
- The Treason Act (Ireland) 1537Treason Act (Ireland) 1537The Treason Act 1537 is an Act of the former Parliament of Ireland which adds several offences to the law of treason in Northern Ireland...
(28 Hen.8 c.7) - The Crown of Ireland Act 1542Crown of Ireland Act 1542The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 is an Act of the Parliament of Ireland , declaring that King Henry VIII of England and his successors would also be Kings of Ireland. Since 1171 the monarch of England had held the title Lord of Ireland...
(33 Hen.8 c.1 (I.)), section II - The Act of Supremacy (Ireland) 1560 (2 Eliz.1 c.1)
- The Treason Act (Ireland) 1703 (2 Ann. c.5 (I.))
- An Act for the better regulating of trials in cases of high treason under the statute of 25 Edw.3 (1765)(5 Geo.3 c.21 (I.))(Repealed 15 June 1945 by Treason Act 1945).
- The Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796The Treason by Women Act 1796 was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland. It made equivalent provision to the Treason Act 1790 for Ireland....
(36 Geo.3 c.31)
United Kingdom
- The Treason (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo.4 c.24)
- The Treason (Ireland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c.26)(Repealed 15 June 1945 by Treason Act 1945)
Republic of Ireland
- The Treasonable Offences Act 1925 (repealed in 1939)
- The Treason Act 1939Treason Act 1939The Treason Act 1939 is an Act of the Oireachtas of the Republic of Ireland. It provides for the punishment of treason and related offences.Article 39 of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland defines treason as follows:...