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Treason Act 1746
The Treason Act 1746[1] (20 Geo.2 c.30[2]) was an Act of ically forfeit all of their property to the Crown, without
the Parliament of Great Britain. The long title is "An Act the need for any further legal procedure whatsoever.
for allowing Persons impeached of High Treason, where-
by any Corruption of Blood may be made, or for Mispri-
sion of such Treason, to make their full Defence by Coun-
See also
cil." • High treason in the United Kingdom
The Act commenced on 1 June 1747. It entitled any- • Treason Act
one impeached by the House of Commons on a charge of • Treason Act 1714
high treason or misprision of treason to be defended by
up to two "council learned in the law".
It was repealed on 1 January 1968[3] for England and
Notes
Wales[4] by the Criminal Law Act 1967.[5] It was repealed [1] This short title was conferred by the Short Titles
for the rest of the United Kingdom[6] on 18 July 1973[7] by Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule.
the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973.[8] [2] Also cited as c.41 in some statute books.
[3] The Criminal Law Act 1967, section 11(1)
[4] The Criminal Law Act 1967, section 12(1)
Other legislation in the same [5] Section 10(2) and Part I of Schedule 3
year [6]
[7]
Presumed because the contrary is not specified
Date of royal assent
Another act, 20 Geo.2 c.41, stated that any traitor who [8] Section 1(1) and Part V of Schedule 1
had been convicted since 24 June 1745, or who had been • Statutes at Large, vol. XIX, Cambridge 1765.
attainted by statute before 24 June 1748, was to automat-
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