| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Acte repealing certayne Treasons Felonies and Premunire.[2] |
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| Citation | 1 Mar. Sess. 1. c. 1 |
| Territorial extent | Kingdom of England |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 October 1553 |
| Repealed | 1 January 1968 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Treason Act 1535 |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Criminal Law Act 1967 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
TheTreason Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 1. c. 1) was anAct of theParliament of England. (It should not be confused with another Act about treason passed in the same year,1 Mar. Sess. 2 c. 6.)
The Act abolished all forms of treason that had been created since 1351, except theTreason Act 1351 itself.[3] It also abolished allfelonies created since the beginning of the reign of Henry VIII.
Section 2 of this Act was repealed on 28 July 1863 by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, theStatute Law Revision Act 1863.
The rest of the Act was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, theCriminal Law Act 1967.
| Treason (No. 2) Act 1553 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An act against counterfeiting of strange coins, being current within this realm, or of the Queen's highness sign manual, signet, or privy seal, to be adjudged high treason. |
| Citation | 1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 6 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 5 December 1553 |
| Repealed | 1 May 1832 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Forgery Act 1830 |
| Repealed by | Coinage Offences Act 1832 |
Status: Repealed | |
Another act passed in the same year, theTreason (No. 2) Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 6), made it high treason tocounterfeit foreign coins, or forge the Queen'sprivy seal,signet ring orroyal sign-manual. This act was replaced by theForgery Act 1830,[4] which continued this form of treason until it was repealed in 1861. (That offence continued to exist as a felony (after1967, simply an offence) until 1981.)
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