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Treason Act orTreasons Act (and variations thereon) orStatute of Treasons is a stockshort title used forlegislation in theUnited Kingdom and inIreland on the subject oftreason and related offences.

Several Acts on the subject of treason may also have different short titles, such as theSedition 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.

• TheTreason Act 1351 (25 Edw. 3. Stat. 5 c. 2) first provided a statutory definition of treason, which is mostly still in force. TheSuccession to the Crown Act 2013 amended two of the treasons to reduce gender inequality.
• TheTreason Act 1495 excludes acts done in support of a defeated claimant to the throne in a civil war from the scope of treason.
• TheTreason Act (Ireland) 1537, in force in Northern Ireland, expands the definition of treason.
• TheTreason Act 1695 establishes a time limit for prosecutions for treason of three years, except in the case of assassinating or attempting to assassinate the monarch. TheTreason (Ireland) Act 1821 extends these provisions to Northern Ireland.
• TheTreason Act 1702 further extends the definition of treason.
• TheTreason Act 1708 abolished the Scots law of treason and substituted the English law, and also made it treason to kill certain Scottish judges or counterfeit the Great Seal of Scotland (the latter is no longer treason except in Scotland).
• TheTreason Act 1814 specifies the penalty for treason; following abolition of the death penalty by theCrime and Disorder Act 1998, this is life imprisonment.
• TheTreason Act 1842 creates an offence short of treason (originally a misdemeanour) of using weapons with intent to injure or alarm the monarch.
• TheTreason Felony Act 1848 reduced certain treasons to the offence of 'treason felony'.Obiter dicta in a case related to treason felony suggests that theHuman Rights Act 1998 has altered the proper interpretation of this offence.
• TheCriminal Law Act 1967 specifies that the same trial procedure is to be used for treason as for murder. Before 1945, treason was subject to a different criminal procedure.
• Treason is an excepted matter in Northern Ireland under theNorthern Ireland Act 1998, a reserved matter in Scotland under theScotland Act 1998, and a listed category of offence under theGovernment of Wales Act 2006. The respective devolved legislatures have no power to legislate on these subjects.

62 acts (1351–1705)

TheTreason Act 1351 (25 Edw. 3. Stat. 5 c. 2)

TheForfeitures Act 1361 (34 Edw. 3. c. 12)

TheTreason Act 1381 (5 Ric. 2 Stat. 1. c. 6)

TheTreason Act 1397 (21 Ric. 2. c. 12)

See alsocc. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 20

TheTreason Act 1399 (1 Hen. 4. c. 10) (repealed the Treason Acts 1381 and 1397)

TheSafe Conducts Act 1414 (2 Hen. 5. Stat. 1. c. 6)

TheTreason Act 1415 (3 Hen. 5. c. 6)

See also3 Hen. 5. St. 2. c. 7

TheTreason Act 1423 (2 Hen. 6. c. 21)

TheTreason Act 1429 (8 Hen. 6. c. 6)

TheTreason Act 1442 (20 Hen. 6. c. 3)

See also20 Hen. 6. c. 11

TheTreason Act 1448 (27 Hen. 6. c. 4)

TheAct of Accord (1460) (39 Hen. 6. c. 1)

TheTreason Act 1488 (4 Hen. 7. c. 18)

TheTreason Act 1495 (11 Hen. 7. c. 1)

TheBenefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12 Hen. 7. c. 7) (abolished benefit of clergy for petit treason)

ThePoisoning Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 9)

TheTreasons Act 1534 (26 Hen. 8. c. 13)

TheTreason Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 2)

TheAct of Succession 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 7)

TheSee of Rome Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 10)

TheTreason Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 18)

TheTreason Act (Ireland) 1537 (28 Hen. 8. c. 7 (I.))

TheTreasons in Wales Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8. c. 4)

TheTreason Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8. c. 25)

TheTreason Act 1541 (33 Hen. 8. c. 20)

TheRoyal Assent by Commission Act 1541 (33 Hen. 8. c. 21)

See alsoCriminal Law Act 1541 (33 Hen. 8. c. 23)

TheCrown of Ireland Act 1542 (33 Hen. 8 c. 1 (I.))

TheTreason Act 1543 (35 Hen. 8. c. 2)

See alsoSuccession to the Crown Act 1543 andKing's Style Act 1543

TheTreason Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 12)

TheRiot Act 1549 (3 & 4 Edw. 6. c. 5)

TheTreason Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 11)

TheTreason Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 1. c. 1)

TheTreason (No. 2) Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 6)

TheTreason Act 1554 (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 10)

See alsoTraitorous Words Act 1554 andCounterfeit Coin Act 1554

TheAct of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1)

TheTreason Act 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 5)

TheSupremacy of the Crown Act 1562 (5 Eliz. 1. c. 1)

TheClipping Coin Act 1562 (5 Eliz. 1. c. 11)

TheTreasons Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 1)

TheBulls, etc., from Rome Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 2)

TheRebellion Act 1572 (14 Eliz. 1 c. 1)

TheEscape of Traitors Act 1572 (14 Eliz. 1 c. 2)

TheCoin Act 1572 (14 Eliz. 1. c. 3)

TheCoin Act 1575 (18 Eliz. 1. c. 1)

TheReligion Act 1580 (23 Eliz. 1. c. 1)

TheSafety of the Queen, etc. Act 1584 (27 Eliz. 1. c. 1)

TheJesuits, etc. Act 1584 (27 Eliz. 1. c. 2)

TheTreason Act 1586 (29 Eliz. 1. c. 2)

ThePopish Recusants Act 1605 (3 Jas. 1. c. 4)

TheTreasons Act 1649 (Act of the Parliament of theCommonwealth of England)

TheSedition Act 1661 (13 Cha. 2 St. 1. c. 1)

TheCorrespondence with Enemies Act 1691 (3 Will. & Mar. c. 13)

TheTreason Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 3)

TheSecurity of King and Government Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 27)

TheCoin Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26)

TheCorrespondence with the Pretender Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 1)

TheCorrespondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 3)

TheSecurity of the Succession, etc. Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 6)

See alsoCoin Act 1696 (1 Ann. c. 9)

TheTreason Act 1702 (1 Ann. St. 2. c. 21^[1]) (and the Treason Act (Ireland) 1703 (2 Ann. c. 5), which makes equivalent provision)

TheMutiny Act 1703 (2 & 3 Ann. c. 20)

TheCorrespondence with Enemies Act 1704 (3 & 4 Ann. c. 14)

TheRegency Act 1705 (4 & 5 Ann. c. 20)

20 acts (1707–1799)

TheSuccession to the Crown Act 1707 (6 Ann. c. 41)

TheTreason Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 21)

See also7 Ann. c. 25

TheTreason Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 33)

See alsoTreason in Scotland Act 1714 andCrown Lands (Forfeited Estates) Act 1715

TheCoin Act 1732 (6 Geo. 2. c. 26)

TheCounterfeiting Coin Act 1741 (15 Geo. 2. c. 28)

TheTreason Act 1743 (17 Geo. 2. c. 39)

TheHabeas Corpus Suspension Act 1745 (19 Geo. 2. c. 1)

TheJurors (Scotland) Act 1745 (19 Geo. 2. c. 9)

see also19 Geo. 2. c. 26

TheTreason Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 30)

see alsoVesting Act 1747 andTraitors Transported Act 1746

TheSheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747 (21 Geo. 2. c. 19)

TheTreason Outlawries (Scotland) Act 1748 (22 Geo. 2. c. 48)

TheTreason Act 1760 (33 Geo. 2. c. 26) (revived the expiredSheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747)

TheTreason Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 53)

TheTreason Act 1777 (17 Geo. 3. c. 9)

TheTreason Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 48)

TheCorrespondence with Enemies Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 27)

TheTreason Act 1795 (36 Geo. 3. c. 7)

TheCounterfeiting Coin Act 1797 (37 Geo. 3. c. 126)

TheCorrespondence with Enemies Act 1798 (38 Geo. 3. c. 28)

TheForfeiture upon Attainder of Treason Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 93)

16 acts (1800–2013)

TheTreason Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 93)

TheTreason Act 1814 (54 Geo. 3. c. 146)

TheTreason Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 6)

TheTreason (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo. 4 c. 24)

TheForgery Act 1830 (11 Geo. 4. & 1 Will. 4. c. 66)

TheRegency Act 1830 (1 Will. 4. c. 2)

TheCoinage Offences Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 34)

TheRegency Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 52)

TheTreason Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 51)

TheTreason Felony Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 12)

TheTreason (Ireland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 26)

TheForgery Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 98)

TheTreachery Act 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 40)

TheTreason Act 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 44)

TheSuccession to the Crown Act 2013 (c. 20) (amends the Treason Act 1351)

TheTreason Act (Ireland) 1537 (28 Hen. 8 c. 7)

TheCrown of Ireland Act 1542 (33 Hen. 8 c. 1 (I. Sect. II)

TheAct of Supremacy (Ireland) 1560 (2 Eliz. 1 c. 1)

TheTreason Act (Ireland) 1703 (2 Ann. c. 5 (I.))

TheTreason Act (Ireland) 1765 (5 Geo. 3 c. 21 (I.))

TheTreason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 (36 Geo. 3 c. 31)

TheTreason (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo. 4 c. 24)

TheTreason (Ireland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 26)

TheTreasonable Offences Act 1925 (repealed in 1939)

TheTreason Act 1939

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