Benefit of Clergy Act 1496

Benefit of Clergy Act 1496

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason.
Citation	12 Hen. 7. c.7
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	13 March 1497
Commencement	16 January 1497 [a]
Repealed	1 March 1829
Other legislation
Repealed by	Offences Against the Person Act 1828 Criminal Law (India) Act 1828
Relates to	Benefit of Clergy Act 1531
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12 Hen. 7. c. 7), was an act of the Parliament of England, passed during the reign of Henry VII of England, that abolished benefit of clergy for petty treason. ^[1] Its long title was "An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason."

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 31).

See also

• High treason in the United Kingdom
• Benefit of clergy

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

1. Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 [12 Hen. VII. - A.D. 1496 Chapter VII]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 790–791. OCLC   1110419501 – via Internet Archive.

External links

• Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). An Act that no Person committing Petty Treason, Murder, or Felony, shall be admitted to his Clergy, under Sub-deacon. (1531) [23 Hen. VIII. - A.D. 1531 Chapter I]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. III. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 94–97. OCLC   15609908 – via Internet Archive.