Governors of Plantations Act 1698

Governors of Plantations Act 1698

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act to punish Governors of Plantations in this Kingdom for crimes by them committed in the Plantations
Citation	11 Will. 3 c. 12 [a] 11 & 12 Will. 3. c. 12 [b]
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	11 April 1700
Commencement	1 August 1700 [c]
Repealed	8 November 1995
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Governors of Plantations Act 1698 (11 Will. 3. c. 12) ^[a] or "An Act to punish Governors of Plantations in this Kingdom for crimes by them committed in the Plantations" was an act of the Parliament of England passed in the reign of William III of England.

It is the earliest English or British legislation by which Crown servants, including diplomats and governors, could be punished under English law for offences committed abroad. ^[1] A notable prosecution under the act was in the case of R v Wall ^[2] in which Joseph Wall, the former governor of Gorée, was hanged for causing the death of a soldier following an illegal flogging 20 years previously. ^[1]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and part II of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995. ^[1]

Notes

1. This is the citation in The Statutes of the Realm .
2. This is the citation in The Statutes at Large .
3. Section 1.

References

1. Hirst, Michael (2003). Jurisdiction and the Ambit of the Criminal Law By Michael Hirst. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-924539-0 . Retrieved 15 June 2008.
2. R v Wall (1802) 28 St Tr 51.