Piracy Act 1721

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Piracy Act 1721 [a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of Great Britain
Long title An Act for the more effectual suppressing of Piracy
Citation 8 Geo. 1. c. 24
Territorial extent  Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent 7 March 1722
Commencement 19 October 1721 [b]
Repealed5 November 1993
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993
Relates to Piracy Act 1837
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Piracy Act 1721 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Piracy Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 24) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Contents

The long title and preamble of the act were:

An Act for the more effectual suppressing of Piracy.Whereas the number of persons committing piracies, felonies, and robberies upon the seas is of late very much increased, and notwithstanding the laws already made and now in being, many idle and profligate persons have turned pirates, and betaken themselves to that wicked course of life, whereby the trade and navigation into remote parts will greatly suffer unless some further provision be speedily made for bringing such persons and all others who shall be any ways aiding and assisting, or in confederacy with them, to condign punishment:

Subsequent developments

The act was made perpetual by section 7 of the Unlawful Games Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 28).

Parts of the act were superseded by the Piracy Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 88).

In section 1, the words from " and he " to " suppressing of piracy ", and section 3 of the act, were repealed by section 10(2) of, and part I of schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967, which came into force on 1 January 1968. [1]

The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 2 of part I of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, which came into force on 5 November 1993. [2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ↑ Start of session.

References

  1. ↑ "Criminal Law Act 1967", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 1967 c. 58
  2. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 1993 c. 50
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