Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796

Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 ^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Ireland
Long title	An Act for discontinuing the Judgment which has been required by Law to be given against Women convicted of certain crimes, and substituting another judgment in lieu thereof.
Citation	36 Geo. 3. c. 31 (I)
Territorial extent	Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	15 April 1796
Commencement	15 April 1796 [b]
Repealed	24 November 1962: Republic of Ireland 30 September 1998: Northern Ireland
Other legislation
Amended by	Offences Against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829 Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879 Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act 1962: Republic of Ireland Crime and Disorder Act 1998: Northern Ireland
Relates to	Treason Act 1790
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 31 (I)) was an act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland which reduced the penalty for women convicted of high treason and petty treason from death by burning to death by hanging. It was the Irish equivalent of the Treason Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 48) passed by the Parliament of Great Britain.

In the Republic of Ireland, the act was explicitly repealed by the Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act 1962.

In Northern Ireland, the short title was assigned in 1951, ^[1] and the act was explicitly repealed on 30 September 1998 by section 120(2) of, and schedule 10 to, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. ^[2]

See also

• Treason Act

Notes

1. Short title given by Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (c. 1 (N.I.))
2. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act (Ireland) 1795.

References

1. Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951
2. Crime and Disorder Act 1998, s.120(2) and schedule 10; commenced by art. 2(1)(g) and (3)(c) of The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2327)