Piracy Act 1837
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1837 c. 88 |
(7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.) C A P. LXXXVIII.
[17th July 1837]
'WHEREAS it is expedient to amend so much of an Act passed in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of KingHenry the Eighth, intituled For Pirates , and so much of an Actpassed in the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of KingWilliam the Third, intituled , and so much of an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of KingGeorge the First, intituled , and so much of an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the same Reign, intituled , and so much of an Act passed in the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of KingGeorge the Second, intituled Williamthe Third, intituled 'An Act for the more effectual Suppression of Piracy ,' as relates to the Punishment of the Crime of Piracy, or of any Offence by any of the said Acts declared to be Piracy, or of Accessaries thereto respectively:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'smost Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That so much of the said several Acts as is herein-before referred to shall from and after the Commencement of this Act be and the same is hereby repealed.
II Punishment of Piracy when Murder is attempted.
II. And be it enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act whosoever, with Intent to commit or at the Time of or immediately before or immediately after committing the Crime of Piracy in respect of any Ship or Vessel, shall assault, with Intent to murder, any Person being on board of or belonging to such Ship or Vessel, or shall stab, cut, or wound any such Person, or unlawfully do any Act by which the Life of such Person may be endangered, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall suffer Death as a Felon.
III Persons guilty of Piracy to be transported.
III. And be it enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act whosoever shall be convicted of any Offence which by any of the Acts herein-before referred to amounts to the Crime of Piracy, and is thereby made punishable with Death, shall be liable...
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