Treason (Ireland) Act 1821

The Treason (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo 4 c 24) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It extended most of the English Treason Act 1695 to Ireland. Previously the 1695 Act only applied to England and Scotland (having been extended to Scotland in 1708).

Treason (Ireland) Act 1821^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to extend certain Provisions of an Act of King William the Third, intituled "An Act for regulating of Trials in Cases of Treason and Misprision of Treason," to [that part of the United Kingdom called] Ireland.[2]
Citation	1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 24
Dates
Royal assent	19 April 1821
Commencement	Section 1 commenced on 1 January 1822
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1888
Repealed by	Treason Act 1945 (UK) Statute Law Revision Act 1983 (RI)
Relates to	Treason Act 1695
Status
Republic of Ireland	Repealed
Northern Ireland	Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The whole Act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by the Statute Law Revision Act 1983.^[3]

Section 1

As originally enacted, section 1 extended sections 2 to 5 of the Treason Act 1695 to Ireland.^[4] All but section 5 of the 1695 Act were repealed by the Treason Act 1945. Therefore, today the effect of section 1 is only to extend section 5 of the Treason Act 1695 to Northern Ireland. Section 5 imposes a three-year time limit on bringing prosecutions for treason.

Section 2

This section stated that the above time limit did not apply to attempts on the life of the king, or to misprision of such treason. (Similar provision had been made in section 6 of the 1695 Act.) Section 2 also stated that trials for such treason or misprision were to be conducted according to the rules of evidence and procedure applicable in ordinary murder trials, which were different from the rules for treason trials. (This rule had been introduced in Great Britain by the Treason Act 1800.)

Section 2 was repealed by the Treason Act 1945.^[5]

See also

• Treason Act (Ireland) 1765
• Treason (Ireland) Act 1854
• Treason Act

References and notes

• The Statutes Revised. Third Edition. HMSO. 1950. Volume 2. Pages ccxxv and 770.
• John Raithby. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. King's Printers. London. 1822. Volume 8. Pages 318 and 319. Digitised copy from Google Books.

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 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. The words "that part of the United Kingdom called" were repealed by section 4(b) of the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
3. Section 1 and Part 4 of the Schedule.
4. The marginal notes to the recital in "The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" by John Raithby
5. Section 2(1) and the Schedule.

External links

• The Treason (Ireland) Act 1821, as amended from the National Archives.
• List of repeals in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book.