Benefit of Clergy Act 1496
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| Long title | An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason. | ||||||||
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| Citation | 12 Hen. 7. c.7 | ||||||||
| Territorial extent | England and Wales | ||||||||
| Dates | |||||||||
| Royal assent | 13 March 1497 | ||||||||
| Commencement | 16 January 1497[a] | ||||||||
| Repealed |
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Status: Repealed | |||||||||
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |||||||||
The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12 Hen. 7. c. 7), was an act of the Parliament of England, passed during the reign of Henry VII of England, that abolished benefit of clergy for petty treason.[1] Its long title was "An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason."
Subsequent developments
[edit]The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 31), which came into force on 1 July 1828.[2]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- â Start of session.
References
[edit]- â Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 [12 Hen. VII. - A.D. 1496 Chapter VII]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 790â791. OCLC 1110419501 â via Internet Archive.
- â "Offences Against the Person Act 1828", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo4/9 c. 31
External links
[edit]- Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). An Act that no Person committing Petty Treason, Murder, or Felony, shall be admitted to his Clergy, under Sub-deacon. (1531) [23 Hen. VIII. - A.D. 1531 Chapter I]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. III. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 94â97. OCLC 15609908 â via Internet Archive.
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