Treason Act 1945

An Act to assimilate the procedure in all cases of treason and misprision of treason to the procedure in cases of murder. [15th June 1945.]

Be it enacted by the King's most 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 as follows:-

'''Extension of 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c.93.'''

1.The Treason Act, 1800 (which assimilates the procedure in certain cases of treason and misprision of treason to the procedure in cases of murder) shall apply in all cases of treason and misprision of treason whether alleged to have been committed before or after the passing of this Act.

Repeals.

2.-(1) The enactments set out in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed in so far as they extend to matters of procedure in cases of treason or misprision of treason, that is to say, to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(2) For the removal of doubt it is hereby declared that nothing in the Treason Act, 1800, shall be deemed to have repealed any of the provisions of the Treason Act, 1695, or of the Treason Act, 1708, except the provisions of those Acts specified in the third column of the Schedule to this Act.

Short title and application to Northern Ireland.

3.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Treason Act, 1945.

(2) The Treason Act, 1800, as applied by this Act, shall extend to Northern Ireland.

(3) For the purposes of section six of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, this Act shall be deemed to be an Act passed before the appointed day.

Section 2. SCHEDULE