Treason Act 1945
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The Treason Act 1945 is a United Kingdom statute that modernized the law of treason, particularly to facilitate the prosecution of wartime traitors under contemporary criminal procedures.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treason Act 1945 canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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United Kingdom statute ⓘ |
| amends | Treason Act 1351 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
British subjects
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persons owing allegiance to the Crown ⓘ |
| category |
1945 in British law
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1945 in British politics ⓘ Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning crime ⓘ United Kingdom treason law ⓘ |
| citationStyle | 8 & 9 Geo. 6 c. 44 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| enactedDuringReignOf | George VI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Second World War
NERFINISHED
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prosecution of wartime collaborators and traitors ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England and Wales
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Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
criminal law
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treason law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| legislature | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act to assimilate the procedure in treason to that in murder and to amend the law relating to treason ⓘ |
| providesFor |
application of rules of evidence in murder cases to treason cases
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jury trial for treason under modern criminal procedure ⓘ trial of treason by the same procedure as murder ⓘ use of ordinary criminal courts for treason trials ⓘ |
| purpose |
to apply contemporary criminal procedures to treason
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to assimilate the procedure in treason trials to that in murder trials ⓘ to facilitate the prosecution of wartime traitors ⓘ to modernize the law of treason ⓘ |
| region | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
High Treason
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Treason Act 1795 NERFINISHED ⓘ Treason Act 1817 NERFINISHED ⓘ Treason Felony Act 1848 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| royalAssent | 1945 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Treason Act 1945 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | partly in force ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
criminal procedure
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treason ⓘ |
| typeOfOffenceAffected | capital offence (at time of enactment) GENERATED ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1945 ⓘ |
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