An Act to amend certain Acts relating to the Crime of Piracy.
[17th July 1837]
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C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)
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F1Ss. 1, 5 repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)
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, [F2[F3and being convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for life] . . . F4] .
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F2Words repealed (S.) by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)
F3Words in s. 2 substituted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 36(5); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(g)
F4Words repealed by (S.) Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51), (E.W.) Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. III and (N.I.) Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 (c. 53), Sch. 5
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F5S. 3 repealed (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 32 para. 1, Sch. 37 Pt. 7; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(2)Sch. 1 para. 44(4)(a) (with Sch. 2) (as explained (29.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/2122, art. 2; and as amended: (14.7.2008) by 2008 c. 4, Sch. 26 para. 78, Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/1586, Sch. 1 paras. 48(s), 50(2)(d); (30.11.2009) by S.I. 2009/3111, art. 2; (3.12.2012) by S.I. 2012/2905, art. 4; (3.12.2012) by 2012 c. 10, Sch. 14 para. 17; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(l))
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C3S. 3 repealed (N.I.) by Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (c. 18), Sch. 2 Pt. II
C4 “The Acts herein-before referred to” are Offences at Sea Act 1536 (c. 15), Piracy Act 1698 (c. 7), Piracy Act 1717 (c. 11), Piracy Act 1721 (c. 24) and Piracy Act 1744 (c. 30)
C5References to transportation for life to be construed as references to imprisonment for life or any shorter term: Penal Servitude Act 1857 (c. 3), s. 2, Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(1) and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), s. 221(1)
In the case of every felony punishable under this Act every principal in the second degree and every accessory before the fact shall be punishable . . . F6 in the same manner as the principal in the first degree is by this Act punishable; and every accessory after the fact to any felony punishable under this Act shall, on conviction, be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years.
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F6Words repealed (S.) by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)
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C6S. 4 repealed by (E.W.) Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. III and (N.I.) Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (c. 18), Sch. 2 Pt. II
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F7Ss. 1, 5 repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)
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F8S. 6 repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)
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F9S. 7 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) (c. 96), s. 2