Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965

1965 c.71

An Act to abolish capital punishment in the case of persons convicted in Great Britain of murder or convicted of murder or a corresponding offence by court-martial and, in connection therewith, to make further provision for the punishment of persons so convicted.

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Extent Information
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For extent of this Act in relation to Northern Ireland see s. 3(3)

1 Abolition of death penalty for murder.

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No person shall suffer death for murder, and a person convicted of murder shall F1. . . be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

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C13

For the purpose of any proceedings on or subsequent to a person’s trial on a charge of capital murder, that charge and any plea or finding of guilty of capital murder shall be treated as being or having been a charge, or a plea or finding of guilty, of murder only; and if at the commencement of this Act a person is under sentence of death for murder, the sentence shall have effect as a sentence of imprisonment for life.

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3 Short title, repeal, extent and commencement.

1

This Act may be cited as the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965.

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This Act F9... shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

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This Act shall come into force on the day following that on which it is passed.

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Amendments (Textual)

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