Benefit of Clergy Act 1496

Benefit of Clergy Act 1496
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Act to make some Offences Petty Treason.
Citation12 Hen. 7. c.7
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent13 March 1497
Commencement16 January 1497[a]
Repealed1 March 1829
Other legislation
Repealed by
Relates toBenefit of Clergy Act 1531
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 31).

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Start of session.

References

  1. ^ 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. 790–791. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
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