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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treason Act 1945 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13044833 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treason Act 1945 Context triple: [later Treason Acts, relatedTo, Treason Act 1945]
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A.
Official Secrets Act 1939
The Official Secrets Act 1939 was a United Kingdom law that strengthened and clarified earlier official secrets legislation, particularly concerning national security and the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive government information.
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B.
Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817
The Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817 was a British law passed during the post-Napoleonic period to suppress radical political dissent and restrict expressions deemed threatening to the monarchy and government.
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C.
Official Secrets Act 1920
The Official Secrets Act 1920 is a UK law that strengthened and expanded earlier official secrets legislation by broadening the range of security-related offences and powers concerning espionage and the protection of sensitive government information.
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D.
Statute of Treasons 1351
The Statute of Treasons 1351 is a foundational English law that formally defined and limited the crime of treason, shaping the legal understanding of treason in England and later common law jurisdictions for centuries.
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E.
Official Secrets Act 1911
The Official Secrets Act 1911 is a key piece of United Kingdom legislation that established criminal offences related to espionage and the unauthorised disclosure of information affecting national security.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treason Act 1945 Target entity description: 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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A.
Official Secrets Act 1939
The Official Secrets Act 1939 was a United Kingdom law that strengthened and clarified earlier official secrets legislation, particularly concerning national security and the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive government information.
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B.
Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817
The Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817 was a British law passed during the post-Napoleonic period to suppress radical political dissent and restrict expressions deemed threatening to the monarchy and government.
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C.
Official Secrets Act 1920
The Official Secrets Act 1920 is a UK law that strengthened and expanded earlier official secrets legislation by broadening the range of security-related offences and powers concerning espionage and the protection of sensitive government information.
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D.
Statute of Treasons 1351
The Statute of Treasons 1351 is a foundational English law that formally defined and limited the crime of treason, shaping the legal understanding of treason in England and later common law jurisdictions for centuries.
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E.
Official Secrets Act 1911
The Official Secrets Act 1911 is a key piece of United Kingdom legislation that established criminal offences related to espionage and the unauthorised disclosure of information affecting national security.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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United Kingdom statute ⓘ |
| amends | Treason Act 1351 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
British subjects
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Second World War
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linked to:
World War II
prosecution of wartime collaborators and traitors ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England and Wales
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
criminal law
ⓘ
treason law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| legislature |
Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
British Parliament
|
| 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 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
High Treason
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Treason Act 1795 ⓘ Treason Act 1817 ⓘ Treason Felony Act 1848 ⓘ |
| royalAssent | 1945 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Treason Act 1945 ⓘ |
| status | partly in force ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
criminal procedure
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treason ⓘ |
| typeOfOffenceAffected | capital offence (at time of enactment) ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1945 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Treason Act 1945 Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
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