Treason Act 1842

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The Treason Act 1842 is a British law that broadened and clarified the offenses of treason and threats against the monarch, particularly in response to attempts on Queen Victoria’s life.

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Treason Act 1842 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom statute ⓘ
appliesTo heir apparent when acting in a royal capacity (by interpretation with other statutes) ⓘ
reigning sovereign ⓘ
appliesToLocation places where the monarch is present within the realm ⓘ
chapterNumber c. 51 ⓘ
classificationOfOffence offence short of high treason ⓘ
containsSection section 1 ⓘ
section 2 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createsOffence alarming or causing bodily harm to the monarch ⓘ
assaulting the monarch ⓘ
attempting to strike the monarch ⓘ
discharging or attempting to discharge a firearm at the monarch ⓘ
pointing a firearm at the monarch ⓘ
throwing any dangerous or offensive object at the monarch ⓘ
uttering or publishing words expressing an intention to injure or alarm the monarch ⓘ
historicalContext enacted after several attacks on Queen Victoria in the early 1840s ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
Ireland (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Gaelic Ireland

Scotland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterPenalty imprisonment ⓘ
legalArea criminal law ⓘ
offences against the person ⓘ
treason law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
longTitle An Act for the better Security of the Lives of Her Majesty’s Person ⓘ
maximumPenaltyAtEnactment imprisonment for a term of years ⓘ
transportation for life ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment Queen Victoria ⓘ
motivatedBy attempts on the life of Queen Victoria ⓘ
public concern about the security of the monarch ⓘ
parliamentarySession 5 & 6 Vict. ⓘ
purpose to broaden and clarify offences relating to threats and violence against the monarch ⓘ
to provide lesser offences than high treason for attacks on the sovereign ⓘ
relatedTo Offences against the Person Act 1861 ⓘ
Treason Act 1351 ⓘ
Treason Felony Act 1848 ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1842-07-16 ⓘ
section1DealsWith assaults and attempts to injure or alarm the monarch ⓘ
section2DealsWith threatening words or writings against the monarch ⓘ
shortTitle Treason Act 1842 ⓘ
statusInEnglandAndWales partly in force ⓘ
statusInNorthernIreland partly in force ⓘ
statusInScotland partly in force ⓘ
typeOfProtection personal security of the sovereign ⓘ
yearEnacted 1842 ⓘ

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later Treason Acts → relatedTo → Treason Act 1842 ⓘ
Treason Act 1814 → relatedTo → Treason Act 1842 ⓘ
Treason Act 1842 → shortTitle → Treason Act 1842 ⓘ