Perjury_Act_1728

Perjury Act 1728

Perjury Act 1728

United Kingdom legislation

The Perjury Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 25) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Quick Facts Long title, Citation ...

So much of this Act as related to the stealing or taking by robbery any orders or other securities therein enumerated was repealed by section 1 of the Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827. (The marginal note says that the effect of this was to repeal section 3 of this Act).

The Act, except so far as it related to perjury and subornation of perjury, was repealed by section 31 of the Forgery Act 1830. (The marginal note says the whole Act was repealed except section 2).

Section 5 was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.

The Act was repealed as far as it applied to England and Wales.[3] on 1 January 1912.[4]

The Act applied only to perjury in judicial proceedings. Section 2 provided that perjury and subornation of perjury were punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years.[5]

Section 6 provided for the Act to expire. The Act was revived and made perpetual by the Continuance, etc., of Acts, 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 18).

References

  • The Statutes at Large, From the First Year of the Reign of King George the First to the Third Year of the Reign of King George the Second. Volume the Fifth. King's Printer. London. 1763. Pages 699 and 700.
  1. [1]
    The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. [2]
    The Perjury Act 1728, section 4
  3. [3]
    The Perjury Act 1911, section 17 and Schedule
  4. [4]
    The Perjury Act 1911, section 19
  5. [5]
    The Law Commission. Working Paper No 33. Perjury and Kindred Offences. 14 October 1970. Paragraphs 1 and 22 at pages 1 and 19.


Stub icon

This legislation in Great Britain article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Perjury_Act_1728, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.