Benefit of Clergy Act 1402

Benefit of Clergy Act 1402
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of England
Long titleAn Act for confirming the Liberties of the Church and Clergy.
Citation4 Hen. 4. c. 3
Territorial extent 
Dates
Royal assent25 November 1402
Commencement30 September 1402[a]
Repealed
Other legislation
Amended byStatute Law Revision Act 1863
Repealed by
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Benefit of Clergy Act 1402 (4 Hen. 4. c. 3) was an act passed during the reign of Henry IV of England by the Parliament of England that abolished compurgation for high treason and theft..[1]

Subsequent developments

The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495 (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)).[2]

The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125), which came into force on 28 July 1863.[3]

The whole act was repealed for Ireland by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98), which came into force on 10 August 1872.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Start of session.

References

  1. ↑ Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Benefit of Clergy Act 1402 [4 Hen. IV. - A.D. 1402 Chapter III]. 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. p. 238. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ "Poynings' Law 1495", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Hen7 c. 10
  3. ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1863", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/26-27 c. 125
  4. ↑ "Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/35-36 c. 98
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