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. Its long title was "An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason."
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 31).