Treason (Ireland) Act 1854

The Treason (Ireland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It extended part of the Treason Act 1708 to Ireland, specifically the rules about giving the defendant advance notice of the witnesses and jurors in his case. It was repealed as regards Northern Ireland by the Treason Act 1945, which abolished the unique procedural rules which applied in treason cases. it remains in force in the Republic of Ireland.

The rule in the 1708 Act which was extended to Ireland was as follows:

References

Sources

• A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the seventeenth and eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria (1854) London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, page 220.

Citations

See also

• Poynings' Law (confirmation of English statutes)
• Treason Act (Ireland) 1765
• Treason (Ireland) Act 1821
• Treason Act 1939
• Treason Act