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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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