Homicide Act 1957

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Homicide_Act_1957
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Criminal_Justice_Act_1967
gptkb:Domestic_Violence,_Crime_and_Victims_Act_2004
gptkb:Criminal_Law_Act_1967
gptkbp:citation 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 11
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1957
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Homicide Act 1957
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Sir_Harry_Hylton-Foster
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to amend the law of England and Wales relating to homicide; to make further provision for the trial and punishment of murder and for the liability of accessories; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 21 March 1957
gptkbp:repealedBy section 10
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gptkbp:section abolished death penalty for certain types of murder
introduced partial defence of diminished responsibility
abolished constructive malice
introduced partial defence of provocation
introduced partial defence of suicide pact
gptkbp:status Amended
gptkbp:subject gptkb:murder
manslaughter
gptkbp:territory England and Wales
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:English_criminal_law
gptkb:2_&_3_Eliz._2._c._32
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7