The Piracy Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 24) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
The long title and preamble of the act were:
Subsequent developments The act was made perpetual by section 7 of the Unlawful Games Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 28).
Parts of the act were superseded by the Piracy Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 88).
In section 1, the words from " and he " to " suppressing of piracy ", and section 3 of the act, were repealed by section 10(2) of, and part I of schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967, which came into force on 1 January 1968.
The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 2 of part I of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, which came into force on 5 November 1993.
See also 1717–1718 Acts of Grace
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Text of the Piracy Act 1721 as originally enacted