The Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 31 (I)) was an act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland which reduced the penalty for women convicted of high treason and petty treason from death by burning to death by hanging. It was the Irish equivalent of the Treason Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 48) passed by the Parliament of Great Britain.
Subsequent developments In the Republic of Ireland, the act was explicitly repealed by the Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act 1962.
In Northern Ireland, the short title was assigned in 1951.Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951
Section 4 of the act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 2 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 5), which came into force on 18 December 1953.
The whole act was repealed by section 36(3)(a) and section 120(2) of, and schedule 10 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, which came into force on 30 September 1998. The 1998 act abolished the death penalty for treason.
See also Treason Act
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