The Substitution of Punishments of Death Act 1841 (4 & 5 Vict. c. 56) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It abolished the death penalty for rape, carnal knowledge of girls under the age of 10, any forgery cases not covered by previous Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 123) and Forgery Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 84), embezzlement from the Bank of England and South Sea Company, returning to the United Kingdom or its territories before the end of a term of transportation and "riotous demolition" of property or churches, replacing it with other penalties such as transportation and imprisonment with or without hard labour.
Subsequent developments Sections 2 and 3 of the act, and so much of section 1 of the act as relates to embezzlements by officers or servants of the Bank of England, were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 95), which came into force on 1 November 1861.
The whole act was repealed by section 36 of, and the second schedule to, the Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 8), which came into force on 9 June 1890.
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