Offences at Sea Act 1799 (c.37)

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Offences at Sea Act 1799

1799 c.37 39_Geo_3

An Act for remedying certain Defects in the Law respecting Offences committed upon the High Seas.

[10th May 1799]

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1	Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2	Preamble repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. I

[1.]

All offences whatever committed on the high seas shall be liable to the same punishments as if committed on shore.

All and every offence and offences which after the passing of this Act shall be committed upon the high seas, out of the body of any county of this realm, shall be and they are hereby declared to be offences . . . F1 liable to the same punishments respectively, as if they had been committed upon the shore, . . . F1

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1	Words repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3	Unreliable marginal note

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Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F2	S. 2 repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. I

Version no	Start date	End date	Extent	Confers power	Blanket amendment
> 1	01/02/1991		E+W+S	N	N

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