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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Accessories and Abettors Act 1861 (c.94)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Accessories and Abettors Act 1861

1861 CHAPTER 94 24_and_25_Vict

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. 1—7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. As to abettors in misdemeanors:

    1. 8. Abettors in misdemeanors

  3. As to other matters:

    1. 9.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 10. Act not to extend to Scotland

    3. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Accessories to and Abettors of indictable Offences.

[6th August 1861]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)

C2Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)

C3This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland

1—7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 1–7, 9 repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. III

As to abettors in misdemeanors:

8 Abettors in misdemeanors

Whosoever shall aid, abet, counsel, or procure the commission of [F1any indictable offence] , whether the same be [F1an offence] at common law or by virtue of any Act passed or to be passed, shall be liable to be tried, indicted, and punished as a principal offender.

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Words substituted by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 65(7), Sch. 12

As to other matters:

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 1–7, 9 repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. III

10 Act not to extend to Scotland

Nothing in this Act contained shall extend to Scotland, . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Words repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. III

11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1S. 11 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)