Benefit of Clergy Act 1496

United Kingdom legislation

Benefit of Clergy Act 1496
Dates
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason.
Citation	12 Hen. 7. c.7
Territorial extent	Great Britain Medieval England
Repealed	1828
Other legislation
Repealed by	Criminal Law (India) Act 1828
Relates to	23 Hen. 8. c. 1 (1531)
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496, formally referred to as the Act 12 Hen. 7 c. 7, was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed during the reign of Henry VII of England.^[1] Its long title was "An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason." It abolished benefit of clergy for petty treason.

References

^ Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 [12 Hen. VII. - A.D. 1496 Chapter VII]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 790–791. OCLC 1110419501 – via Internet Archive.

External links

Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). An Act that no Person committing Petty Treason, Murder, or Felony, shall be admitted to his Clergy, under Sub-deacon. (1531) [23 Hen. VIII. - A.D. 1531 Chapter I]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. III. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 94–97. OCLC 15609908 – via Internet Archive.

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