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Perjury Act 1728

{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of Great Britain}}

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|short_title=The Perjury Act 1728{{efn|The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.}}

|parliament=Parliament of Great Britain

|long_title=An Act for the more effectual preventing and further Punishment of Forgery, Perjury and Subornation of Perjury; and to make it Felony to steal Bonds, Notes or other Securities for Payment of Money.

|year=1728

|citation=2 Geo. 2. c 25

|introduced_by=

|territorial_extent=England and Wales{{efn|Section 4.}}

|royal_assent=14 May 1729

|commencement=29 June 1729{{efn|Section 1.}}

|repeal_date=1 January 1912

|amendments={{ubli|Continuance, etc., of Acts, 1735|Statute Law Revision Act 1867|Statute Law Revision Act 1871}}

|related_legislation=

|repealing_legislation=Perjury Act 1911

|status=Repealed

|original_text=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaRFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA699

|}}

The Perjury Act 1728 (2 Geo 2 c 25) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

So much of the act as related to the stealing or taking by robbery any orders or other securities therein enumerated was repealed by section 1 of the 7 & 8 Geo 4 c 27.{{Efn|The marginal note says that the effect of this was to repeal section 3 of this act.}}

The whole act, except so far as it related to perjury and subornation of perjury, was repealed by [https://books.google.com/books?id=eK5qQAEWLiYC&pg=PA416#v=onepage&q&f=false section 31] of the Forgery Act 1830.{{Efn|The marginal note says the whole act was repealed except section 2.}}

Section 5 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.

The whole act was repealed as far as it applied to England and WalesThe Perjury Act 1911, section 17 and Schedule on 1 January 1912 by section 19 of the Perjury Act 1911, section 19

Section 2 - Penalty for perjury and subornation of perjury

The act applied only to perjury in judicial proceedings. Section 2 provided that perjury and subornation of perjury were punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years.The Law Commission. Working Paper No 33. Perjury and Kindred Offences. 14 October 1970. Paragraphs 1 and 22 at pages 1 and 19.

William Oldnall Russell said section 2 was the important statute relating to the punishment of perjury.A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors. 2nd Ed. 1828. vol 2. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PRBDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA11-IA26#v=onepage&q&f=false p 1763].

Castro v RCastro v R (1881) 6 App Cas [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=M-QwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA229#v=onepage&q&f=false 229]; 50 LJQB [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ap0sAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA497#v=onepage&q&f=false 497]; 44 LT [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0hRHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA350#v=onepage&q&f=false 350]; 29 WR [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b-ZCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA669#v=onepage&q&f=false 669]; 45 JP [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9QQ5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA452#v=onepage&q&f=false 452]; 14 Cox CC [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FHMDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA546#v=onepage&q&f=false 546]; 12 Magistrates Cases [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XHsDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA379#v=onepage&q&f=false 379], HL. was decided under section 2.John Mews. A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Courts of Common Law, Bankruptcy, Probate, Admiralty, and Divorce: . . . From 1756 to 1883 Inclusive. vol 2. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v2xGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2151#v=onepage&q&f=false col 2151] & 2152."Castro v The Queen" (1881) 70 The Law Times [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qZkDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA345#v=onepage&q&f=false 345]

Section 6

Section 6 provided for the act to expire. The act was revived and made perpetual by the Continuance, etc., of Acts, 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 18). Section 6 was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867, because it had been virtually repealed by that act.Statute Law Revision Bill, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QSpcAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA6-PA132#v=onepage&q&f=false p 132].

Notes

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References

  • The Statutes at Large, From the First Year of the Reign of King George the First to the Third Year of the Reign of King George the Second. Volume the Fifth. King's Printer. London. 1763. Pages [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaRFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA699#v=onepage&q&f=false 699] and 700.
  • John Rayner. "2 Geo II Chap 25". Readings on Statutes. London. 1775. Pages [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XLFfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA169#v=onepage&q&f=false 169] to 207.
  • J M Lely. The Statutes of Practical Utility. (Chitty's Statutes). Fifth Edition. 1894. Volume 3. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U5cvAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA371#v=onepage&q&f=false Page 371].
  • "The Punishment of Perjury" (1890) 25 The Law Journal [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DOkuAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA250#v=onepage&q&f=false 250] (26 April 1890)
  • W Oldnall Russell, Horace Smith and A P Perceval Keep. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors. Sixth Edition. 1896. Volume 1. pp [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7JM0AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA322#v=onepage&q&f=false 322], 323 & 397.
  • The Law of Forgery. J. & W. T. Clarke. 1831. pp [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3EVfAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA10-IA1#v=onepage&q&f=false 10], 25, 31, 62, 112 & 124.

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External links

  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaRFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA699#v=onepage&q&f=false The Perjury Act 1728] from Google Books

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Category:Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1728

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