| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make further provision for the trial and punishment of treachery. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 21 |
| Introduced by | Sir John Anderson, Home Secretary (Commons) Viscount Simon, Lord Chancellor (Lords) |
| Territorial extent | applied to anything done:
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 23 May 1940 |
| Commencement | 23 May 1940 |
| Expired | 24 February 1946[c] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1968[1] (all other than with respect to Scotland and Northern Ireland[2]) 18 July 1973[3] (Scotland and Northern Ireland[4]) |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), s. 10(2) and Part 1 of Schedule 3; Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973, s. 1(1) and Part V of Schedule 1 |
| Relates to | Treason Act 1945 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Treachery Act 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 21)[5] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom effective during World War II to facilitate the prosecution and execution of enemy spies, suspended afterwards, and repealed in 1968 or 1973, territory depending. The law was passed on 23 May 1940, in the month after Nazi Germany invaded France and Winston Churchill became prime minister.[6]
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- ^ Criminal Law Act 1967, section 12(1)
- ^ Criminal Law Act 1967, section 11(1)
- ^ Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973. The repealing provision came into force on the date of royal assent because the contrary was not specified.
- ^ The repealing provision extends to the remainder of the United Kingdom, because the contrary was not specified.
- ^ – via Wikisource.
- ^ HM Prison Service – Prison Service News (Magazine)