| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Accessories to and Abettors of indictable Offences. |
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| Citation | 24 & 25 Vict. c. 94 |
| Territorial extent |
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 August 1861 |
| Commencement | 1 November 1861[2] |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Accessories and Abettors Act 1861 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Accessories and Abettors Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 94) is a mainly repealed Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It consolidated statutory English criminal law related to accomplices, including many classes of encouragers (inciters). Mainly its offences were, according to the draftsman of the Act,[3] replacement enactments with little or no variation in phraseology. It is one of a group of Acts sometimes referred to as the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts 1861. It was passed with the object of simplifying the law. It collected the relevant parts of Peel's Acts (and the equivalent Irish Acts) and others.[4]
- ^ This short title was conferred by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule.
- ^ The Accessories and Abettors Act 1861, section 11
- ^ Greaves. The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts (1861) pp. 3-4
- ^ James Edward Davis. The Criminal Law Consolidation Statutes of the 24 & 25 of Victoria, Chapters 94 to 100: Edited with Notes, Critical and Explanatory. Butterworths. 1861. Page vii.