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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make it High Treason to hold correspondence with the Sons of the Pretender to His Majesty's Crown, and for attainting them of High Treason, in case they should land or attempt to land in Great Britain, or any of the Dominions thereunto belonging, and for suspending the operation and effect of a Clause in the Act of the seventh year of the late Queen Anne, for improving the Union of the two Kingdoms, relating to Forfeitures for High Treason until after the decease of the sons of the Pretender. |
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| Citation | 17 Geo. 2. c. 39 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 12 May 1744 |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Treason Act 1708 |
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| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Treason Act 1743[1] (17 Geo. 2. c. 39) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which made it high treason to correspond with any of the sons of James Francis Edward Stuart ("The Old Pretender"), who claimed to be king of Great Britain and of Ireland. His sons were Charles Edward Stuart ("The Young Pretender") and Henry Benedict Stuart (who, after his elder brother's death in 1788, never asserted a claim to the throne).