Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1776

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England and Wales
Scotland

DatesRoyal assent3 March 1776Expired1 January 1778Repealed21 August 1871Other legislationAmended by

Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1778
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1779
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1780
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1781
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1782

Repealed by

Statute Law Revision Act 1871

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1776 (17 Geo. 3. c. 9) also known as the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1777 or the Treason Act 1777 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the American Revolution. It required that anyone who was charged with or suspected of high treason or piracy in America or on the high seas be held in custody without bail or trial until 1 January 1778. Bail could only be granted by an order of the Privy Council, signed by six members of the council.^[1]

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Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1778
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for continuing an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain Persons charged with or suspected of the Crime of High Treason, committed in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, or on the High Seas, or the Crime of Piracy."
Citation	18 Geo. 3. c. 1
Dates
Royal assent	10 December 1777
Expired	1 January 1779
Repealed	21 August 1871
Other legislation
Amends	Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1776
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed

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Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1779
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for further continuing an Act, made in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain Persons charged with, or suspected of, the Crime of High Treason, committed in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, or on the High Seas, or the Crime of Piracy."
Citation	19 Geo. 3. c. 1
Dates
Royal assent	16 December 1778
Expired	1 January 1780
Repealed	21 August 1871
Other legislation
Amends	Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1776
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed

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Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1780
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for further continuing an Act made in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain Persons charged with, or suspected of, the Crime of High Treason, committed in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, or on the High Seas, or the Crime of Piracy."
Citation	20 Geo. 3. c. 5
Dates
Royal assent	15 December 1779
Expired	1 January 1781
Repealed	21 August 1871
Other legislation
Amends	Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1776
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed

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Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1781
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for further continuing an Act made in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain Persons charged with, or suspected of, the Crime of High Treason, committed in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, or on the High Seas, or the Crime of Piracy."
Citation	21 Geo. 3. c. 2
Dates
Royal assent	27 November 1780
Expired	1 January 1782
Repealed	21 August 1871
Other legislation
Amends	Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1776
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed

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Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1782
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for further continuing an Act made in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain Persons charged with, or suspected of the Crime of High Treason, committed in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, or on the High Seas, or the Crime of Piracy."
Citation	22 Geo. 3. c. 1
Dates
Royal assent	20 December 1781
Expired	1 January 1783
Repealed	21 August 1871
Other legislation
Amends	Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1776
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed

The Act was due to expire on 1 January 1778, but this was extended annually to 1 January of each successive year until 1 January 1783, when it was finally allowed to expire.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Statutes at Large, vol. VIII, London: Eyre, Straham, Woodfall.
^ 18 Geo. 3. c. 1 (1778), 19 Geo. 3. c. 1 (1779), 20 Geo. 3. c. 5 (1780), 21 Geo. 3. c. 2 (1781), 22 Geo. 3. c. 1 (1782).
^ Statutes at Large, vol. X (Index), London: Eyre, Straham, Woodfall (1786), "Plantations" para. 115.

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