Punishment of Offences Act 1837 (original) (raw)

The Punishment of Offences Act 1837 (7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 91) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It abolished the death penalty for a number of statutory offences and replaced it with transportation for life. This Act originally extended to the United Kingdom (which then included the whole of Ireland). This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. This Act was repealed as to New Zealand by section 412(1) of, and the Fourth Schedule to, the Crimes Act 1961.