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Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965

1965 c. 71 · Enacted 8 November 1965 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to abolish capital punishment in the case of persons convicted in Great Britain of murder or convicted of murder or a corresponding offence by court-martial and, in connection therewith, to make further provision for the punishment of persons so convicted.

[8th November 1965]E1

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Extent

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For extent of this Act in relation to Northern Ireland see s. 3(3)

Contents

  1. 1Abolition of death penalty for murder.
  2. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 3Short title, repeal, extent and commencement.
  4. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  5. Schedule Schedule

1Abolition of death penalty for murder.

C1(1)

No person shall suffer death for murder, and a person convicted of murder shall F1. . . be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

F2(2)

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(3)

For the purpose of any proceedings on or subsequent to a person’s trial on a charge of capital murder, that charge and any plea or finding of guilty of capital murder shall be treated as being or having been a charge, or a plea or finding of guilty, of murder only; and if at the commencement of this Act a person is under sentence of death for murder, the sentence shall have effect as a sentence of imprisonment for life.

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3Short title, repeal, extent and commencement.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965.

(2)

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F2(3)

This Act ... shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

(4)

This Act shall come into force on the day following that on which it is passed.

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