# Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, Section 1: Abolition of death penalty for murder.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) No person shall suffer death for murder, and a person convicted of murder shall . . . be sentenced to imprisonment for life.
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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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/71/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/murder-abolition-of-death-penalty-act-1965/section-1
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