Section 3 Short 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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 3(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
- F2
Words in s. 3(3) repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)