# Offences against the Person Act 1861, Section 4: Conspiring or soliciting to commit murder.

Extent: E+W+N.I.

. . . Whosoever shall solicit, encourage, persuade, or endeavour to persuade, or shall propose to any person, to murder any other person, whether he be a subject of Her Majesty or not, and whether he be within the Queen’s dominions or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable . . . to imprisonment for life . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/100/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offences-against-the-person-act-1861/section-4
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