Piracy Act 1850


The Piracy Act 1850 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It relates to proceedings for the condemnation of ships and other things taken from pirates and creates an offence of perjury in such proceedings.

Section 1

repealed 6 Geo 4 c 49 . It was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.

Sections 2 to 4

Sections 2 and 3 were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1963.
Section 4 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.

Section 5 - Condemnation of ships etc taken from pirates

The words omitted were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 and the Statute Law Revision Act 1891.
"The admiralty courts before mentioned"
Section 2 mentioned the High Court of Admiralty of England and all courts of vice admiralty in any dominions of Her Majesty beyond the seas.
The jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England was transferred to the High Court by section 1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956. The jurisdiction of the Courts of Vice-Admiralty in Her Majesty's possessions abroad was transferred to Colonial Courts of Admiralty by sections and 17 of the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890.

Section 6 - Perjury

In England and Wales this section provides:
The words at the start were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1891. The words in the second place and at the end were repealed by section 56 of, and Part IV of Schedule 11 to, the Courts Act 1971.
This section was repealed for Northern Ireland by the Perjury Act 1946
"All the punishments, pains, and penalties to which persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury are liable"
The penalty for perjury is now provided by section 1 of the Perjury Act 1911
"England"
This expression includes Wales.

Section 7

This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.

Schedule

The Schedule was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1963.