| Short Title: | Punishment of Burning in the Hand Act 1799 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of Great Britain |
| Long Title: | An Act for making perpetual so much of an Act made in the nineteenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, Chapter Seventy-four, videlicet, on the twenty-sixth Day of November on thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, intituled, "An Act to explain and amend the Laws relating to the Transportation, Imprisonment, and other Punishment of certain Offenders," as relates to the Punishment of burning in the Hand of certain Persons convicted of Felony with the Benefit of Clergy. |
| Year: | 1799 |
| Citation: | 39 Geo. 3. c. 45 |
| Royal Assent: | 20 May 1799 |
| Amends: | Transportation, etc. Act 1779 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Statute Law Revision Act 1861 |
| Status: | repealed |
| Original Text: | https://books.google.com/books?id=RkEO-mL0bmoC&pg=PA112 |
The Punishment of Burning in the Hand Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 45) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.[1] It continued and made perpetual an Act from 20 years earlier, the Transportation, etc. Act 1779, that provided for such punishment for felons who were convicted within benefit of clergy.