| Short Title: | Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of Ireland |
| Long Title: | An Act for discontinuing the Judgment which has been required by Law to be given against Women convicted of certain crimes, and substituting another judgment in lieu thereof. |
| Year: | 1796 |
| Citation: | 36 Geo. 3. c. 31 (I) |
| Territorial Extent: | Kingdom of Ireland |
| Repealing Legislation: | Crime and Disorder Act 1998 |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Original Text: | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433035261639&view=1up&seq=394 |
The Treason by Women Act (Ireland) 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 31 (I)) was an act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland which reduced the penalty for women convicted of high treason and petty treason from death by burning to death by hanging. It was the Irish equivalent of the Treason Act 1790 passed by the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
In the Republic of Ireland, the act was explicitly repealed by the Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act 1962.
In Northern Ireland, the short title was assigned in 1951,[1] and the act was explicitly repealed on 30 September 1998 by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.[2]