Piracy Act 1698
The Piracy Act 1698 (11 Will 3 c 7) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in the eleventh year of William III. The long title of the Act is "An Act for the more effectual suppression of Piracy".
An act for the more effectual suppression of piracy, also known as the Piracy Act of 1698, was passed in the year 1700, during the eleventh and twelfth year of William the III (11 & 12 Will III, c. 7). The main purpose behind the statute was to make some corrections to the Offences at Sea Act 1536 (28 Hen 8, c. 15). The 1700 statute states that “it hath been found by experience” that the courts met with “great trouble and charges in sending them into England” to be tried for their crimes or cannot easily “be questioned for such their piracies and robberies” because this was the necessary measure for enforcing the law under the statute of Henry the VIII. The 1700 statute changed this law to allow for acts of piracy to be “examined, inquired of, tried, heard and determined, and adjudged in any place at sea, or upon the land, in any of his Majesty’s islands, plantations, colonies, dominions, forts, or factories.” This enabled admirals to hold a court session to hear the trials of pirates in any place they deemed necessary, rather than requiring that the trial be held in England.
Piracy Act
Piracy Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to piracy.
The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Piracy Bill during its passage through Parliament.
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Piracy Act 1721
The Piracy Act 1721 (c.24) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
The long title and preamble of the Act were:
Parts of the Act were superseded by the Piracy Act 1837.
All remaining parts of the Act were repealed on 11 May 1993 by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993.
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Piracy Act 1837
The Piracy Act 1837 (7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 88) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It abolished the death penalty for most offences of piracy, but created a new offence often known as piracy with violence, which was punishable with death. This offence still exists in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland, but is no longer punishable by death in either country.
Section 2 of the Act creates the offence of piracy with violence:
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The offences of piracy which existed in 1837 have since been abolished. The "crime of piracy" mentioned in section 2 is now defined by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (in section 26 and Schedule 5), which simply sets out articles 101 to 103 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982):
Definition of piracy
Piracy consists of any of the following acts:
Piracy by a warship, government ship or government aircraft whose crew has mutinied
The acts of piracy, as defined in article 101, committed by a warship, government ship or government aircraft whose crew has mutinied and taken control of the ship or aircraft are assimilated to acts committed by a private ship or aircraft.
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