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An Act for remedying certain Defects in the Law respecting Offences committed upon the High Seas.
[10th May 1799]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Preamble repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. I
All and every offence and offences which after the passing of this Act shall be committed upon the high seas, out of the body of any county of this realm, shall be and they are hereby declared to be offences . . . F1 liable to the same punishments respectively, as if they had been committed upon the shore, . . . F1
Editorial Information
X1Unreliable marginal note
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. I
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2 repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. I