Slave Trade Act 1824

UK consolidation act, which also classed the slave trade as piracy

United Kingdom legislation
Slave Trade Act 1824[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
Citation5 Geo. 4. c. 113
Introduced byEarl of Liverpool
Dates
Royal assent24 June 1824
Commencement1 January 1825
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes"...all the Acts and Enactments relating to the Slave Trade and the Abolition thereof, and the Exportation and Importation of Slaves, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, save and except in so far as they may have repealed any prior Acts or Enactments, or may have been acted upon, or may be expressly confirmed by this present Act."
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Slave Trade Act 1824 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Slave Trade Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 113) is an Act (also known as the Slave Piracy Act) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to "amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade".

Slave trading categorised as piracy

Section 9 of this act created a capital offence (death penalty), categorising slave trading (on the high seas) as piracy. The sentence was reduced to transportation for life by section 1 of the Punishment of Offences Act 1837.

Repeal

The act now has no legislative effect, all the provisions having been repealed by subsequent legislation, although portions may have been incorporated in later legislation.

See also

References

  1. ^ The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  • Original text of the Slave Trade Act 1824
  • Text of the Slave Trade Act 1824
  • Commentary on the Slave Trade Act 1824 by the Anti-Slavery Society
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