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− | '''Offences against the Person Act 1828''', known as the ''Lord Lansdowne’s Act'', was an Act of Parliament applying only to England and Wales. It contained provision for unnatural acts and buggery. Up until 1861, the punishment for [[buggery]] was the death penalty, since the Buggery Act 1533. | + | '''Offences against the Person Act 1828''', known as the ''Lord Lansdowne’s Act'', was an Act of Parliament applying only to England and Wales. It contained provision for unnatural acts and buggery. Up until 1861, the punishment for [[buggery]] was the death penalty, since the [[Buggery Act 1533]]. |
The Act was wholly replaced by the [[Offences against the Person Act 1861]]. | The Act was wholly replaced by the [[Offences against the Person Act 1861]]. |
Revision as of 16:18, 12 October 2011
Offences against the Person Act 1828, known as the Lord Lansdowne’s Act, was an Act of Parliament applying only to England and Wales. It contained provision for unnatural acts and buggery. Up until 1861, the punishment for buggery was the death penalty, since the Buggery Act 1533.
The Act was wholly replaced by the Offences against the Person Act 1861.
External links
Buggery Act 1533 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533