- (e) assists by any means whatever any public enemy at war with Her Majesty; or
- (f) conspires with any other person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c).
(2) Any person who commits treason shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction upon indictment shall be sentenced to death.
Treasonable offences.
1848, c. 12, s. 3.
3. (1) Any person who forms an intention to effect any of the following purposes, that is to say—
- (a) to depose Her Majesty from the style, honour and royal name of the Crown of the United Kingdom or of any other of Her Majesty’s dominions;
- (b) to levy war against Her Majesty within the United Kingdom or any British territory in order by force or constraint to compel Her Majesty to change Her measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or to intimidate or overawe, Parliament or the legislature of any British territory; or
- (c) to instigate any foreigner with force to invade the United Kingdom or any British territory,
and manifests such intention by an overt act or by publishing any printing or writing, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for life.
1848, c. 12, s. 7.(2) It shall be no defence to a charge under this section that any act proved against the person charged amounts to treason under section 2; but no person convicted or acquitted of an offence under this section shall afterwards be prosecuted for treason under section 2 upon the same facts.
Limitations as to trial for treason, etc.
1695, c. 3, s. 6.
4. (1) A person shall not be prosecuted for any offence under section 2 or 3 unless the prosecution is commenced within three years after the offence is committed.
1800, c. 93, s. 1.(2) This section does not apply to cases in which the overt act alleged is the killing of Her Majesty, or a direct attempt to endanger the life of Her Majesty.
1967, c. 58, s. 12(6).(3) The procedure on trials for treason or misprision of treason shall be the same as the procedure on trials for murder.
Assaults on the Queen.
1842, c. 51, s. 2.
5. Any person who wilfully—
- (a) produces or has near Her Majesty any arms or destructive or dangerous thing with intent to use the same to injure Her Majesty;
