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8 Petit treason

Every offence which before the twenty-seventh day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight would have amounted to petit treason shall be deemed to be murder only; and all persons guilty in respect thereof whether as principals or as accessories shall be dealt with indicted tried and punished as principals and accessories in murder.

No. 6103 s. 9.

S. 9
amended by Nos 9576 s. 11(1), 77/2005 s. 8(3)(a)(i)(ii), 7/2008 s. 7(3)(a), 63/2014 s. 3(2), 16/2020 s. 6.

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