56Treason

56 Treason

*[Section 56 Amended by No. 77 of 1968, s. 3 ]**[Section 56 Amended by No. 96 of 1994, s. 3 ]*Any person who –

(a) kills the King, or does him any bodily harm tending to his death, or maim or wounding, or imprisonment or restraint;

(b) [Section 56 Amended by No. 33 of 2013, s. 6, Applied:26 Mar 2015] kills the eldest child and heir apparent for the time being, or the Queen Consort, of the King;

(c) forms an intention to do any such act as aforesaid, and manifests such intention by any overt act;

(d) conspires with any other person to kill the King, or to do him any bodily harm tending to his death, or maim or wounding, or imprisonment or restraint;

(e) levies war against the King –

(i) with intent to depose him from the style, honour, and royal name of the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of any other of His Majesty's dominions;

(ii) in order by force or constraint to compel the King to change his measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or in order to intimidate or overawe, any House of Parliament of any of His Majesty's dominions;

(f) conspires with any other person to levy war against the King with any such intent or purpose as last aforesaid;

(g) instigates any foreigner to make an armed invasion of any part of His Majesty's dominions;

(h) assists by any means whatever any public enemy at war with the King;

(i) [Section 56 Amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:20 May 1998] [Section 56 Amended by No. 33 of 2013, s. 6, Applied:26 Mar 2015] violates, whether with her consent or not, a Queen consort, or the wife of the eldest son if the heir apparent for the time being of the King; or

(j) does any act which by the law of England constitutes treason –

is guilty of a crime, which is called treason, and is liable to imprisonment for the term of the person's natural life or for such other term as the Court determines.