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The '''Offences at Sea Act 1799''' (c.37) is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of Great Britain]]. It is still in force. It extended the jurisdiction of British courts to crimes committed by British subjects on the [[high seas]]. It does not apply to foreign citizens. (However crimes committed by foreigners in British [[territorial waters]], or on board British ships on the high seas, can be prosecuted in British courts.) |
The '''Offences at Sea Act 1799''' (39 Geo III c.37) is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of Great Britain]]. It is still in force. It extended the jurisdiction of British courts to crimes committed by British subjects on the [[high seas]]. It does not apply to foreign citizens. (However crimes committed by foreigners in British [[territorial waters]], or on board British ships on the high seas, can be prosecuted in British courts.) |
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Jurisdiction over [[piracy]] on the high seas already existed before 1799, whether committed by British subjects or not. |
Jurisdiction over [[piracy]] on the high seas already existed before 1799, whether committed by British subjects or not. |
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Revision as of 13:26, 12 December 2007
The Offences at Sea Act 1799 (39 Geo III c.37) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is still in force. It extended the jurisdiction of British courts to crimes committed by British subjects on the high seas. It does not apply to foreign citizens. (However crimes committed by foreigners in British territorial waters, or on board British ships on the high seas, can be prosecuted in British courts.)
Jurisdiction over piracy on the high seas already existed before 1799, whether committed by British subjects or not.
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The unrepealed text of the Act reads:
All and every offence and offences which after the passing of this Act shall be committed upon the high seas, out of the body of any county of this realm, shall be and they are hereby declared to be offences... liable to the same punishments respectively, as if they had been committed upon the shore...