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A74304 An act declaring what offences shall be adjudged treason.; Laws, etc. England and Wales. 1649 (1649) Thomason E1060_26; ESTC R208591 1,336 4

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AN ACT Declaring what Offences shall be adjudged TREASON VVHereas the Parliament hath Abolished the Kingly Office in England and Ireland and in the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging and hath Resolved Declared That the People shall for the future be Governed by its own Representatives or National Meetings in Councel Chosen and Entrusted by them for that purpose Hath setled the Government in the way of a Commonwealth and Free State without King or House of Lords Be it Enacted by this present Parliament and by the authority of the same That if any person shall maliciously or advisedly publish by Writing Printing or openly Declaring That the said Government is Tyrannical Vsurped or Vnlawful or that the Commons in Parliament assembled are not the Supreme Authority of this Nation or shall Plot Contrive or Endeavor to stir up or raise Force against the present Government or for the subversion or alteration of the same and shall declare the same by any open deed That then every such Offence shall be Taken Deemed and Adjudged by the Authority of this Parliament to be High Treason And whereas the Keepers of the Liberty of England The Councel of State constituted and to be from time to time constituted by Authority of Parliament and are to be under the said Representatives in Parliament Entrusted for the maintenance of the said Government with several Powers and Authorities limited given and appointed unto them by the Parliament Be it likewise Enacted by the authority aforesaid That if any person shall maliciously and advisedly plot or endeavor the subversion of the said Keepers of the Liberty of England or the Councel of State and the same shall declare by any open deed or shall move any person or persons for the doing thereof or stir up the People to rise against them or either of them their or either of their Authorities That then every such Offence and Offences shall be Taken Deemed and Declared to be High Treason And whereas the Parliament for there just and lawful Defence hath raised and levyed the Army and Forces now under the Command of Thomas Lord Fairfax and are at present necessitated by reason of the manifold Distractions within this Commonwealth and Invasions threatned from abroad to continue the same which under God must be the Instrumental means of preserving the well affected people of this Nation in Peace and Safety Be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid That if any person not being an Officer Soldier or Members ●f the Army shall plot contrive or endeavor so stir up any Mutiny in the said Army or withdraw any Soldiers or Officers from their Obedience to their Superior Officers or from the present Government as aforesaid or shall procure invite ayd or assist any Foraigners or Strangers to Invade England or Ireland or shall adhere to any Forces raised by the Enemies of the Parliament or Commonwealth or Keepers of the Liberty of England or if any person shall counterfeit the Great Seal of England for the time being used and appointed by authority of Parliament That then every such Offence and Offences shall be Taken Deemed and Declared by the authority of this Parliament to be High Treason And every such person shall suffer pains of Death and also Forfeit unto the Keepers of the Liberty of England to and for the use of the Commonwealth all and singular his and their Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Goods and Chattels as in case of High Treason hath been used by the Laws and Statutes of this Land to be forfeit and lost Provided alwayes That no persons shall be Indicted and Arraigned for any of the Offences mentioned in this Act unless such Offenders shall be Indicted or Prosecuted for the same within one year after the Offence committed Die Lunae 14 Maii 1649. ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That this Act be forthwith printed and published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliament