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Treason Act 1702

The Treason Act 1702 is an act of the Parliament of England, passed to enforce the line of succession to the English throne, previously established by the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement 1701.

In fiction
• In the movie King Ralph, Ralph used the act as his justification in ordering the arrest of Lord Graves (John Hurt) on the grounds that Graves had interfered with Ralph's succession to the throne. After silently going through the Mnemonic Verse, he mentioned it was passed by William III, when in fact it was passed in the first year of Queen Anne's reign. • In the movie Johnny English, the villain Pascal Sauvage (John Malkovich) is tried for treason under this Act when his plot to seize the throne is foiled, and the audience is told that the crime still carries a penalty of death by hanging. However, as the film was released in 2003 (the penalty was downgraded to life imprisonment in 1998), it renders the imposition of the death penalty inaccurate. == Repeals ==
Repeals
Sections 1, 2, 4, 10 and 11 of the act were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59. The rest of the act, except section 3, was repealed by the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (c.48). Section 3 still remains in force. == See also ==
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