Punishment of Offences Act 1837

Punishment of Offences Act 1837
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for abolishing the Punishment of Death in certain Cases.
Citation	7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 91
Introduced by	Lord John Russell MP (Commons); Thomas Aitchison-Denman, 2nd Baron Denman (Lords)
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	17 July 1837
Commencement	1 October 1837
Repealed	21 July 2008
Other legislation
Amends	Riot Act; Murder Act 1751; Prisoners (Rescue) Act 1791; Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797; Incitement to Disaffection Act (Ireland) 1797; Unlawful Oaths Act 1812; Slave Trade Act 1824;
Repeals/revokes	Plague Act 1603
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1874; Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890; Statute Law Revision Act 1892; Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893; Penal Servitude Act 1857; Criminal Justice Act 1948;
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008
Relates to	Prisons Act 1835; Gaols Act 1823; Forgery Act 1837; Offences Against the Person Act 1837;
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Punishment of Offences Act 1837 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Punishment of Offences Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 91) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that abolished the death penalty for a number of statutory offences and replaced it with transportation for life.

The act was one of the Acts for the Mitigation of the Criminal Law (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. cc. 84–91), which reduced the severity of punishments in the criminal justice system and abolished the death penalty for several offences.