Treason Act (Ireland) 1537 Treason Act (Ireland) 1537 The Treason Act (Ireland) 1537 (28 Hen 8 c. 7, long title "An Act of Slander") is an Act of the former Parliament of Ireland which adds several offences to the law of treason in Ireland. It was repealed in the Republic of Ireland in 1962 (but was obsolete well before then). The Act makes the following conduct treason: The penalty for treason was death until 1998, when it was reduced to imprisonment for life or a lesser term. During the debate on the abolition of the death penalty, the Earl of Onslow said: Section I
United Nations moratorium on the death penalty not to reintroduce it; 4. "Requests" the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution; 5. "Decides" to continue consideration of the matter at its sixty-third session under the same agenda item. "The General Assembly," "Reaffirming" its resolution 62/149 of 18 December 2007 on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, "Welcoming" the decisions taken by an increasing number of States to apply a moratorium on executions and the global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty, 1. "Welcomes" the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation