The Act Today
As of 2011 Northern Ireland remains a constituent part of the United Kingdom; the Henrician Act remains law there. However, the offence in the Act making it treason to endanger the Sovereign or her possession of the Crown now carries only a maximum sentence of life imprisonment following the formal abolition of capital punishment in the United Kingdom in 1998.
Read more about this topic: Crown Of Ireland Act 1542
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