Section 2
This section is still in force. It created a new offence (less serious than treason) of assaulting the Queen, or of having a firearm or offensive weapon in her presence with intent to injure or alarm her or to cause a breach of the peace. In 1981, Marcus Sarjeant was sentenced to five years on pleading guilty to firing blank shots at the Queen when she was on parade.
Sentence
A person convicted of an offence under this section is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years. An attempt to assault or alarm the monarch was made punishable by flogging and up to seven years' imprisonment. No-one who violated the act was ever flogged.
Relevant cases
- R v. Francis (1842) 4 State Tr N.S. 1376
- R v. Bean (1842) 4 State Tr N.S. 1382
- R v. Hamilton (1849) 7 State Tr N.S. 1130
- Pate's Case (1850) 8 State Tr N.S. 1
Read more about this topic: Treason Act 1842
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