The Incitement to Disaffection Act (Ireland) 1797 (37 Geo 3 c 40 (I)) was an Act

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 of the Parliament

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 of the Kingdom of Ireland

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. It made equivalent provision to the Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797

Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797

The Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797 was an Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. The Act was passed in the aftermath of the Spithead and Nore mutinies and aimed to prevent the seduction of sailors and soldiers to commit mutiny....

 for Ireland.

This Act was repealed for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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 by Group 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998

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.

This Act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland

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 by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962.

The death penalty for the offence under this Act of maliciously and advisedly endeavouring to seduce any person or persons serving in His Majesty's Forces by sea or land from his or their duty and allegiance to His Majesty, or inciting or stirring up any such person or persons to commit any act of mutiny, or to make or endeavour to make any mutinous assembly, or to commit any traitorous or mutinous practice whatsoever, was reduced to transportation

Penal transportation

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 for life by section 1 of the Punishment of Offences Act

Punishment of Offences Act

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 (1837). It was reduced again to penal servitude for life by section 2 of the Penal Servitude Act 1857, and to imprisonment for life by section 1(1) of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953.