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Misprision of treason is an offence found in many common law jurisdictions around the world, having been inherited from English law. It is committed by someone who knows a treason is being or is about to be committed but does not report it[1] to a proper authority.

  1. ^ "National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill". Security Bureau, the HKSAR Government. Retrieved April 10, 2018.

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Lèse-majesté, insulting a head of state and a crime in some countries Misprision of treason, a crime consisting of the concealment of treason Sedition, inciting civil...

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misdemeanour and felony, misprision of treason and compounding treason are still offences under the common law. It is treason felony to "compass, imagine...

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Perverting the course of justice

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Treason Act 1708

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offence of misprision of treason to Scotland. (However it did not extend petty treason to Scotland.) The Act also created new offences of treason. It became...

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List of English criminal offences

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17 of the Gaming Act 1845 Offences under section 1 of the Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951 High treason Misprision of treason Compounding treason Treason felony...

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Treason Act 1554

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secret of any high treason be deemed and taken only misprision of treason, and the offenders therein to forfeit and suffer, as in cases of misprision of treason...

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Rodney Atkinson

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being "infiltrated by extremists". With Norris McWhirter, he laid misprision of treason charges against Francis Maude and Douglas Hurd for signing the Maastricht...

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Treason Act 1543

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of treason or misprision of treason that were committed outside the realm of England could be tried within England. Those convicted of high treason would...

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Treason Act 1547

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order to indict, arraign or convict a person for high treason, petty treason, or misprision of treason, they must be "accused by two sufficient and lawful...

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Treason Act 1746

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allowing Persons impeached of High Treason, whereby any Corruption of Blood may be made, or for Misprision of such Treason, to make their full Defence by...

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Inchoate offense

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Treason in the Republic of Ireland

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ancillary offences of encouraging, harbouring and comforting persons guilty of treason, and the offence of misprision of treason. No person has been...

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Crimes Act of 1790

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the Person attainted." As to misprision of treason, according to David P. Currie, because "[t]he Constitution said nothing of this offense", "the legislators...

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Edward Kerling

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Kerling, but there was only enough evidence to charge her with misprision of treason. The charge was for having knowledge about Leiner's trading and...

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Treason Act 1939

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deals with misprision of treason. The 1939 Act replaced the Treasonable Offences Act 1925. Before 1925 treason was defined by the laws of the United Kingdom...

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Compounding treason

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for Northern Ireland. Compounding a felony High treason in the United Kingdom Misprision of treason The Criminal Law Act 1967 (c.58), section 5(5) The...

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Treason Act 1695

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prosecuted or punished for treason or misprision of treason unless the indictment was signed by the grand jury within three years of the crime being committed...

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Treason Act 1551

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prosecutions for treason and misprision of treason. However the Act amended procedure by stating that a person accused of committing treason only by "open...

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John Lassells

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information to avert a charge of misprision of treason, which may well be true, but he can hardly have regretted the destruction of so prominent a Howard"....

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Oyer and terminer

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for the trial of treason and misprision of treason. Three Lords of Justiciary had to be in any such commission. An indictment for either of the offences...

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Republic of Hawaii

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The Republic of Hawaii put the former Queen on trial. The prosecution asserted that Liliuokalani had committed misprision of treason, because she allegedly...

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Common law offence

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Larceny M Maintenance Manslaughter Mayhem Misprision of felony (disputed – alleged not to exist) Misprision of treason (disputed – alleged to be statutory)...

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Treason Act 1800

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for treason and misprision of treason to the procedure on trials for murder in certain cases. It was passed as a result of an attempt on the life of George...

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Treason Act 1541

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abolished peremptory challenge in trials for treason and misprision of treason. This Act was repealed by the Treason Act 1554 (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 10, sec. 7)...

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Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

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under arrest, tried by a military tribunal of the Republic of Hawaiʻi, convicted of misprision of treason and imprisoned in her own home. On January 24...

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