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Reasons for passing this enactment.
Certain crimes heretofore held treason by the law of Scotland, henceforth declared capital offences.
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10. And whereas the crimes after mentioned are by several Acts of Parliament in Scotland declared to be treason and the committers thereof are appointed to be punished with the same pains and [forfaulters 1
] as committers of treason and that after the first day of July aforesaid the foresaid Acts of Parliament in Scotland will have no force nor effect seeing no facts nor offences are to be deemed treason within Scotland after that time but such as are so by the Acts and Statutes now in force in England Be it therefore by the authority aforesaid further enacted that theft in landed men murder under trust wilful fire-raising firing coalheughs and assassination which were declared to be treason by particular statutes in Scotland shall after the foresaid time be only adjudged and deemed to be capital offences and the committers thereof shall be only liable to such pains and punishments as by the law of Scotland are to be inflicted upon the committers of capital crimes and offences and the persons committers thereof are to be punished and tryed in the same manner as by the laws of Scotland is provided in the cases of other capital crimes any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding
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