Changes to legislation: There are currently no known outstanding effects for
the Accessories and Abettors Act 1861. (See end of Document for details)
Accessories and Abettors Act 1861
1861 CHAPTER 94 24 and 25 Vict
An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to
Accessories to and Abettors of indictable Offences. [6th August 1861]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2 Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
C3 This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
1—7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
Textual Amendments
F1 Ss. 1–7, 9 repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. III
AS TO ABETTORS IN MISDEMEANORS:
8 Abettors in misdemeanors.
Whosoever shall aid, abet, counsel, or procure the commission of [F2any indictable
offence] , whether the same be [F2an offence] at common law or by virtue of any Act
passed or to be passed, shall be liable to be tried, indicted, and punished as a principal
offender.
Textual Amendments
F2 Words substituted by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 65(7), Sch. 12
