Standing Mute, etc. Act 1533

The Standing Mute, etc. Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 3) was an act of the Parliament of England that stated that anyone who refused to plead in a criminal trial would not be eligible for benefit of clergy.^[1]

Standing Mute, etc. Act 1533

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for standing mute, and peremptory Challenge.
Citation	25 Hen. 8. c. 3
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	30 March 1534
Commencement	15 January 1534[a]
Repealed	26 May 1826
Other legislation
Repealed by	Criminal Law Act 1826
Relates to	Benefit of Clergy Act 1531
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 32 of the Criminal Law Act 1826 (7 Geo. 4. c. 64).

Notes

1. Start of session.