Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973

rdf:langString Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973

rdf:langString Northern Ireland Act 1975, Northern Ireland Act 1978, Criminal Justice Order 1998, Life Sentences Order 2001, Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.

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rdf:langString An Act to make provision with respect to the following matters in Northern Ireland, that is to say, proceedings for and the punishment of certain offences, the detention of terrorists, the preservation of the peace, the maintenance of order and the detection of crime and to proscribe and make other provision in connection with certain organisations there, and for connected purposes.

rdf:langString Parliament of the United Kingdom

rdf:langString Northern Ireland Act 1973

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rdf:langString The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which abolished the death penalty for murder in Northern Ireland, and established the Diplock courts in which terrorist offences were tried by a judge without a jury. It has mostly been repealed, the anti-terrorism provisions having been superseded by subsequent legislation. The death penalty had not been used in Northern Ireland since 1961, when Robert McGladdery was hanged. The Act banned membership under penalty of law in the following organisations: * Irish Republican Army * Cumann na mBan * Fianna Éireann * Saor Éire * Sinn Féin * Ulster Volunteer Force The subsequent Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 would require oaths renouncing these organisations (except Sinn Féin).