(It should not be confused with another Act about treason passed in the same year, 1 Mar.

[3] It also abolished all felonies created since the beginning of the reign of Henry VIII.

Section 2 of this Act was repealed on 28 July 1863 by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.

Another act passed in the same year, the Treason (No.

2. c. 6), made it high treason to counterfeit foreign coins, or forge the Queen's privy seal, signet ring or royal sign-manual.