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Suicide Act

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1961

Harold Macmillan1961

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Suicide Act 1961 abolishes the crime of suicide while creating an offence of assisting suicide

Names involved

Harold Macmillan

Provenance

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