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The Act also permitted the King to authorise the use of an alternative method, Beheading , which was not abolished until 1973 (although obsolete long before then).

The Act was amended in 1998 when the Death Penalty was abolished and replaced with imprisonment at the discretion of the court, up to Life Imprisonment .

(''See also'' High Treason In The United Kingdom ; Capital Punishment In The United Kingdom )