In Ireland the death penalty for horse trade is cancelled
17.03.2015
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Irish government acclaimed cancellation of the range of obsolete legal acts.
Among the number of legal acts subjected to revocation there are exotic enactions, such as prohibition under pain of death to sell horses outside big Dublin.
Crown of Ireland Act 1542 proclaiming King of England as King of Ireland is to be moved away from the code of laws, as BBC News reports.
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform of Ireland Brendan Howlin claimed that according to parliamentarian bill, approximately 6000 obsolete legislative acts accepted before unifying with Great Britain.
