V Indictment must be found by a Grand Jury within Three Years. E+W

And to the intent that the Terror and Dread of such Criminal Accusations may in some reasonable time bee removed That . . . F1 noe Person or Persons whatsoever shall bee indicted tryed or prosecuted for any such Treason as aforesaid or for Misprision of such Treason that shall bee committed or done within the Kingdome of England Dominion of Wales or Towne of Berwick upon Tweed . . . F1 unlesse the same Indictment bee found by a Grand Jury within Three Years next after the Treason or Offence done and committed . . . F2

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), Sch. 1

F2 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (c. 59)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 5 extended to Ireland by Treason (Ireland) Act 1821 (c. 24), s. 1

C2 Reference to finding of an indictment by a grand jury to be construed as including reference to preferment of a bill of indictment under Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 by Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 (c. 36), Sch. 2 para. 1 (as amended (retrospectively) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 116(1)(d), 182(1)(b), Sch. 22 para. 26, Sch. 23 Pt. 3)