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Interesting hack: "Casley styled himself His Majesty Prince Leonard I of Hutt to take advantage of the British Treason Act 1495; that a self-proclaimed monarch could not be guilty of any offence against the rightful ruler, and that anyone who interfered with that monarch's duties could be charged with treason"

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The Treason Act of 1495 was extensively modified before 1788 (when Australian law forked from British law). Furthermore, every State and Territory has extensive legislation repealing ancient laws such as these. Sometimes you find Acts that just repeal old laws (usually Imperial Repeal or similar), or the old laws are repealed as part of the some other Act (eg various criminal codes, property legislation etc).

Reading a history book doesn't make you a lawyer.

Replying to self because I'm past the edit deadline.

Calling this a "hack" is silly.

If I said I'd defeated Microsoft by discovering a backdoor into MULTICS I'd be correctly laughed off HN. The claim above is analogous.

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