Editing Ned Kelly (section)

===Outlawed under the ''Felons Apprehension Act''===
[[File:Outlaw_Proclamation_Kellys.png|thumb|upright|Proclamation by Governor [[George Bowen]] declaring Ned and Dan outlaws]]
On 28 October, the Victorian government announced a reward of £800 for the arrest of the gang; it was soon increased to £2,000. Three days later, the [[Parliament of Victoria]] passed the ''Felons Apprehension Act'', which came into effect on 1 November. The bushrangers were given until 12 November to surrender. On 15 November, having remained at large, they were officially outlawed. As a result, anyone who encountered them armed, or had a reasonable suspicion that they were armed, could kill them without consequence. The act also penalised anyone who gave "any aid, shelter or sustenance" to the outlaws or withheld information, or gave false information, to the authorities. Punishment was imprisonment with or without hard labour for up to 15 years.{{sfn|Jones|1995|pp=144, 146, 159–60}}

The Victorian act was based on the 1865 ''Felons Apprehension Act'', passed by the [[Parliament of New South Wales]] to reign in bushrangers such as the [[Gardiner–Hall gang]] and [[Daniel Morgan (bushranger)|Dan Morgan]]. In response to the Kelly gang, the New South Wales parliament re-enacted their legislation as the ''Felons Apprehension Act 1879''.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal|last=Eburn|first=Michael|date=2005|title=Outlawry in Colonial Australia, the Felons Apprehension Acts 1865–1899|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ANZLawHisteJl/2005/6.pdf|journal=ANZLH e-Journal|volume=25|pages=80–93}}</ref>