Act No. 451

: The main purpose of Act No. 451 is to abolish the use of the garrote as a means of executing criminals condemned to death and to substitute execution by hanging instead.
: Act No. 451 abolished the use of the garrote as a method of executing criminals sentenced to death.
: Execution by hanging, specifically by hanging by the neck until dead.
: No. The Act does not apply to pending prosecutions or prosecutions for offenses committed before the enactment of the law; in those cases, the method of execution prescribed by the existing Spanish law applies.
: The time, place, and persons responsible for executions are prescribed by the existing law or by such law as may be enacted in the future.
: The Act took effect immediately upon its passage on September 2, 1902.
: Yes. The use of the garrote remains applicable only to pending prosecutions or prosecutions for offenses committed before the Act's passage, where Spanish law applies.
: They shall be executed by hanging by the neck until dead, as prescribed by the Act.
: The passage was expedited for the public good, in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of law," passed on September 26, 1900.
: Yes. The Act states that executions shall be carried out at the time, place, and by the persons prescribed by the existing law or by such laws that may be enacted hereafter.