Glasgow Police Act 1866
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1866 c. cclxxiii |
ANNO VICESIMO NONO & TEICESIMO
VICTORLE REGINiE.
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Cap,
cclxxiii.
fAu Act to regulate the Police and Statute Labour
of the City of
Glasgovj;
and for other Purposes.
[23d July 1866.]
W
HEREAS an Act, herein-after called the recited Act, was
passed in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Year of the
Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to con-
solidate
and amend the Acts relating to the Police and Statute Labour
of the City of Glasgow, and for other Purposes, and it was thereby
provided that the said Act should continue in force for a limited Period:
And whereas it is expedient that permanent Provision should be made
for the Regulation of the Police and Statute Labour of the said City,
and that the said Act should be amended, and further Powers should
be granted for the better Regulation and Government of the said
City ; but these Objects cannot be effected without the Authority of
Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be
enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem-
poral, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by
the Authority of the same, as follows; (that is to say,)
1.
This Act may be cited for all Purposes as " The Glasgow Police
Act, 1866."
•{Local.] • 43 P 2. The
25
&
26 Vict.
c. cciv.
Short Title.
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30° VICTORIA, C^.cclxxiii.
The Glasgow Police Act, 1866.
Limits of 2. The Provisions of this Act shall apply to and extend over the
Aci whole City, and, in so far as specially provided, to Places beyond the
City.
8
&
9 Vict. 3. " The Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845," and
c.
18.,
and u ^he Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, I860,"
c.3i06.incor- shall, for the special Purposes herein-after mentioned, be incorporated
porated. with and form Part of this Act.
Interpreta- 4. The following Words and Expressions in this Act shall have
tion of t^e severaj Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be some-
thing in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction; that
is to say,
" Board of Police of Glasgow " shall mean the Board acting under
and appointed by the recited Act:
" Board " shall mean the Board of Police constituted by this Act:
" The Magistrates Committee " shall mean the Statutory Committee
of the Board appointed by this Act, consisting of the Lord
Provost and the Magistrates of Glasgow:
" Clerk," " Treasurer," " Auditor," " Surveyor," " Collector," and
" Assessor" shall respectively mean the Clerk, Treasurer, and
Auditor, and any One of the Surveyors, Collectors, and
Assessors, appointed in pursuance of the Provisions of the
recited Act or this Act:
" Chief Constable " shall mean the Chief Constable appointed in
pursuance of the Provisions of this Act:
" The Procurator Fiscal " shall mean the Procurator Fiscal appointed
in pursuance of the Provisions of the recited Act or this Act;
and the Word " Fiscal" shall mean the Procurator Fiscal or
any One of the Persons authorized to act as Procurator Fiscal
in his Absence :
"The Medical Officer," "the Inspector of Nuisances," and "the
Inspector of Lodging Houses" shall respectively mean any
One of the Medical Officers, Inspectors of Nuisances, and
Inspectors of Lodging Houses appointed in pursuance of the
Provisions of this Act:
"The
Sheriff"
shall mean the Sheriff of Lanarkshire or any One
of his Substitutes :
" Magistrate " shall mean the Lord Provost or One or more of the
Magistrates of the City of Glasgow sitting in any of the
Police Courts of the City, or otherwise acting in pursuance of
this Act:
" Dean of Guild" shall include the Dean of Guild Court acting in
the Execution of this Act:
The Word " Person," and Words applying to any Person or Indi-
vidual, shall apply to and include Trustees (but without im-
plying personal Responsibility), Corporations, and Companies:
" Valuation
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30° VICTORIA,
Cap.cclxxm.
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The Glasgow Police Act, 1866.
" Valuation Roll " shall mean the Valuation Roll made up in pur-
suance of the Acts for the Valuation of Lands and Heritages
in Scotland in force for the Time being:
" Lands and Heritages
"
shall mean Lands and Heritages within the
City, and shall have the Meaning attached to that Expression
in the said Acts:
"Land or Heritage" in the Singular Number shall mean One of
such Lands and Heritages separately valued, or entered in the
Valuation Roll as separately occupied :
Proprietor
"
shall mean the Proprietor or any One of the Proprie-
tors of a Land or Heritage, and shall apply to Liferenters as
well as to Fiars and to Lessees, provided they are not in the
actual Occupancy of such Land or Heritage, and to Tutors,
Curators, Commissioners, Trustees, Adjudgers, Wad-setters,
or other Persons who shall be in the actual Enjoyment of the
Rents and Profits of sucli Land or Heritage, and to the Factor
for any such Proprietor in the Management or R-eceipt of the
Rents or Profits
thereof:
" Occupier" shall mean the Occupier or any One of the Occupiers
,, of a Land or Heritage, and shall apply to any Proprietor in
the actual Occupancy
thereof,
or to any Person in the actual
, Occupancy thereof as Tenant, or by Permission of such
Proprietor:
"City" shall mean the whole Territory within the ancient and
extended Royalty of the City and Burgh of Glasgow, and the
Territory within the Parliamentary and Municipal Boundaries
of the said City as defined in an Act passed in the Second and
Third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William
the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend the Representation
of the People in Scotland, and within any Extension of the
said Boundaries which may be made in pursuance of an Act
passed in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Year of the Reign
of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to provide for the
Extension of the Boundaries of Burghs in Scotland, and to
remove Doubts as to the Right of certain Persons holding
Offices
to be registered as Voters for Municipal Purposes, or
in pursuance of an Act passed in the Twenty-fourth and
Twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, inti-
tuled An Act to amend the Boundaries of Burghs Exten-
sion (Scotland) Act:
"Turnpike Road" shall mean any Road or Bridge which is main-
tained by any Act of Parliament wholly or partly out of Tolls
leviable thereon :
'' Public Street" shall mean any Road, Street, Lane, Vennel, Wynd,
Alley, Bridge, Quay, Passage, Square, or other Place within
the
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