Metropolitan Fairs Act 1868
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1868 c. 106 |
| Year | 1868 |
Metropolitan Fairs Act, 1868
(31 & 32 Vict.) C A P. CVI.
An Act for the Prevention of the holding of unlawful Fairs within the Limits of the Metropolitan Police District.
[31st July 1868]
W HEREAS it is expedient to give further Powers for the Prevention of the holding unlawful Fairs within the Metropolitan Police District:
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title.
1. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as ‘TheMetropolitan Fairs Act, 1868.’
2 Power to summon Owner and Occupier of Ground on which Fair is held.
2. Where any Fair is holden or Notice is given of any Fair proposed to be holden on any Ground within the Metropolitan Police District other than that on which a Fair has been holden during each of the Seven Years immediately preceding, it shall be competent for the Commissioner of Police to direct One of the Superintendents of the Metropolitan Police Force to summon the Owner or Occupier of the Ground upon which such Fair is holden to appear before a Magistrate forthwith, or at a Time to be specified in the Summons, to show his Right and Title to hold such Fair; and if such Owner or Occupier do not attend in pursuance of such Summons, or does not show to the Magistrate who hears the Case sufficient Cause to believe that such Fair is lawfully holden, the Magistrate shall declare in Writing such Fair to be unlawful, and the Commissioner shall give Notice of such Declaration by causing Copies thereof to be affixed on and near the Ground where such Fair is holden or proposed to be holden; and after such Notice has been affixed for the Space of Six Hours the Commissioner of Police may direct any Constable to remove every Booth, Standing, and Tent, and every Carriage of whatsoever kind, conveyed to or being upon the Ground for the Purpose of holding or continuing such Fair, and to take into Custody every Person erecting, pitching, or fixing, or assisting to erect, pitch, or fix, any such Booth, Standing, or Tent; and every Person hiring, accompanying, or conveyed in every such Carriage, and every Person resorting to such Ground with any Show or Instrument of Gambling or Amusement, and every Person convicted before a Magistrate of any of the Offences aforesaid, shall...
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