Statute Law Revision Act 1874

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Citation1874 c. 35


Statute Law Revision Act, 1874

(37 & 38 Vict.) CHAPTER 35.

An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.

[16th July 1874]

W HEREAS, with a view to the revision of the Statute Law, and particularly to the preparation of the Revised Edition of the Statutes now in progress, it is expedient that certain enactments (mentioned in the schedule to this Act) which may be regarded as spent, or have ceased to be in force otherwise than by express and specific repeal by Parliament, or have, by lapse of time and change of circumstances, become unnecessary, should be expressly and specifically repealed:

Be it therefore 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:

S-1 Enactments in schedule repealed.

1 Enactments in schedule repealed.

1. The enactments described in the schedule to this Act are hereby repealed, subject to the exceptions and qualifications in the schedule mentioned:

Provided, that where any enactment not comprised in the schedule has been repealed, confirmed, revived, or perpetuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such repeal, confirmation, revivor, or perpetuation shall not be affected by the repeal effected by this Act:

and the repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not affect any Act in which such enactment has been applied, incorporated, or referred to;

nor shall such repeal of any enactment affect any right to any hereditary revenues of the Crown, or affect any charges thereupon, or prevent any such enactment from being put in force for the collection of any such revenues, or otherwise in relation thereto;

and this Act shall not affect the validity, invalidity, effect, or consequences of anything already done or suffered,—or any existing status or capacity,—or any right or title already acquired or accrued, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof,—or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, claim, or demand,—or any indemnity,—or the proof of any past act or thing;

nor shall this Act affect any principle or rule of law or equity, or established jurisdiction, form or course of pleading, practice, or procedure, or existing usage, franchise, liberty, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office, appointment, payment, allowance, or emolument, notwithstanding that the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed, recognised, or derived by, in, or from any enactment hereby repealed;

nor shall this Act revive or restore any jurisdiction, office, duty, drawback, fee, payment, franchise, liberty, custom, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice, procedure, or other matter or thing not now existing or in force;

and this Act shall not extend to repeal any enactment so far as the same may be in force in any part of Her Majesty's Dominions out of the United Kingdom, except where otherwise expressed in the said schedule.

S-2 Geo. 3. c. 91. \(repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1873) revived as to Dublin.

2 Geo. 3. c. 91. \(repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1873) revived as to Dublin.

2. An Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled ‘An Act for the Payment of Costs and Charges to Prosecutors and Witnesses in Cases of Felony in Ireland,’ which Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1873, is hereby revived, so far as relates to the county of the city of Dublin.

S-3 Short title.

3 Short title.

3. This Act may be cited as TheStatute Law Revision Act, 1874.

S C H E D U L E.

A description or citation of a portion of an Act is inclusive of the words, section, or other part, first or last mentioned, or otherwise referred to as forming the beginning, or as forming the end, of the portion described in the description or citation.

GEORGE III.

42 Geo. 3. c. 72.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ,—An Act for repealing an Act,—and ends with the words ,— Miners for the Defence of Great Britain

in part; namely,—

Section Thirty-two from ‘and that’ to the end of that Section.

c. 90.

in part.

An Act for amending the Laws relating to the Militia in England, and for augmenting the Militia

in part; namely,—

Section One hundred and seventy-two from ‘and that’ to the end of that Section.

52 Geo. 3 c. 104.

in part.

An Act to render more effectual an Act, passed in the Thirty-seventh Year of His present Majesty, for preventing the administering or taking unlawful Oaths

Section Three.

in part; namely,—

c. 110.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ,—An Act for amending an Act,—and ends with the words , —Counties in England

Sections Three and Four.

in part; namely,—

53 Geo. 3. c. 64.

in part.

An Act for the better Regulation of the Court of Session in Scotland

Section Nine.

in part; namely,—

c. 107.

in part.

An Act for the Appointment of Commissioners for the Regulation of the several endowed Schools of Public and Private Foundation in Ireland

Section Seventeen.

in part; namely,—

c. 155.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the word ,—An Act for continuing in the East India Company,—and ends with the words ,—Trade to and from the Places within the Limits of the said Company's Charter

in part; namely,—

Sections Thirty-three to Thirty-nine, and One hundred and twenty-three.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

55 Geo. 3. c. 184.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ,—An Act for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds,—and ends with the words ,—other Duties in lieu thereof

Section Twenty-three.

in part; namely,—

c. 185.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ,—An Act for repealing the Stamp Office Duties,—and ends with the Words ,—new Duties in lieu thereof

in part; namely,—

Section Seven from ‘and shall suffer’ to the end of that Section.

57 Geo. 3. c. 70.

in part.

An Act to relieve persons impugning the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity from certain Penalties, in Ireland

in part; namely,—

The whole Act, so far as it extends to Ireland such of the provisions of 19 Geo. 3. c. 44. as were repealed by 34 & 35 Vict. c. 48. s. 1., and the provisions of 53 Geo. 3. c. 160.

59 Geo. 3. c. 7.

in part.

An Act to regulate the Cutlery Trade in England Section Two.

in part; namely,—

c. 35.

in part.

An Act to amend an Act, passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to facilitate the Administration of Justice in that Part of the United Kingdom called Scotland, by extending Trial by Jury to Civil Causes

Sections Twenty-one, Twenty-two, and Thirty-seven.

in part; namely,—

c. 107.

An Act to consolidate and amend several Acts for regulating the granting of Permits and Certificates for the Conveyance and Protection of certain Goods in Ireland.

GEORGE IV.

1 Geo. 4. c. 14.

in part.

An Act to repeal the Drawback on certain Gold Articles exported; and to permit the Exportation of Cordage, entitled to Bounty, free from Right of Pre-emption, by the Commissioners of the Navy

Section Three.

in part; namely,—

c. 30.

An Act for relieving Ewart Rutson and Company of Liverpool, and others, from the Bonds granted for the Duties on certain Spirits accidentally destroyed.

c. 109.

An Act to enable His Majesty to grant Pensions to Officers and Attendants upon His late Majesty and other Persons to whom His said late Majesty had granted Pensions and Allowances.

1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 28.

in part.

An Act for abolishing the African Company, and transferring to and vesting in His Majesty all the Forts, Possessions, and Property now belonging to or held by them

Sections Two and Four.

in part; namely,—

c. 53.

in part.

An Act to regulate the Proceedings in the Civil Side of the Court of King's Bench, and also in the Court of Common Pleas, and in the Pleas or Common Law Side of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland

in part; namely,—

Section Ten from ‘shall be payable from time to time’ to ‘and that the said salaries respectively’; and from ‘on the Fifth Day of January’ to ‘October in every Year.’

Section Sixty-one.

c. 63.

An Act to amend an Act, made in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to enable Justices of the Peace to act as such, in certain Cases, out of the Limits of the Counties in which they actually are.

c. 66.

in part.

An Act for regulating the Fur Trade, and establishing a Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction within certain Parts of North America

in part; namely,—

Section Five.

Section Six to Thirteen, so far as they relate to Vancouver's Island and British Columbia.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

c. 77.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ,—An Act to abolish,—and ends with the words ,—Gaolers, Bailiffs, and other Officers

in part; namely,—

Section Eight, the words ‘nor to the Marshalsea of the City of Dublin.’

3 Geo. 4. c. 30.

in part.

An Act for reducing, during the Continuance of the present Duty on Malt, the Duty on Malt made from Bear or Bigg only, in Scotland

Section Nineteen.

in part; namely,—

c. 69.

An Act to enable the Judges of the several Courts of Record at Westminster to make Regulations respecting the Fees of the Officers, Clerks, and Ministers of the said Courts.

c. 72.

in part.

An Act to amend and render more effectual Two Acts, passed in the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Years of His late Majesty, for building and promoting the building of additional Churches in populous Parishes

Sections Ten, Eleven, and Twenty-seven.

in part; namely,—

c. 96.

An Act the title of which begins with the...

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