Statute Law Revision Act 1872

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Citation1872 c. 63


Statute Law Revision Act, 1872.

(35 & 36 Vict.) CHAPTER 63.

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.

[10th August 1872]

Whereas , 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repeal, or have, by lapse of time and change of circumstances, become unnecessary, should be expressly and specifically repealed: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S-1 Enactments in schedule repealed.

1 Enactments in schedule repealed.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 The enactments described in the schedule to this Act are hereby repealed, subject to the exceptions and qualifications in the schedule mentioned:

Provided, that where any enactment not comprised in the schedule has been repealed, confirmed, revived, or perpetuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such repeal, confirmation, revivor, or perpetuation shall not be affected by the repeal effected by this Act: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 & 35 Vict. c. 116. amended.

2 & 35 Vict. c. 116. amended.

2. The explanatory note of the schedule to The Statute Law Revision Act, 1871, shall be read as if the words ‘Edward the Third’ were inserted immediately before the words ‘William the Third.’

S-3 Short title.

3 Short title.

3. This Act may be cited as TheStatute Law Revision Act, 1872.

S C H E D U L E.

This schedule, in referring to any section of an Act earlier than the twenty-first year of King George the Third, by its number, follows the numbering of sections in Ruffhead's edition of the Statutes by Serjeant Runnington, 1786.

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 comprised in the description or citation.

GEORGE III.

13 Geo. 3. c. 31.

An Act for the more effectual Execution of the Criminal Laws in the Two Parts of the United Kingdom.

14 Geo. 3. c. 83.

in part.

An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America

Sections Three, Four, Six, and Seven.

Section Eleven from ‘subject’ to end of that Section.

Sections Twelve to Seventeen.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

in part; namely,—

c. 88.

in part.

An Act to establish a Fund towards further defraying the Charges of the Administration of Justice and Support of the Civil Government within the Province of Quebec, in America:—

Except Section Five.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

21 Geo. 3. c. 65.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act for establishing an Agreement with the United Company,—and ends with the words,—as well in India as in Europe, and the recruiting the Military Forces of the said Company.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

c. 70.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the word,— An Act to explain and amend so much an Act, made in the Thirteenth Year,—and ends with the words,—Resistance made to the Process of the Supreme Court

Sections Twenty-seven and Twenty-eight.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

in part; namely,—

22 Geo. 3. c. 82.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,— An Act for enabling His Majesty to discharge the Debt contracted,—and ends with the words,— Revenues of the Civil List

Sections Four, Fourteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Nineteen to Twenty-three, Thirty-one to Thirty-six and Thirty-eight to Forth-one.

in part; namely,—

23 Geo. 3. c. 36.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act to discharge and indemnify the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies,—and ends with the words,—One thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

24 Geo. 3. Sess. 2.

c. 25.

in part.

An Act for the better Regulation and Management of the Affairs of the East India Company, and of the British Possessions in India; and for establishing a Court of Judicature for the more speedy and effectual Trial of Persons accused of Offences committed in the East Indies

Sections One to Sixty-three.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

in part; namely,—

25 Geo. 3. c. 70.

An Act to rectify a Mistake in air Act, passed in this present Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to repeal the Duties on Male Servants; and for granting New Duties on Male and Female Servants.

c. 84.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the word,—An Act to limit the Duration of Polls and Scrutinies, —and ends with the words,—want of Returns being made of Members to serve in Parliament

in part; namely,—

Section One from ‘but so as that no Poll’ to ‘same Day’ and from ‘unless the’ to end of that Section.

Sections Two, Five, Six, Nine to Twelve, Fourteen and Sixteen.

26 Geo. 3. c. 57.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act for the further Regulation of the Trial Persons,—and ends with the words ,—Deeds and Writings executed in Great Britain or India

in part; namely,—

Sections Thirty-one, Thirty-six and Thirty-seven.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

c. 81.

An Act for the more effectual Encouragement of the British Fisheries.

28 Geo. 3. c. 8.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act for removing any Doubt respecting the Power of the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, —and ends with the words ,—Revenues in the Manner therein mentioned.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

31 Geo. 3. c. 31.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act to repeal certain Parts of an Act, passed in the Fourteenth Year,—and ends with the words,— Government of the said Province

:—

Except Sections Thirty-eight to Forty and Forty-three to Forty-five.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

32 Geo. 3. c. 63.

in part.

An Act for granting Relief to Pastors, Ministers, and Lay Persons of the Episcopal Communion in Scotland

in part; namely,—
Section One.

33 Geo. 3. c. 52.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act for continuing in the East India Company, —and ends with the words,—Government of the Towns of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay

in part; namely,—

Sections Seventy-one to One hundred and thirty-six, One hundred and thirty-eight, One hundred and thirty-nine and One hundred and forty-two to One hundred and fifty.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

34 Geo. 3. c. 73.

An Act for directing the Appointment of Commissioners, to administer certain Oaths and Declarations required by Law to be taken and made by Persons offering to vote at the Election of Members to serve in Parliament.

36 Geo. 3. c. 52.

in part.

An Act for repealing certain Duties on Legacies and Shares of Personal Estates, and for granting other Duties thereon, in certain cases

in part; namely,—

Sections One to Three, Seven, Thirty-six and Forty-two.

37 Geo. 3. c. 25.

in part.

An Act for the better raising and ordering the Militia Forces of the Tower Hamlets, in the County of Middlesex

in part; namely,—

Section Three from ‘the Names’ to end of that Section.

Section Eleven from ‘and every Deputy Lieutenant’ to end of that Section.

Section Twelve, the words ‘Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, or Majors,’ and from ‘and if any Person’ to ‘fifty Pounds;’

c. 31.

An Act to enable the East India Company to raise Money by further increasing their Capital Stock, and to extend the Provisions now existing, respecting the present Stock of the Company to the said increased Stock.

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

38 Geo. 3. c. 5.

in part.

An Act for granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax, to be raised in Great Britain for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight

in part; namely,—

Section Three.

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