Statute Law Revision Act 1871

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1871 c. 116
Year1871


Statute Law Revision Act, 1871.

(34 & 35 Vict.) CHAP. 116.

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.

[21st August 1871]

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or have, by lapse of time and change of circumstances, become unnecessary, should be expressly and specifically repealed: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S-1 Enactments in schedule repealed.

1 Enactments in schedule repealed.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 The enactments described in the schedule to this Act are hereby repealed, subject to the exceptions in the schedule mentioned:

Provided, that where any enactment not comprised in the schedule has been repealed, confirmed, revived, or perpetuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such repeal, confirmation, revivor, or perpetuation shall not be affected by the repeal effected by this Act: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

2 Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as TheStatute Law Revision Act, 1871.

SCHEDULE.

This schedule, so far as respects Acts of the reigns of William the Third, and Anne, refers to the edition prepared under the direction of the Record Commission, intituled ‘The Statutes of the Realm; printed by Command of His Majesty King George the Third, in pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great Britain. From original records and authentic manuscripts.’

This schedule, so far as respects Acts of any reign subsequent to that of Anne, refers to the different sessions in the same manner as they are referred to in Ruffhead's edition of the Statutes by Serjeant Runnington, 1786; and 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 that edition wherever they are there given, and, where not given in that edition, follows the numbering in the octavo edition by Raithby, 1811.

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.

The edition of Ruffhead referred to in the foot-notes is that above mentioned.

EDWARD III.

46 Ed. 3.
WILLIAM III.

8 & 9 Gul. 3. c. 20.

in part.

An Act for making good the Deficiences of several Funde therein mentioned and for enlargeing the Capital Stock of the Bank of England and for raising the Publick Creditt

Sections Sixty-two and Sixty-nine.

in part; namely,—
9 Gul. 3. c. 27.

An Act for licensing Hawkers and Pedlars for a further Provision of Interest for the Transport Debt for reduceing of Ireland.

c. 32. (1)

An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the charging, collecting, & paying the Duties upon Marriages Births Burials Batchellors and Widowers.

c. 44.

in part.

An Act for raising a Sum not exceeding Two Millions upon a Fund for Payment of Annuities after the Rate of Eight Pounds per Centum per Annum and for settling the Trade to the East Indies

Section Thirty-five (2) .

in part; namely,—
ANNE.

1 Ann. c. 2. (3)

in part.

An Act for explaining a Clause in an Act made at the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the Two and twentieth of November in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King William the Third intituled An Act for the better Security of His Majesties Royal Person and Government

Section Six so far as relates to the extension of the Act 7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 27. to Ireland.

in part; namely,—

4 & 5 Ann. c. 3. (4)

in part.

An Act for the Amendment of the Law and the better Advancement of Justice

Section Twenty.

in part; namely,—

6 Ann. c. 20. (5)

in part.

An Act for Inrollments of Bargains and Sales within the West Riding of the County of York in the Register Office there lately provided and for making the said Register more effectual

Section Nine (6) .

in part; namely,—

(1 ) Chapter 35. in Ruffhead's Edition.

(2 ) Section 45. in Ruffhead's Edition.

(3 ) 1 Ann. Stat. 1. c. 8. in Ruffhead's Edition.

(4 ) 4 Ann. c. 16. in Ruffhead's Edition.

(5 ) 5 Ann. c. 18. in Ruffhead's Edition.

(6 ) Part of Section 8. in Ruffhead's Edition.

9 Ann. c. 11. (1)

in part.

An Act for establishing a General Post-Office for all Her Majesties Dominions and for settling a Weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War and other Her Majesties Occasions

Except the last two Sections.

:—

13 Ann. c. 20. (2)

in part.

An Act for the speedy and effectual preserving the Navigation of the River of Thames by stopping the Breach in the Levels of Havering and Dagenham in the County of Essex and for ascertaining the Coal Measure

Sections Thirteen and Fourteen (3).

in part; namely,—
GEORGE I.
5 Geo. 1. c. 4.

An Act for strengthening the Protestant Interest in these Kingdoms. Repealed as to all Her Majesty's Dominions.

GEORGE II.

2 Geo. 2. c. 25.

in part.

An Act for the more effectual preventing and further Punishment of Forgery, Perjury and Subornation of Perjury; and to make it Felony to steal Bonds, Notes or other Securities for Payment of Money

Section Five.

in part; namely,—

22 Geo. 2. c. 27.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act for the more effectual preventing of Fraud and Abuses,—and ends with the words,—and for the better Payment of their Wages

Sections Ten and Eleven.

in part; namely,—
22 Geo. 2. c. 46.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act to continue several Laws for preventing Exactions of the Occupiers of Locks and Wears upon the River Thames, Westward,—and ends with the words,—and for allowing Quakers to make Affirmation in Cases where an Oath is or shall be required.

25 Geo. 2. c. 37.

in part.

An Act for better preventing the horrid Crime of Murder

Sections One and Eleven.

in part; namely,—
GEORGE III.

5 Geo. 3. c. 49.

in part.

An Act to prevent the Inconveniencies arising from the present Method of issuing Notes and Bills by, the Banks, Banking Companies, and Bankers, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland

Section Eight.

in part; namely,—

6 Geo. 3. c. 23.

in part.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act to amend an Act made in the last Session,—and ends with the words,—Manufacture at the Foreign Market

Section Fourteen.

in part; namely,—
c. 32.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act to extend an Act made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the First,—and ends with the words,—and for amending and rendering more effectual the Laws for restraining Muirburn in forbidden Time, in that Part of the United Kingdom.

10 Geo. 3. c. 45.

An Act to prevent the further spreading of the Contagious Disorder amongst the Horned Cattle in Great Britain.

c. 50.

in part.

An Act for the further preventing Delays of Justice by reason of Privilege of Parliament

The last Section so far as the same extends 12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 3. to Scotland.

in part; namely,—

(1 ) Chapter 10. in Ruffhead's Edition.

(2 ) 12 Ann. Stat. 2. c. 17. in Ruffhead's Edition.

(3 ) Sections 11. and 12. in Ruffhead's Edition.

11 Gee. 3. c. 1.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act to continue the Prohibition of the Exportation of Corn,—and ends with the words,—to prohibit the Exportation of Malt for a limited Time.

c. 2.

An Act for continuing and granting to His Majesty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and seventy-one.

c. 3.

An Act for the better Supply of Mariners and Seamen to serve in His Majesty's Ships of War, and on Board Merchant Ships, and other Trading Ships and Vessels.

c. 4.

An Act the title of which begins with the words,—An Act to amend so much of an Act made in the Ninth Year of His present Majesty's...

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