Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893

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Citation1893 c. 54


Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act, 1893

(56 & 57 Vict.) CHAPTER 54.

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

[22nd September 1893]

W HEREAS it is expedient that certain enactments which may be regarded as spent, or have ceased to be in force otherwise than by express specific repeal by Parliament, or have, by lapse of time or otherwise, become unnecessary, should be expressly and specifically repealed: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S-1 Enactments in First Schedule repealed.

1 Enactments in First Schedule repealed.

1. The enactments described in the First Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed, subject to the provisions of this Act and subject to the exceptions and qualifications in this schedule mentioned; and every part of a title, preamble, or recital specified after the words ‘in part, namely,’ in connexion with an Act mentioned in the said schedule may be omitted from any revised edition of the statutes published by authority after the passing of this Act, and there may be added in the said edition such brief statement of the Acts, officers, persons, and things mentioned in the title, preamble, or recital, as may in consequence of such omission appear necessary.

Provided as follows:

The repeal of any words or expressions of enactment described in the said schedule shall not affect the binding force, operation, or construction of any statute, or of any part of a statute, whether as respects the past or the future;

and where any enactment not comprised in the said schedule has been repealed, confirmed, revived, or perpetuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such repeal, confirmation, revivor, or peret uation shall not be affected by the repeal effected by this Act;

and the repeal by this Act of any enactment or schedule shall not affect any enactment in which such enactment or schedule 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, title, obligation, or liability, already acquired, accrued, or incurred, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof,—or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, 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 the general or public nature of any statute, or any existing usage, franchise, liberty, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office, appointment, payment, allowance, emolument, or benefit, or any prospective right, 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, liability, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice, procedure, form of punishment, 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 Application of repealed enactments in local courts.

2 Application of repealed enactments in local courts.

2. If and so far as any enactment repealed by this Act applies or may have been by Order in Council applied to the court of the county palatine of Lancaster or to any inferior court of civil jurisdiction, such enactment shall be construed as if it were contained in a local and personal Act specially relating to such court and shall have effect accordingly.

S-3 Second Schedule to be substituted for part of S. L. R. Act, 1892.

3 Second Schedule to be substituted for part of S. L. R. Act, 1892.

3. The Second Schedule to this Act shall be substituted for so much of the Statute Law Revision Act, 1892, as relates to the Act mentioned in that schedule.

S-4 Short title.

4 Short title.

4. This Act may be cited as theStatute Law Revision (No. 2) Act, 1893.

S C H E D U L E S.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Reign and Chapter. Title.
30 Geo. 3. c. 46.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ‘An Act for settling’ and ends with the words ‘in America.’

39 Geo. 3. c. 84.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ‘An Act to enable’ and ends with the words ‘Consolidated Fund.’

43 Geo. 3. c. 159.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ‘An Act for settling’ and ends with the words ‘in America.’

47 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. 15.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ‘An Act to provide’ and ends with the words ‘in Ireland.’

In part; namely,—

Section five, from ‘and also the sum’ to the end of the section.

Section six.

Section seven.

Section eight, the words ‘and duties’ occurring twice, and from ‘and keep a true’ to the end of the section.

Section nine, from ‘and of the duties’ to the end of the section.

Sections ten, eleven, and thirteen.

54 Geo. 3. c. 164.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ‘An Act for settling’ and ends with the words ‘eminent services.’

7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 28.

An Act for further improving the Administration of Justice in Criminal Cases in England.

In part; namely,—

Section eight, the words ‘at the discretion of the court’, and from ‘or to be’ to ‘two years.’

Section nine.

Section eleven, the words ‘at the discretion of the court’ twice occurring, from ‘or for any term’ to ‘four years’, and from ‘or to be’ where last occurring to ‘two years.’

7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 84.

An Act to abolish the Punishment of Death in cases of Forgery.

In part; namely,—

Section three.

7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 88.

The Piracy Act, 1837.

In part; namely,—

Section five.

7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 90.

An Act to amend the Law relative to Offences punishable by Transportation for Life.

Reign and Chapter. Title.
7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 91.

An Act for abolishing the Punishment of Death in certain Cases.

In part; namely,—

Section two.

2 & 3 Vict. c. 94.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ‘An Act to exempt’ and ends with the words ‘the Pound.’

3 & 4 Vict. c. 43. An Act for repairing Blenheim Palace.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 28.

The Capital Punishment (Ireland) Act, 1842.

In part; namely,—

Section nineteen.

5 & 6 Vict. c. 76.

An Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.

In part; namely,—

Section thirty-one, the words ‘her heirs or successors.’

Repealed as to all Her Majesty's dominions.

6 & 7 Vict. c. 18.

The Parliamentary Voters Registration Act, 1843.

In part; namely,—

Section twenty-eight, from ‘but no such barrister’ to ‘be the recorder.’

Section eighty-two, the words ‘or to take or make the oath or affirmation against bribery.’

6 & 7 Vict. c. 54.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ‘An Act for extending’ and ends with the words ‘said Act.’

In part; namely,—

Section four.

6 & 7 Vict c. 73.

The Solicitors Act, 1843.

In part; namely,—

Second Schedule.

6 & 7 Vict. c. 91.

The Charitable Loan Societies (Ireland) Act, 1843.

In part; namely,—

Section twelve, from ‘or for the rules’ to the end of the section.

Section twenty-seven, from ‘without being liable’ to the end of the section.

Section thirty-two, from ‘and no’ to the end of the section.

6 & 7 Vict. c. 98.

The Slave Trade Act, 1843.

In part; namely,—

Section one, the words ‘except only as is herein-after excepted.’

7 & 8 Vict. c. 22.

The Gold and Silver Wares Act, 1844.

In part; namely,—

Section two, the words ‘at the discretion of the court, either’‘beyond the seas,’ and from ‘nor less’ to the end of the section.

Reign and Chapter. Title.
7 & 8 Vict. c. 32.

The Bank Charter Act, 1844.

In part; namely,—

Section twenty-eight, the words ‘the term bank notes used,’ and from ‘shall extend’ where those words first occur to ‘England; and’ where those words next occur.

7 & 8 Vict. c. 45.

The Nonconformists Chapels Act, 1844.

In part; namely,—

From ‘Be it therefore’ to ‘of the same that.’

7 & 8 Vict. c. 92.

An Act to amend the Law respecting the Office of County Coroner.

In part; namely,—

Section six, from ‘lord high’ to ‘Majesty's’ and the words ‘him or.’

7 & 8 Vict. c. 97.

The Charitable Donations and Bequests Act (Ireland), 1844.

In part; namely,—

Section five, from ‘the said judge’ to ‘of all.’

7 & 8 Vict. c. 101.

The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844.

In part; namely,—

Section fifty-four, from ‘to alter and’ to ‘at a time.’

7 & 8 Vict. c. 106.

The County Dublin Grand Jury Act, 1844.

In part; namely,—

Section four, the words ‘present secretary of the grand jury, or any’ and the word ‘hereafter.’

8 & 9 Vict. c. 34.

An Act the title of which begins with the words ‘An Act for abolishing’ and ends with the words ‘Common Pleas.’

8 & 9 Vict. c. 37.

The Bankers (Ireland) Act, 1845.

In part; namely,—

Section thirty-two, the words ‘the term bank note used’ and from ‘shall extend’ where those words first occur to ‘demand; and.’

8 & 9 Vict. c. 38.

The Bank Notes (Scotland) Act, 1845.

In part; namely,—

Section twenty-two, the words ‘the term bank notes used’ and from ‘shall extend’ where those words first occur to ‘England; and.’

8 & 9 Vict. c. 51.

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