Continuance of Laws Act 1536

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Continuance of Laws Act 1536
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of England
Long title An Act made for continuing of the Statutes for Beggars and Vagabonds; and against Conveyance of Horses and Mares out of this Realm; against Welshmen making Affrays in the Counties of Hereford, Gloucester and Salop; and against the Vice of Buggery.
Citation 28 Hen. 8. c. 6
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 18 July 1536
Commencement 8 June 1536 [a]
Repealed28 July 1863
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Continued enactments
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Continuance of Laws Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 6) was an act of the Parliament of England that continued various older enactments.

Contents

Background

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire. [1]

Provisions

Continued enactments

Section 1 of the act continued the Vagabonds Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 12), the Exportation Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 7), the Assaults by Welshmen Act 1534 (26 Hen. 8. c. 11) and the Buggery Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 6) until the end of the next parliament.

Subsequent developments

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all temporary laws, observing irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, making recommendations and emphasising the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws. [2]

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).

Notes

  1. ↑ Start of session.

References

  1. ↑ Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
  2. ↑ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1803). Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801. Vol. 14. pp. 34–118.
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