Continuance of Laws Act 1539

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Continuance of Laws Act 1539
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of England
Long title An Act concerning the Continuance of the Statute for Punishment of Beggars and Vagabonds, and of certain other Statutes.
Citation 31 Hen. 8. c. 7
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 28 June 1539
Commencement 28 April 1539 [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Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863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Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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 1539 (31 Hen. 8. c. 7) 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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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 Vagabonds Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 25), the Exportation Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 7), the Assaults by Welshmen Act 1534 (26 Hen. 8. c. 11), the Buggery Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 6), the Exportation Act 1529 (21 Hen. 8. c. 10), the Manufacture of Cables, etc. Act 1529 (21 Hen. 8. c. 12), the Winding of Wool Act 1531 (23 Hen. 8. c. 17), the Killing Weanlings Act 1532 (24 Hen. 8. c. 9), the Attaints Act 1531 (23 Hen. 8. c. 3), the Pewterers Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 9), the Flax and Hemp Act 1532 (24 Hen. 8. c. 4) and the Gaols Act 1531 (23 Hen. 8. c. 2), as continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 6), the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 8) and the Continuance of Laws (No. 3) Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 9), 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The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict.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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