Continuance of Laws Act 1799 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 9)

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Continuance of Laws Act 1799
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of Great Britain
Long title An Act to continue, until the twentieth Day of February one thousand eight hundred, several Laws relating to the Prevention and Punishment of Attempts to seduce Persons serving in his Majesty's Forces; to the empowering his Majesty to accept the Services of such Parts of the Militia of this Kingdom as may offer to serve in Ireland; to the Admission of certain Articles of Merchandize in neutral Ships, and the issuing of Orders in Council for that Purpose; to the authorizing his Majesty to make Regulations respecting the Trade to the Cape of Good Hope; to the establishing Courts of Judicature in the Island of Newfoundland; to the enabling his Majesty to permit Goods to be imported into this Kingdom in neutral Ships; and to continue, until the thirtieth Day of September one thousand eight hundred, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for enabling his Majesty to prohibit the Exportation, and permit the Importation of Corn, and for allowing the Importation of other Articles of Provision, without Payment of Duty.
Citation 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 9
Territorial extent  Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent 12 October 1799
Commencement 12 October 1799 [a]
Repealed21 August 1871
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Continued enactments
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Continuance of Laws Act 1799 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 9) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that continued various older acts.

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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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]

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring reported on 12 May 1796, which inspected and considered all the temporary laws, observed irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, made recommendations and emphasised the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws. [2]

Provisions

Continued enactments

Section 1 of the act continued the Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797 (37 Geo. 3. c. 70), the Militia (No. 4) Act 1798 (38 Geo. 3. c. 66) as amended and continued by the Militia (No. 5) Act 1798 (39 Geo. 3. c. 5), the Importation Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 15), the Shipping Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 80) and the Merchandise in Neutral Ships Act 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 76) as continued by several previous acts, the Cape of Good Hope Trade Act 1796 (37 Geo. 3. c. 21) as continued by several previous acts, the Courts (Newfoundland) Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 76) as continued by several previous acts, and the Importation (No. 7) Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 112), until 20 February 1800. [3] [4]

Section 2 of the act continued the Importation (No. 3) Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 87) until 20 September 1800. [3] [4]

Legacy

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116).

Notes

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.
  3. 1 2 Ruffhead, Owen (1800). The Statutes at Large from Magna Charta to [the Forty-first Year of George III. Vol. 18. Eyre & Strahan. p. 29.
  4. 1 2 "An act to continue, until the twentieth day of ... - Canadiana". www.canadiana.ca. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
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