Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861

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Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to repeal certain Enactments which have been consolidated in several Acts of the present Session relating to indictable Offences and other Matters. [1]
Citation 24 & 25 Vict. c. 95
Dates
Royal assent 6 August 1861
Other legislation
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950
Status: Repealed

The Act 24 & 25 Vict. c. 95, sometimes referred to as the Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861, [2] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

This Act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950. It was spent. [3]

This Act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by sections 2(1) and 3(1) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

This Act was one of the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts 1861. Unlike the others, it received no official short title from the Short Titles Act 1896. It effected repeals consequential on the other six Acts.

It "should have been the last Act of the series to receive the Royal Assent, and have been numbered accordingly", according to George Oke. [4]

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References

  1. Rickards, George Kettilby (1861). The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 24 & 25 Victoria, 1861. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen. p. 321.
  2. Current Law Statutes Annotated . Vol. 4. London and Edinburgh: Sweet & Maxwell and W. Green. 1994. Alphabetical Table of Statutes. p. 43.
  3. Chronological Table and Index of the Statutes . 4th ed. London: Queen's Printers. 1878. p. 297.
  4. Oke, George Colwell (1861). The Magisterial Synopsis (supplement to the 7th ed.). London: Butterworths. p. 1 note (b).