Gunpowder Act 1772

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Gunpowder Act 1772
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to regulate the Making, Keeping, and Carriage of Gunpowder within Great Britain, and to repeal the Laws heretofore made for any of those Purposes.
Citation 12 Geo. 3. c. 61
Territorial extent  Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent 3 June 1772
Commencement 1 July 1772 [a]
Repealed31 August 1861
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771
Repealed by Gunpowder Act 1860
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Gunpowder Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3. c. 61) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that consolidated all acts relating to the making, keeping and transport of gunpowder.

Contents

Background

In 1771, the Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3. c. 35) was passed, which consolidated all laws relating to the keeping and transport of gunpowder. [1]

Provisions

Section 31 of the act repealed the Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3 c. 35), as well as "all other statutes relating to the keeping and carriage of gunpowder", effective from 1 July 1772. [2]

Legacy

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws described this act as a Consolidation Act. [3]

The act was repealed by the Gunpowder Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 139), except as to any offence or penalty incurred, which would remain as if the act had not been repealed. [4]

Notes

  1. Section 31.

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References

  1. Britain, Great (1771). The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1807]. Vol. 29. J. Bentham. pp. 153–158.
  2. Britain, Great (1771). The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1807]. Vol. 29. J. Bentham. pp. 166–176.
  3. 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.
  4. A Collection of the Public General Statutes: 1860. 1860. pp. 1261–1279.