Perpetuation, etc. of Acts 1708

Perpetuation, etc. of Acts 1708
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for making perpetual an Act for the better preventing the counterfeiting the current Coin of this Kingdom; as also an Act for giving like Remedy upon Promissory Notes as is used upon Bills of Exchange, and for the better Payment of Inland Bills of Exchange; and also for continuing several Acts made in the Fourth and Fifth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, for preventing Frauds committed by Bankrupts.
Citation	7 Ann. c. 25
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	21 April 1709
Commencement	16 November 1708
Repealed	15 July 1867
Other legislation
Amends	Coin Act 1696 ; Bills of Exchange Act 1704 ; Bankruptcy Act 1705 ; Bankrupts Act 1706 ;
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to	See Expiring laws continuance acts
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Last updated August 01, 2025

The Perpetuation, etc. of Acts 1708 (7 Ann. c. 25) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that made perpetual various older acts.

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In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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

Section 1 of the act made the Coin Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26), as continued by the Coin (No. 2) Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 21) and the Assay of Plate Act 1702 (1 Ann. c. 3), perpetual.^[2]

Section 2 of the act amended section 9 of the Coin Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26) to extend the time limit for any prosecution for offences under that act from 3 to 6 months.^[2]

Section 3 of the act made the Bills of Exchange Act 1704 (3 & 4 Ann. c. 8) perpetual.^[2]

Section 4 of the act continued the Bankruptcy Act 1705 (4 & 5 Ann. c. 4) and the Bankrupts Act 1706 (6 Ann. c. 22) until the end of the next session of parliament 5 years after 25 April 1709.

Legacy

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.^[3]

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

Notes

↑ Start of session.

References

↑ Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
1 2 3 Raithby, John, ed. (1822). "Anno 7° Annæ, A.D. 1709". The Statutes of the Realm . Vol. 9: The Statutes of the Seventh to the Thirteenth Years of the Reign of Queen Anne. pp. 1–147 – via Hathi Trust.
↑ 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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[1] Start of session.

[2] Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.

[:0-3] 1 2 3 Raithby, John, ed. (1822). "Anno 7° Annæ, A.D. 1709". The Statutes of the Realm . Vol. 9: The Statutes of the Seventh to the Thirteenth Years of the Reign of Queen Anne. pp. 1–147 – via Hathi Trust.

[:02-4] 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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