Social:Common Informers Act 1575
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Acte to redresse Disorders in Common Informers upon Penall Lawes.[lower-alpha 2] |
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| Citation | 18 Eliz. 1. c. 5 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 15 March 1576 |
| Commencement | 22 April 1576[lower-alpha 3] |
| Repealed | 29 July 1959 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by |
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| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1959 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Common Informers Act 1575[lower-alpha 1] (18 Eliz. 1. c. 5) was an act of the Parliament of England.
Provisions
Section 9 of the act provided that the act would remain in force from the Feast of Easter until the end of the first session of the next parliament.[1]
Subsequent developments
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the continuance of a former statute, intituled, "An Act to redress disorders in common informers upon penal statutes," made in the eighteenth year of the Queen's majesty's reign. |
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| Citation | 27 Eliz. 1. c. 10 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 September 1585 |
| Commencement | 23 November 1584[lower-alpha 4] |
| Repealed | 28 July 1863 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Common Informers Act 1575 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1863 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The whole act was made perpetual by section 1 of the Common Informers Act 1584 (27 Eliz. 1. c. 10).[2]
Section 4 of the act, from "and that yf any suche Informer" to the end, was repealed by section 2 of, and part I of the schedule to, the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 59), which came into force on 15 August 1879.[3]
Section 9 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125), which came into force on 28 July 1863.[4]
The whole act was repealed by section 2 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 68), which came into force on 29 July 1959.[5]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ↑ These words are printed against this act in the second column of the second schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
- ↑ Section 1. The Feast of Easter.
- ↑ Start of session.
References
- ↑ "18° Eliz.". The Statutes of the Realm. 4 Part 1: 1547 to 1584. pp. 615–616. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000017915519&seq=696.
- ↑ "27° Eliz.". The Statutes of the Realm. 4 Part 1: 1547 to 1584. p. 717. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000017915519&seq=807.
- ↑ Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879, The National Archives, Vict/42-43 c. 59, http://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/42-43/59/enacted
- ↑ Statute Law Revision Act 1863, The National Archives, Vict/26-27 c. 125, http://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/26-27/125/enacted
- ↑ Statute Law Revision Act 1959, The National Archives, Eliz2/7-8 c. 68, http://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/68/enacted
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