| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for continuing an Act made in the Ninth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for the more effectual punishing wicked and evil-disposed Persons going armed in Disguise, and doing Injuries and Violences to the Persons and Properties of His Majesty's Subjects; and for the more speedy bringing the Offenders to Justice." |
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| Citation | 12 Geo. 1. c. 30 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 24 May 1726 |
| Commencement | 20 January 1726[a] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Continued enactments |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Continuance of 9 Geo. 1. c. 22 Act 1725 (12 Geo. 1. c. 30) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that continued various older acts.
Background
[edit]In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.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
[edit]Continued enactments
[edit]Section 1 of the act continued the Criminal Law Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 22), until the end of the next session of parliament after 5 years from the expiration of the act.[2]
Legacy
[edit]The Criminal Law Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 22) was continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 September 1736 by section 5 of the Perpetuation of Various Laws Act 1732 (6 Geo. 2. c. 37).
The Criminal Law Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 22) was continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 24 June 1751 by section 3 of the Universities (Wine Licences) Act 1743 (17 Geo. 2. c. 40).
The Criminal Law Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 22) was continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 September 1757 by section 2 of the Continuance of Laws (No.2) Act 1750 (24 Geo. 2. c. 57).
The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all the temporary laws, observed 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
[edit]- ^ Start of session.
References
[edit]- ^ Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
- ^ Britain, Great (1765). The Statutes at Large: From Magna Charta to ... 1869 ... Vol. 15. Joseph Bentham. p. 333.
- ^ 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.