Statute Law Revision Act 1875

Statute Law Revision Act 1875^[1]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Citation	38 & 39 Vict. c. 66
Dates
Royal assent	11 August 1875
Commencement	11 August 1875

Last updated September 28, 2023

The Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill for this Act was the Statute Law Revision Bill.^[3]

Section 3 of this Act provided that section 25 of the 9 Geo 4 c 58, which had been repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1873, was revived, as from the repeal thereof, and that all proceedings taken thereunder since that repeal were as valid and effectual as if that section had not been repealed.

Sections 2 and 3 of, and the Schedule to, this Act, were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 56).

As to repeals by this Act, see Campbell v Cochrane^[7] and Clarke v Bradlaugh .^[8]^[9] As to omission of parts of the Naval Discipline Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 109) repealed by this Act from copies of that Act, see section 7(2) of the Naval Discipline Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 39).^[10]

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References

"The Statute Law Revision Act, 1875". Halsbury's Statutes of England. Second Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Bell Yard, Temple Bar, London. 1950. Volume 24. Page 195.
"The Statute Law Revision Act, 1875". Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility. Sixth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. London. 1911. Volume 1. Title "Act of Parliament". Pages 5 and 6.
John Mounteney Lely. "Statute Law Revision Act, 1875". The Statutes of Practical Utility. (Chitty's Statutes). Fifth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. London. 1894. Volume 1. Title "Act of Parliament". Pages 5 and 6.
John Mounteney Lely. Chitty's Collection of Statutes of Practical Utility. Fourth Edition. Henry Sweet. Stevens and Sons. Chancery Lane, London. 1880. Volume 1. Title "Act of Parliament". Pages 6 and 7.
William Paterson (ed). "Statute Law Revision Act". The Practical Statutes of the Session 1875. Printed by Horace Cox. Wellington Street, Strand, London. 1875. Pages 506 to 543.
"The Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (Imp.)". Reprinted Statutes of New Zealand. 1979. Volume 30. Page 161.
The Public General Statutes passed in the thirty-eight & thirty-ninth years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1875. Queen's Printer. East Harding Street, London. 1875. Pages 593 et seq.

↑ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 4 of this Act.
↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
↑ "Statute Law Revision Bill". Index to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, in the Second Session of the Twenty-First Parliament of the United Kingdom. 38° & 39° Victoria. 1875. Bill 199. Bills, Public. Session 5 February to 13 August 1875. Volume 6. 1875.
↑ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part 1. Page 494, read with pages viii and x.
↑ The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, sections 1(1) and 2(2) and Schedule 1
↑ The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)
↑ 1928 JC 25; 1928 SLT 394
↑ (1881) 30 Weekly Reporter 53. See also Weekly Notes, 19 November 1881, p 137; John Mews, "Parliament", A Digest of the reported Decisions of all the Courts . . . during the Year 1882, Henry Sweet, 1883, col 317; Cecil C M Dale, "Parliamentary Oath", An Analytical Digest of the Cases published in the New Series of the Law Journal Reports and other Contemporary Reports . . . from Michaelmas Sittings 1880 to Trinity Sittings 1885, Friend Edward Streeten, 1886, p 381; Ephraim Arnold Jacob, An Analytical Digest of the Law and Practice of the Courts of Common Law, Divorce, Probate, Admiralty and Bankruptcy, and of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal of England, 1883, vol 10, col 16397; Stone (ed), The Law Reports, Digest of Cases, 1892, vol 3, col 4829; Ware, Hutchins and Baker, The Law Reports, 1881 to 1885, Digest of Cases, London, 1886, col 1132.
↑ Charles Bradlaugh was a party in this case.
↑ Reprinted in The Victorian Statutes, Melbourne, 1890, vol 7, p 473

External links

List of amendments and repeals in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book.
The Statute Law Revision Act 1875, as applicable to New Zealand, from the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

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[1] The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 4 of this Act.

[2] The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793

[3] "Statute Law Revision Bill". Index to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, in the Second Session of the Twenty-First Parliament of the United Kingdom. 38° & 39° Victoria. 1875. Bill 199. Bills, Public. Session 5 February to 13 August 1875. Volume 6. 1875.

[4] The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part 1. Page 494, read with pages viii and x.

[5] The Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Act 1991, sections 1(1) and 2(2) and Schedule 1

[6] The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b)

[7] 1928 JC 25; 1928 SLT 394

[8] (1881) 30 Weekly Reporter 53. See also Weekly Notes, 19 November 1881, p 137; John Mews, "Parliament", A Digest of the reported Decisions of all the Courts . . . during the Year 1882, Henry Sweet, 1883, col 317; Cecil C M Dale, "Parliamentary Oath", An Analytical Digest of the Cases published in the New Series of the Law Journal Reports and other Contemporary Reports . . . from Michaelmas Sittings 1880 to Trinity Sittings 1885, Friend Edward Streeten, 1886, p 381; Ephraim Arnold Jacob, An Analytical Digest of the Law and Practice of the Courts of Common Law, Divorce, Probate, Admiralty and Bankruptcy, and of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal of England, 1883, vol 10, col 16397; Stone (ed), The Law Reports, Digest of Cases, 1892, vol 3, col 4829; Ware, Hutchins and Baker, The Law Reports, 1881 to 1885, Digest of Cases, London, 1886, col 1132.

[9] Charles Bradlaugh was a party in this case.

[10] Reprinted in The Victorian Statutes, Melbourne, 1890, vol 7, p 473

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