Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883

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Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883 [1]
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Long title An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing various Enactments relating to Civil Procedure or matters connected therewith, and for amending in some respects the Law relating to Civil Procedure.
Citation 46 & 47 Vict c 49
Territorial extentEngland (including Wales and Berwick-upon-Tweed) [2]
Dates
Royal assent 25 August 1883
Commencement 24 October 1883 [3]
Other legislation
Repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925, section 226(1) and Schedule 6
Status: Repealed

The Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict c 49) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill for this Act was the Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Bill. [4]

Contents

Section 209 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 provided that if and so far as any enactment repealed by this Act applied, or might have been applied by Order in Council, to the Court of the County Palatine of Lancaster, or to any inferior court of civil jurisdiction, that enactment was to be construed as if it were contained in a local and personal Act specially relating to that court, and was to have effect accordingly.

Section 187 of the County Courts Act 1888 provided that any reference to an inferior court in this Act was to be construed as referring to courts under that Act as well as to any other inferior court. [5]

As to the effect of this Act on Lord Cairns' Act, see Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society v Slack. [6]

Preamble

The preamble was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1898.

As to the preamble, see Hanak v Green. [7]

Section 2

This section provided that the Act did not extend to Scotland or Ireland, and that it came into operation on 24 October 1883.

The words from "It shall" to the end of the section were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1898.

Section 4

This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1898.

Section 5

This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1898.

Section 6

As to this section, see Buckley v Hull Docks. [8]

Sections 6(a) and (b) were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1898.

Schedule

The Schedule, except the entries as to 5 & 6 Vict c 69 and 21 & 22 Vict c 27, was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1898.

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References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 1 of this Act.
  2. The Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883, section 2
  3. The Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883, section 2
  4. Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Bill. Index to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, in the Fourth Session of the Twenty-Second Parliament of the United Kingdom. 46° & 47° Victoriae. 1883.
  5. The County Courts Act 1888, section 187
  6. [1924] AC 851 ; (1924) 131 LT 710 ; [1924] All ER Rep 259 ; [1924] 93 LJCh 436. See also (1924) 157 The Law Times 473 (7 June).
  7. Hanak v Green [1958] 2 QB 9; [1958] 2 WLR 755; [1958] 2 All ER 141
  8. (1893) 69 LT 347