Post Office (Offences) Act 1837

Post Office (Offences) Act 1837[a]
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Act for consolidating the Laws relative to Offences against the Post Office of the United Kingdom, and for regulating the judicial Administration of the Post Office Laws, and for explaining certain Terms and Expressions employed in those Laws.
Citation7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 36
Territorial extent 
Dates
Royal assent12 July 1837
Commencement1 August 1837[b]
Repealed1 May 1909
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byPost Office Act 1908
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Post Office (Offences) Act 1837[a] (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 36) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to offences against the Post Office of the United Kingdom.[1]

Subsequent developments

Section 46 of the act was repealed by section 2 of, and the schedule to, the Public Authorities Protection Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61), which came into force on 1 January 1894.[2]

The whole act was repealed by section 92 of, and the second schedule to, the Post Office Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 48), which came into force on 1 May 1909.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ↑ Section 1. The commencement of the Post Office (Repeal of Laws) Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 32).

References

  1. ↑ Ogilvie, A. M. (1893). "The Rise of the English Post Office". The Economic Journal. 3 (11): 443–457. doi:10.2307/2955694. ISSN 0013-0133.
  2. ↑ "Public Authorities Protection Act 1893", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/56-57 c. 61
  3. ↑ "Post Office Act 1908", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Edw7/8 c. 48