| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An 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. |
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| Citation | 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 36 |
| Territorial extent | |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 12 July 1837 |
| Commencement | 1 August 1837[b] |
| Repealed | 1 May 1909 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repealed by | Post Office Act 1908 |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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |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
The whole act was repealed by section 92 of, and the second schedule to, the Post Office Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7.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.[2]
Notes
- 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.
- Section 1. The commencement of the Post Office (Repeal of Laws) Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 32).
References
- 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.
- "Post Office Act 1908", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Edw7/8 c. 48
External links
- Text of the Post Office (Offences) Act 1837 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.