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| Long title | An Act for the better Regulation of Street Music within the Metropolitan Police District. |
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| Territorial extent | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 25 July 1864 |
| Repealed | 16 November 1989 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989[2] |
Status: Repealed | |
The Metropolitan Police Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 55) was one of a series of Metropolitan Police Acts. It was wholly repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989.
Provisions
The provisions of the Act include:
- Repealing Section 57 of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 and replacing it with a section allowing street musicians to be fined no more than forty shillings or to be imprisoned for no more than three days.[3]
Sources
- ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 - Part IV Local Government". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ↑ A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: Being the Sixth Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1864. p. 237.
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