The Prevention of Offences Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 19) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
the act still in force in the Republic of Ireland.
Section 4 Section 4 of the act was replaced by section 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100).James Edward Davis, The Criminal Law Consolidation Statutes of the 24 & 25 of Victoria, Chapters 94 to 100: Edited with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, Butterworths, 1861, p 255
Section 5 Section 5 of the act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 16 of, and the third schedule to, the Criminal Law Act, 1997.
Sections 6 to 14 Section 6 of the act was replaced, in so far as it related to malicious injuries to property, by section 35 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 97).James Edward Davis, The Criminal Law Consolidation Statutes of the 24 & 25 of Victoria, Butterworths, 1861, p. 145
Section 11 of the act was repealed by section 119 of, and part I of schedule 7 to, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
Sections 12 and 13 of the act were repealed for England and Wales by section 33(3) of, and part II of schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968.
Section 14 of the act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 16 of, and the Third Schedule to, the Criminal Law Act, 1997.
Subsequent developments Section 5 of the act was repealed for England and Wales by section 10(2) of, and part III of schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967, which came into force on 1 January 1968.
The act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and part 4 of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007, which came into force on 8 May 2007. There is a saving for the act in section 2(2)(b) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2009.
The whole act was repealed for the England and Wales and Northern Ireland by section 1(1) of, and group 5 of part I of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989, which came into force on 16 November 1989.
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