The Common Informers Act 1588 (31 Eliz. 1. c. 5) was an act of the Parliament of England.
Provisions Section 6 of the act repealed the Penal Actions Act 1515 (7 Hen. 8. c. 3).
Subsequent developments Sections 4 and 6, and Sections 2 and 3, except as to criminal proceedings, were repealed by section 2 of, and part I of the schedule to, the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 59), which came into force on 15 August 1879.
Section 5 of the act was repealed by section 34(4) of, and the schedule to, the Limitation Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 21), which came into force on 1 July 1940.
The whole act was repealed by section 2 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 68), which came into force on 29 July 1959.
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References Halsbury's Statutes