The Shop-books Evidence Act 1609 (7 Jas. 1. c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of England.
Subsequent developments The whole act was continued until the end of the first session of the next parliament by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1623 (21 Jas. 1. c. 28) and the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1627 (3 Cha. 1 . c. 5).
The words "This Act to contynue to the end of the first Session of the next Parliament and noe longer" at the end of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125), which came into force on 28 July 1863. The footnote to this repeal says that these words are from section 3 in Ruffhead's Edition.Rickards, G K. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 26 & 27 Victoria, 1863. Page 649.
In section 1, the words of commencement, and the words "hereafter to be" wherever occurring, were repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62), which came into force on 30 July 1948.
The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and part VII of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969, which came into force on 1 January 1970.
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References Halsbury's Statutes,