The Sale of Offices Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 16) was an act of the Parliament of England concerned with corruption in public office.Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 12(1). Page 59. It has been repealed completely in the United Kingdom since 2013, but only partly in the Republic of Ireland, where it makes it an offence to sell certain public offices, or to receive or agree to receive money for an office.
Subsequent developments The act was extended to Scotland and Ireland, and to all offices in the gift of the Crown, by section 1 of the Sale of Offices Act 1809 (49 Geo. 3. c. 126),The Statutes Revised. Third Edition. HMSO. 1950. Volume I. Page 295. now also repealed in the UK.By the Statute Law Revision Act 1983 and the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013. The two acts had to be construed as one.Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 12(1). Page 79.
The act was repealed, from and after 5 July 1826, so far as regards the Revenue of Customs or Offices in the Service of the Customs, by sections 1 and 10 of the Customs Law Repeal Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 105).The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 George IV. 1825. Printed by His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers. London. 1825. pp 614 and 616.
Sections 5 and 6 of the act were repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict.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.
Section 5 of the act was repealed for Ireland by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98), which came into force on 10 August 1872.
Section 2 of the act, from "be it also" to "aforesaide", was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 3), which came into force on 27 March 1888.
Section 3 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6.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.
Sections 5 and 6 were repealed for Northern Ireland by section 1(1) of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6), which came into force on 23 May 1950.
Sections 3, 5 and 6 of the act were repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 1 of, and part III of the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1983, which came into force on 16 May 1983.
Parts of the act were retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and part 2 of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007, which came into force on 8 May 2007.
The whole act was repealed for the United Kingdom by section 1 of, and the group 7 of part 2 of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013, which came into force on 31 January 2013.
See Graeme v Wroughton (1855) 11 Exch 146, (1855) 24 LJ Ex 265.
See also Political corruption
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List of amendments and repeals in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book.