The Special Constables Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 41) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, given royal assent on 15 October 1831.
It provided a long-term framework for the use, appointment and operation of special constables in England and Wales. It is often seen as the foundation date for the Metropolitan Special Constabulary, the special constabulary attached to the Metropolitan Police, which had itself been founded only two years earlier.
Subsequent developments Section 19 of the act was repealed by section 2 of, and the schedule to, the Public Authorities Protection Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61), which came into force on 1 January 1894.
The whole act was repealed by section 64(3) of, and part I of schedule 10 to, the Police Act 1964, which came into force on 1 April 1965.
See also Special Constabulary#History
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