The Hiring of Ships by East India Company Act 1818 (58 Geo. 3. c. 83) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the hiring of ships by the East India Company.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in that section. The repeal did not affect any contract or agreement made or entered into under or in pursuance of any of the repealed acts, which were to be carried into execution as if the act had not been passed. CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal39 Geo. 3. c. 89East India Company Act 1799An Act for regulating the Manner in which the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, shall hire and take up Ships for their regular Service.The whole act.50 Geo. 3. c. 86East India Company Act 1810An Act to amend Two Acts passed in the Thirty-ninth and Forty-third Years of His present Majesty, for regulating the Manner in which the East India Company shall hire and take up Ships.The whole act.51 Geo. 3. c. 75East India Company Act 1811An Act for making further Provision for the Payment of Salaries and other Charges in the Office of the Commissioners for the Affairs of India; and for enabling the East India Company to restore to the Service of the said Company, Military Officers removed therefrom by Sentences of Courts Martial; and to authorize the said Company, in Cases of unforeseen Emergency, to take up Ships by private Contract.So much of the act as relates to the hiring of ships by the East India Company.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 91), which came into force on 5 August 1873.
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