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UK Public General Acts Vict/3-4

No.TitleEnacted
1An Act for exhibiting a Bill in this present Parliament for naturalizing His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha.24 Jan 1840
2An Act for the Naturalization of His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha.7 Feb 1840
3An Act for enabling Her Majesty to grant an Annuity to His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha.7 Feb 1840
4An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty.24 Feb 1840
5An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act to restrain and prevent the excessive Increase of Horse Races; and for amending an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled `An Act for the more effectual preventing of excessive and deceitful Gaming,' as relates to the Subject of Horce Racing.23 Mar 1840
6An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.3 Apr 1840
7An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty.3 Apr 1840
8An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore.3 Apr 1840
9Parliamentary Papers Act14 Apr 1840
10An Act to authorize the Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works and Fisheries and Employment of the Poor.14 Apr 1840
11An Act to settle an Annuity on Lord Seaton and the Two next surviving Heirs Male of the Body of the said Lord Seaton to whom the Title of Lord Seaton shall descend, in consideration of his important Services.19 May 1840
12An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven Millions by Exchequer Bill, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty.19 May 1840
13An Act to amend an Act of the First and Second Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, to abolish Compositions for Tithes in Ireland, and to substitute Rent-charges in lieu thereof.19 May 1840
14An Act to continue for One Year, and to the End of the next Session of Parliament, the Acts for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland.19 May 1840
15Tithe Act 1840 (repealed 19.11.1998)4 Jun 1840
16An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Officers and Employments, and for extending the Time limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-one; and for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain Cases.19 Jun 1840
17The Excise Act19 Jul 1840
18The Tobacco Act3 Jul 1840
19An Act for granting to Her Majesty an additional Duty of Customs on Timber.3 Jul 1840
20Queen Anne’s Bounty Act3 Jul 1840
21An Act to extend to the British Colonies in the West Indies an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Year of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels.3 Jul 1840
22An Act to impose upon Broad or Spread Glass the same Duties of Excise that are payable upon German Sheet Glass.3 Jul 1840
23An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty.3 Jul 1840
24An Act to repeal Part of an Act of the Forty-third Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled An Act to avoid trifling and frivolous Suits in Law in Her Majesty's Courts in Westminster, and of an Act of the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled An Act for laying Impositions on Proceedings at Law; and to make further Provisions in lieu thereof.3 Jul 1840
25An Act to amend the Act for the better ordering of Prisons.3 Jul 1840
26An Act to remove Doubts as to the Competency of Persons, being rated Inhabitants of any Parish, to give Evidence in certain Cases.3 Jul 1840
27An Act to continue to the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, Two Acts relating to the Removal of poor Persons born in Scotland and Ireland, and chargeable to Parishes in England.3 Jul 1840
28An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, for more equally assessing and levying Watch Rates in certain Boroughs.23 Jul 1840
29An Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination.23 Jul 1840
30An Act for the more equal Assessment of Police Rates in Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton, and to make better Provision for the Police in Birmingham, for One Year, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament.23 Jul 1840
31The Inclosure Act23 Jul 1840
32An Act to continue for One Year, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts relating to the Importation and keeping of Arms and Gunpowder in Ireland.23 Jul 1840
33An Act to make certain Provisions and Regulations in respect to the Exercise, within England and Ireland, of their Office, by the Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland; and also to extend such Provisions and Regulations to the Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; and also to make further Regulations in respect to Bishops and Clergy other than those of the United Church of England and Ireland.23 Jul 1840
34An Act for making Provision as to the Office of Master in Chancery in certain Cases.23 Jul 1840
35The British North America Act23 Jul 1840
36An Act for preventing Ships clearing out from a British North American Port loading any Part of their Cargo of Timber upon Deck.23 Jul 1840
37An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East India Company, and for providing for the Observance of Discipline in the India Navy, and to amend the Laws for regulating the Payment of Regimental Debts, and the Distribution of the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying in Service.4 Aug 1840
38An Act to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes until the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.4 Aug 1840
39An Act to authorize Trustees or Commissioners of Turnpike Roads to appoint Meetings for executing their Trusts in certain Cases.4 Aug 1840
40An Act to amend Two Acts of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for the Relief of certain of Her Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in the West Indies.4 Aug 1840
41An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to grant a Lease of the Caledonian Canal for a Term of Years, and to regulate the future Management thereof.4 Aug 1840
42An Act to continue the Poor Law Commission until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.4 Aug 1840
43An Act for repairing Blenheim Palace.4 Aug 1840
44The Prisons (Ireland) Act4 Aug 1840
45An Act to continue until the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, or if Parliament shall then be sitting until the End of the then Session of Parliament, the Local Turnpike Acts for Great Britain which expire with this or the ensuing Session of Parliament.4 Aug 1840
46An Act to continue for One Year from the passing of this Act, and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Ireland.4 Aug 1840
47An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne as prevents the Re-election of Mayors of Parliamentary Boroughs and other annual Returning Officers.4 Aug 1840
48Entail Sites Act4 Aug 1840
49An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting the Duties of Excise on Soap made in Great Britain.4 Aug 1840
50The Canals (Offences) Act4 Aug 1840
51An Act to amend and explain the general Turnpike Acts, so far as relates to the Toll payable on Carriages or Horses laden with Lime for the Improvement of Land.4 Aug 1840
52An Act to provide for the Administration of the Government in case the Crown should descend to any Issue of Her Majesty whilst such Issue shall be under the Age of Eighteen Years, and for the Care and Guardianship of such Issue.4 Aug 1840
53An Act for vacating any Presentment for rebuilding the Gaol of Newgate in Dublin, and vacating any Contract between the Commissioners for rebuilding the said Gaol and the Contractor.4 Aug 1840
54An Act for making further Provision for the Confinement and Maintenance of Insane Prisoners.4 Aug 1840
55An Act to enable the Owners of Settled Estates to defray the Expence of draining the same by way of Mortgage.4 Aug 1840
56An Act further to regulate the Trade of Ships built and trading within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter.7 Aug 1840
57An Act to impose Duties of Excise on Sugar manufactured in the United Kingdom.7 Aug 1840
58An Act to amend the Acts relating to the River Poddle in the County and City of Dublin.7 Aug 1840
59Evidence (Scotland) Act7 Aug 1840
60The Church Building Act7 Aug 1840
61The Beerhouse Act7 Aug 1840
62An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and to extend, the Provisions of an Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof, and for other Purposes relating thereto.7 Aug 1840
63An Act to extend the Powers of the Commissioners appointed for the Execution of Two Acts for supporting the several Harbours and Sea Ports in the Isle of Man.7 Aug 1840
64An Act to continue, until Eight Months after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, an Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate Execution, by Orders in Council, any Treaties for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.7 Aug 1840
65An Act to improve the Practice and extend the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England.7 Aug 1840
66The Admiralty Court Act7 Aug 1840
67An Act for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of Venezuela, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.7 Aug 1840
68An Act to enable Her Majesty in Council to authorize Ships and Vessels belonging to Countries having Treaties of Reciprocity with the United Kingdom to be piloted, in certain Cases, without having a licensed Pilot on board; and also to regulate the Mode in which Pilot Boats shall be painted and distinguished.7 Aug 1840
69An Act to continue, for Six Months after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for carrying into effect a Convention between Her Majesty and the King of the French, relative to the Fisheries on the Coasts of the British Islands and of France.7 Aug 1840
70An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expences of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; and to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.7 Aug 1840
71An Act to suspend until the End of the next Session of Parliament the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom.7 Aug 1840
72The Marriage Act7 Aug 1840
73An Act to explain and amend the Acts relating to Friendly Societies.7 Aug 1840
74Oyster Fisheries (Scotland) Act7 Aug 1840
75An Act to regulate the Repayment of certain Sums advanced by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service.7 Aug 1840
76An Act to empower the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to annex certain Townlands to the County of Roscommon.7 Aug 1840
77The Grammar Schools Act7 Aug 1840
78An Act to provide for the Sale of the Clergy Reserves in the Province of Canada, and for the Distribution of the Proceeds thereof.7 Aug 1840
79An Act to amend the Law relating to the Admission of Attornies and Solicitors to practise in the Courts of Law and Equity in Ireland.7 Aug 1840
80An Act to continue until the First Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts relating to Insolvent Debtors in India.7 Aug 1840
81An Act to define the Notice of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for Cities, Towns, and Boroughs in England.7 Aug 1840
82The Judgments Act7 Aug 1840
83An Act to continue, until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for amending and extending the Provisions of an Act of the First Year of Her present Majesty, for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury.7 Aug 1840
84Metropolitan Police Courts Act7 Aug 1840
85The Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act7 Aug 1840
86The Church Discipline Act7 Aug 1840
87An Act to enable Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings to make additional Thoroughfares in the Metropolis.7 Aug 1840
88The County Police Act7 Aug 1840
89The Poor Relief Exemption Act10 Aug 1840
90The Infant Felons Act10 Aug 1840
91The Textile Manufactures (Ireland) Act10 Aug 1840
92Non-Parochial Registers Act10 Aug 1840
93The Ecclesiastical Courts Act10 Aug 1840
94An Act for facilitating the Administration of Justice in the Court of Chancery.10 Aug 1840
95An Act to enable Her Majesty to carry into effect certain Stipulations contained in a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Austria; and to empower Her Majesty to declare, by Order in Council, that Ports which are the most natural and convenient Shipping Ports of States within whose Dominions they are not situated may in certain Cases be considered, for all Purposes of Trade with Her Majesty's Dominions, as the National Ports of such States.10 Aug 1840
96The Post Office (Duties) Act10 Aug 1840
97Railway Regulation Act10 Aug 1840
98An Act to authorize, for a limited Time, the Application of a Portion of the Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads in certain Townships and Districts.10 Aug 1840
99An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain.10 Aug 1840
100An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Ireland.10 Aug 1840
101An Act to amend several Acts relating to the Temporalities of the Church in Ireland.10 Aug 1840
102The Court Houses (Ireland) Act10 Aug 1840
103The Dublin Justices Act10 Aug 1840
104An Act to transfer to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods and Works, and other Commissioners, the several Powers now vested in the Commissioners for repairing the Line of Road from Shrewsbury in the County of Salop of Bangor Ferry in the County of Carnarvon; and to amend the London and Holyhead Roads Acts, so far as relates to the Dunstable Road.10 Aug 1840
105The Debtors (Ireland) Act10 Aug 1840
106An Act for raising the Sum of Ten Millions seven hundred fifty-one thousand five hundred and fifty Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty.10 Aug 1840
107An Act to continue and amend the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland.10 Aug 1840
108The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act10 Aug 1840
109The Counties and Boroughs (Ireland) Act10 Aug 1840
110Loan Societies Act 1840 (repealed 19.11.1998)11 Aug 1840
111The Joint Stock Companies Act11 Aug 1840
112An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.11 Aug 1840
113Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act11 Aug 1840