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UK Public General Acts Vict/5-6

No.TitleEnacted
1An Act better to provide for the Application to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-one of the Sums granted in the Two last Sessions of Parliament.15 Feb 1842
2An Act to enable His Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales to make Leases and Grants of Land and Hereditaments, Parcel of His said Royal Highness' Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same; and for the other Purposes therein mentioned.15 Mar 1842
3An Act to confirm an Act of the Legislature of Van Diemen's Land for authorizing the Levy of certain Duties of Customs and on Spirits.15 Mar 1842
4An Act to provide for the Increase of the Number of Bishop ries and Archdeaconries in the West Indies, and to amend the several Acts relating thereto.23 Mar 1842
5An Act to continue to the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-three the Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies.23 Mar 1842
6An Act to amend an Act of Her present Majesty for vacating any Presentment for rebuilding the Gaol of Newgate in Dublin, and any Contract between the Commissioners for rebuilding the said Gaol and the Contractor.23 Mar 1842
7The Parish Apprentices Act23 Mar 1842
8An 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-two.23 Mar 1842
9An Act to authorize the Advance of Money out of the Consolidated, Fund to a limited Amount for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor; and to amend the Acts authorizing the Issue of Exchequer Bills for the like Purposes.22 Apr 1842
10An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-three; and for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain Cases.22 Apr 1842
11An Act for appointing Commissioners to inquire as to the Issue, Receipt, Circulation, and Possession of certain forged Exchequer Bills.22 Apr 1842
12An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.22 Apr 1842
13An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on Shore.22 Apr 1842
14An Act to amend the Laws for the Importation of Corn.29 Apr 1842
15An Act to impose an additional Duty on Spirits, and to repeal the Allowance on Spirits made from Malt only, in Ireland.29 Apr 1842
16An Act to continue, until the End of the Session of Parliament next after the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on Soap used in Manufactures.13 May 1842
17An Act for preventing, until the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, Ships clearing out from any Port in British North America, or in the Settlement of Honduras, from loading any Part of their Cargo of Timber upon Deck.13 May 1842
18The Parish Property and Parish Debts Act13 May 1842
19An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to form a new Opening from the Knightsbridge Road into Hyde Park, and a new Opening from High Street, Kensington, into an intended new Road across the Palace Green; and for annexing a Piece of Extra-parochial Ground in the Royal Garden to the respective Parishes of Saint Mary Abbots Kensington and Saint Mary Paddington in several Portions.13 May 1842
20An Act to extend an Act passed in the Fourth and Fifth Years of Her present Majesty, for enabling Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods to purchase certain Lands for Victoria Park.13 May 1842
21An Act for raising the Sum of Nine millions one hundred thousand Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.13 May 1842
22The Queen's Prison Act31 May 1842
23An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the several Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in Ireland.31 May 1842
24The Dublin Police Act31 May 1842
25An Act to repeal the present and impose and allow new countervailing Duties and Drawbacks of Excise on Mixtures and Preparations made with Spirits, when removed from or into England, Scotland, or Ireland respectively; and to suspend for a limited Time so much of an Act of the present Session as repeals the Allowance on Spirits made from Malt only in Ireland.31 May 1842
26Ecclesiastical Houses of Residence Act31 May 1842
27The Ecclesiastical Leases Act18 Jun 1842
28The Capital Punishment (Ireland) Act18 Jun 1842
29The Pentonville Prison Act18 Jun 1842
30An Act to provide Regulations for preparing and using Roasted Malt in colouring Beer.18 Jun 1842
31An Act to indemnify Witnesses who may give Evidence before the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire ''whether corrupt Compromises have been entered into in the Cases of Election Petitions presented from Harwich, Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn, and Falmouth, Bridport, and Reading, for the Purpose of avoiding Investigation into gross Bribery alleged to have been practised at the Elections for the aforesaid Towns, and whether such Bribery has really taken place.''18 Jun 1842
32The Fines and Recoveries Act18 Jun 1842
33An Act to amend and explain so much of Two Acts, of the Sixth and Seventh Years of His late Majesty, and of the First Year of Her present Majesty, as relates to the Execution of Civil Bill Decrees for the Possession of Land in Ireland.18 Jun 1842
34An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.18 Jun 1842
35The Income Tax Act22 Jun 1842
36An Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies.22 Jun 1842
37The Land Tax Act30 Jun 1842
38The Quarter Sessions Act30 Jun 1842
39An Act to amend the Law relating to Advances bona fide made to Agents intrusted with Goods.30 Jun 1842
40An Act for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Argentine Confederation for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.30 Jun 1842
41An Act for carrying into effect a Convention between Her Majesty and the Republic of Hayti for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade.30 Jun 1842
42An Act for better and more effectually carrying into effect Treaties and Conventions with Foreign States for suppressing the Slave Trade.30 Jun 1842
43An Act to confirm certain Proceedings which may have been had after the passing of the Act intituled An Act to define the Jurisdiction of Justices in General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace.1 Jul 1842
44The Licensing Act1 Jul 1842
45The Copyright Act1 Jul 1842
46The Justices (Ireland) Act1 Jul 1842
47The Customs Act9 Jul 1842
48An Act to provide for the Relief of the Poor in the Forest of Dean and other Extra-parochial Places in and near the Hundred of Saint Briavel's in the County of Gloucester.9 Jul 1842
49An Act to amend the Laws for the Regulation of the Trade of the British Possessions abroad.16 Jul 1842
50An Act to continue, until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, Townships, and Villages from Liability to be rated as such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property, to the Relief of the Poor.16 Jul 1842
51Treason Act16 Jul 1842
52An Act to indemnify Witnesses who may give Evidence before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal on a Bill to exclude the Borough of Sudbury from sending Burgesses to serve in Parliament.16 Jul 1842
53An Act to encourage the Establishment of District Courts and Prisons.16 Jul 1842
54Tithe Act 1842 (repealed 19.11.1998)30 Jul 1842
55Railway Regulation Act30 Jul 1842
56The Customs (Amendment) Act30 Jul 1842
57The Poor Law Amendment Act30 Jul 1842
58An Act for further suspending, until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, the Operation of the new Arrangement of Dioceses, so far as it affects the existing Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions.30 Jul 1842
59An Act to continue until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-three an Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate Execution, by Orders in Council, any Treaties for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.30 Jul 1842
60An Act to continue until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-three certain Turnpike Acts.30 Jul 1842
61The South Australia Act30 Jul 1842
62An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the Fourth Year of Her present Majesty, for enabling the Commissioners of Wide Streets to sell, and Her Majesty to purchase, certain Hereditaments in the City of Dublin, on the North Bank of the River Anna Liffey.30 Jul 1842
63An Act to continue until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-three an Act 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.30 Jul 1842
64An Act for regulating the Priorities of Monies authorized to be charged on a Fund called ''The London Bridge Approaches Fund.''30 Jul 1842
65The Dean Forest Act30 Jul 1842
66An Act for further regulating the Preparation and Issue of Exchequer Bills.30 Jul 1842
67An Act for the better regulating the Number of Prisoners admitted to the General Prison at Perth.30 Jul 1842
68The Textile Manufactures (Ireland) Act30 Jul 1842
69The Perpetuation of Testimony Act30 Jul 1842
70An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Payment of Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital.30 Jul 1842
71An Act to establish Military Savings Banks.30 Jul 1842
72An Act to suspend until the Thirty-first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-three the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom.30 Jul 1842
73An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-three; and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, an Act for amending the Law for the Trial of controverted Elections.30 Jul 1842
74The University of Dublin Registration Act30 Jul 1842
75The Charitable Pawn Offices (Ireland) Act30 Jul 1842
76The Australian Constitutions Act30 Jul 1842
77An Act to enable Grand Juries at the ensuing Summer and Spring Assizes to make certain Presentments in Counties of Cities and Towns in Ireland; and to remove Doubts as to the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in Places recently annexed to Counties at large in Ireland.5 Aug 1842
78An Act for effecting an Exchange between Her Majesty and the Provost and College of Eton.5 Aug 1842
79The Railway Passenger Duty Act5 Aug 1842
80The Income Tax (Foreign Dividends) Act5 Aug 1842
81The Game Certificates (Ireland) Act5 Aug 1842
82The Stamp Duties (Ireland) Act5 Aug 1842
83An Act to abolish the Court of Saint Briavel's, and for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Hundred of Saint Briavel's, in the County of Gloucester.5 Aug 1842
84An Act to alter and amend the Practice and Course of Proceeding under Commissions in the Nature of Writs De lunatico inquirendo.5 Aug 1842
85An Act to amend the Law relative to legal Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Companies against their own Members, and by such Members against the Companies.5 Aug 1842
86The Exchequer Court Act5 Aug 1842
87An Act to amend and continue for Three Years, and from thence to the End of the next Session of Parliament, the Laws relating to Houses licensed by the Metropolitan Commissioners and Justices of the Peace for the Reception of Insane Persons, and for the Inspection of County Asylums and Public Hospitals for the Reception of Insane Persons.5 Aug 1842
88An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Tenth Year of King George the Fourth for providing for the Government of His Majesty's Settlements in Western Australia on the Western Coast of New Holland.5 Aug 1842
89The Drainage (Ireland) Act5 Aug 1842
90An 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-three.10 Aug 1842
91An Act to amend an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her Majesty, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.10 Aug 1842
92An Act to permit, until the Thirty-first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, Wheat to be delivered from the Warehouse or the Vessel Duty-free, upon the previous Substitution of an equivalent Quantity of Flour or Biscuit in the Warehouse.10 Aug 1842
93The Tobacco Act10 Aug 1842
94Defence Act10 Aug 1842
95An Act for consolidating the Four Courts Marshalsea, Dublin, Sheriffs Prison, Dublin, and City Marshalsea, Dublin, and for regulating the Four Courts Marshalsea in Ireland.10 Aug 1842
96An Act to alter the Number and define the Boundaries of the several Baronies of the County of Dublin.10 Aug 1842
97Limitations Of Actions And Costs Act10 Aug 1842
98The Prisons Act10 Aug 1842
99An Act to prohibit the Employment of Women and Girls in Mines and Collieries, to regulate the Employment of Boys, and to make other Provisions relating to Persons working therein.10 Aug 1842
100An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Copyright of Designs for ornamenting Articles of Manufacture.10 Aug 1842
101An Act for extending to the Governors and Officers of the East India Company the Powers given by an Act of the Fifth Year of King George the Fourth to Her Majesty's Governors and Officers for the more effectual Suppression of the Importation of Slaves into India by Sea.10 Aug 1842
102An act for the better Discovery and Prevention of Bribery and Treating at the Election of Members of Parliament.10 Aug 1842
103The Court of Chancery Act10 Aug 1842
104The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act10 Aug 1842
105An Act to amend an Act of the First and Second Years of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, to empower Landed Proprietors in Ireland to sink, embank, and remove Obstructions in Rivers.10 Aug 1842
106The Fisheries (Ireland) Act10 Aug 1842
107An Act for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels.12 Aug 1842
108Ecclesiastical Leasing Act12 Aug 1842
109The Parish Constables Act12 Aug 1842
110An Act to annex the County of the City of Coventry to Warwickshire, and to define the Boundary of the City of Coventry.12 Aug 1842
111An Act to confirm the Incorporation of certain Boroughs, and to indemnify such Persons as have sustained Loss thereby.12 Aug 1842
112An Act for suspending, until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, Appointments to certain Ecclesiastical Preferments in the Dioceses of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and for securing certain Property to the said Sees.12 Aug 1842
113An Act for Confirmation of certain Marriages in Ireland.12 Aug 1842
114An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, as relates to Portugueze Vessels.12 Aug 1842
115An Act for raising the Sum of Nine millions one hundred and ninety-three thousand Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.12 Aug 1842
116An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.12 Aug 1842
117An Act to amend and continue until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-two the Acts regulating the Police of Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton.12 Aug 1842
118An Act for guaranteeing the Payment of the Interest on a Loan of One million five hundred thousand Pounds to be raised by the Province of Canada.12 Aug 1842
119The Indian Bishops Act12 Aug 1842
120The Newfoundland Act12 Aug 1842
121An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.12 Aug 1842
122An Act for the Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy.12 Aug 1842
123The Private Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act12 Aug 1842