# Commons Act 1876, Section 16: Provision as to byelaws.


Any byelaw made in pursuance of this Act, and any alteration made therein, and any revocation of a byelaw, shall not be of any validity until it has been confirmed by one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State.
Pecuniary penalties (to be recovered summarily before any two justices) may be imposed by any such byelaws on persons breaking the same, provided that no penalty exceeds for any one offence the sum of £10.level 1 on the standard scale

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/39-40/56/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-1876/section-16
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