# Libraries Offences Act 1898

61 & 62 Vict. c. 53 · enacted 12 August 1898 · revised to 1 August 2014

An Act to provide for the Punishment of Offences in Libraries.

## Introductory text

An Act to provide for the Punishment of Offences in Libraries.
[12th August 1898]

## 1 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Libraries Offences Act 1898.

## 2 Penalty for offences.

Any person who, in any library or reading-room to which this Act applies, to the annoyance or disturbance of any person using the same,—
(1) behaves in a disorderly manner;
(2) uses violent, abusive, or obscene language;
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) or who, after proper warning, persists in remaining therein beyond the hours fixed for the closing of such library or reading-room,
shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

## 3 Application of Act.

This Act shall apply—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) to any library or reading-room maintained by a Societythat is a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, or is registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1974, or by any registered Trade Union.

## 4 Extent of Act.

This Act shall not apply to Scotland or Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/libraries-offences-act-1898
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