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Municipal Corporations Act 1882

45 & 46 Vict. c. 50 · Enacted 18 August 1882 · Extends to England and Wales

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An Act for consolidating, with Amendments, enactments relating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales.

[18th August 1882]C1C2C3C4C5C6C7I1

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

C1

Act amended by Municipal Corporations Act 1883 (c. 18); applied by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 1(6)

C2

Act amended with the substitution for any reference to a specified officer of a local authority as a reference to the proper officer of a local authority by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 4 subject as in that paragraph mentioned

C3

Functions of Charity Commissioners as to educational endowments or trusts now exercisable by Secretary of State for Education and Science: S.R. & O. 1902/647 (Rev. 1903 IV Educational, England, p.6; 1902, p.82), Education Act 1944 (c. 31), ss. 1(2), 2(1), Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948 (c. 40), s. 1(1) and S.I. 1964/490

C4

Councils of administrative counties, boroughs (except those in rural districts), urban districts, rural districts and urban parishes outside Greater London and Isles of Scilly together with municipal corporations of boroughs outside Greater London now abolished and councils of metropolitan counties, non-metropolitan counties and districts constituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), ss. 1, 2, Sch.1

C5

Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (c. 22)

C6

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C7

Acts cited or referred to by their short titles under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14), s.3

Commencement

I1

Act wholly in force at 1.1.1883 by s. 4 (now repealed)

Contents

  1. Part I: Preliminary
  2. 1Short title.
  3. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 3Extent.
  5. 4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  6. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. 7Interpretation and construction.
  8. Part II
  9. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  11. 10– 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. 26–28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  13. 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  14. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  15. 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  16. 32, 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  17. 34–43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  18. Part III: Preparations for and Procedure at Elections
  19. Parish Burgess Lists; Burgess Rolls; Ward Rolls
  20. 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  21. 45The burgess roll and ward rolls.
  22. 46–49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  23. 50–62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  24. 63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  25. 64–70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  26. 71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  27. 72–75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  28. 76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  29. Part IV
  30. 77–104. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  31. Part V: Corporate Property and Liabilities
  32. 105. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  33. 106–110. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  34. 111. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  35. 112–116. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  36. 117. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  37. 118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  38. 119. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  39. 120–122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  40. Special Rates
  41. 123Power to continue rates for special purposes.
  42. 124. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  43. 125–132. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  44. Part VI: Charitable and other Trusts and Powers
  45. Charitable Trusts
  46. 133Administration of charitable trusts and vesting of legal estate.
  47. Special Trusts and Powers
  48. 134Corporation to be trustee where corporators trustees.
  49. 135Appointment of members of council to be trustees in cases of joint trusts and other cases.
  50. Local Acts
  51. 136Transfer of powers of local authorities to municipal corporations.
  52. 137Power for council to extend local lighting Act.
  53. 138Exercise of powers under local Acts.
  54. Part VII: Borough Fund: Borough Rate: County Rate
  55. Borough Fund
  56. 139. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  57. 140Application of borough fund.
  58. 141–143. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  59. Borough Rate
  60. 144. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  61. 145. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  62. 146. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  63. 147–148. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  64. 149Borough rate to go to borough fund; and its application.
  65. County Rate
  66. 150General exemption of quarter sessions boroughs from county rate.
  67. 151. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  68. 152Liability of certain quarter sessions boroughs to other county expenses.
  69. 153Mode of accounting by borough to county.
  70. Part VIII
  71. 154. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  72. 155Section 155 Repealed
  73. 156–158Section 156–158 Repealed
  74. 159Section 159
  75. 160, 161. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  76. 162–168. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  77. 169. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  78. 170, 171. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  79. 172. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  80. 173, 174. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  81. 175–177. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  82. 178–184. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  83. 185. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  84. 186. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  85. 187. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  86. 188, 189. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  87. Part IX: Police
  88. Watch Committee; Constables
  89. 190–192. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  90. 193. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  91. 194–200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  92. 201–218. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  93. Part XII: Legal Proceedings
  94. 219. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  95. 220. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  96. 221. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  97. 222. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  98. 223. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  99. 224, 225. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  100. 226Provisions for protection of persons acting under Act.
  101. 227. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  102. Part XIII: General
  103. 228, 229. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  104. Time
  105. 230Computation of time.
  106. 231. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  107. 232, 233. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  108. 234. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  109. 235. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  110. 236. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  111. 237. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  112. 238. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  113. 239, 240. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  114. 241. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  115. Substitution in former Acts
  116. 242Provision for references in unrepealed enactments to 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 76, &c.
  117. 243. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  118. 244. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  119. 245. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  120. 246. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  121. Freedom of Trading
  122. 247Right of free trading in boroughs.
  123. Cinque Ports
  124. 248. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  125. 249. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  126. Savings
  127. 250Saving for existing corporations.
  128. 251Saving for local Acts.
  129. 252. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  130. 253. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  131. 254Saving for dockyards, barracks, &c.
  132. 255. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  133. 256Saving for Lord Warden.
  134. 257Saving for universities.
  135. 258. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  136. 259Saving for royal prerogative.
  137. 260Section 260
  138. Schedule FIRSTSchedule FIRST
  139. Schedule SECOND AND THIRD SCHEDULESSchedule SECOND AND THIRD SCHEDULES
  140. Schedule FOURTHSchedule FOURTH
  141. Schedule FIFTH: Payments out of the Borough Fund.
  142. IPart I
  143. Part II: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  144. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  145. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  146. 3Paragraph 3
  147. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  148. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  149. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  150. 7–12Paragraph 7–12 Repealed
  151. Schedule SIXTHSchedule SIXTH
  152. Schedule SEVENTHSchedule SEVENTH
  153. Schedule EIGHTHSchedule EIGHTH
  154. Schedule NINTH: Enactments in which a Reference to this Act is to be substituted
  155. Part I
  156. General References
  157. IIPart II