# Sale of Offices Act 1809 (repealed) 49 Geo. 3 c. 126 · enacted 20 June 1809 · revised to 31 January 2013 An Act for the further Prevention of the Sale and Brokerage of Offices. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-offices-act-1809-repealed/pdf/ukpga_18090126_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Provisions of 5 & 6 Ed. 6. c. 16 extended to other offices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 When right of appointment forfeited, to go to his Majesty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Persons buying or selling offices, or receiving or paying money or rewards for offices, guilty of a misdemeanor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Persons receiving or paying money for soliciting offices, and any negociations and pretended negociations relating thereto, guilty of a misdemeanor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Persons opening or advertising houses for transacting business relating to the sale of offices, guilty of a misdemeanor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Inflicting a penalty on persons advertising or publishing the names of brokers or agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7, 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Act not to extend to offices excepted in former Act, nor to securities or transactions under legal securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Act not to extend to lawful deputations where payment of principal or deputy is out of the fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Act not to extend to annual payments out of the fees of any office, to any person formerly holding such office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Manner of punishing offenders in Scotland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Offences committed abroad shall be tried in King’s Bench. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/49/126 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-offices-act-1809-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.