{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/section-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/section-33.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/50-51/55",
  "legislation_title": "Sheriffs Act 1887",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887",
  "path": "section/33",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Saving for privileges of city of London and approval of election of sheriffs of London.",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the privilege of the mayor, commonalty, and citizens of the city of London to elect the . . . sheriffs of London.\n(2) Unless otherwise directed by order of Her Majesty in Council, warrants signifying the approval by Her Majesty of the election of the . . . sheriffs of London shall be prepared under the seal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the central office of the Senior Courts, which warrants may be delivered to the said sheriffs or their duly authorised agents without fee on the thirtieth day of September or between that day and the twelfth day of November in every year, and an entry of the grant of such warrants shall be made on the roll of the court, and unless such warrant be stayed by order of Her Majesty in Council on or before the said thirtieth day of September, the election of such . . . sheriffs shall be deemed to be approved by Her Majesty.\n(3) All warrants and documents relating to the said . . . sheriffs which heretofore have been filed and recorded in the central office of the Senior Courts shall continue to be so filed and recorded.\n(4) Save as aforesaid . . . this Act shall apply to the . . . sheriffs of London in like manner as to any other sheriff.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 4; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(4) repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Group 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/50-51/55/section/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:28.653584+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}