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Telegraph Act 1870

Vict/33-34 c. 88 · Enacted 9 August 1870 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to extend the Telegraph Acts of 1868, 1869, to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

[9th August 1870]C1

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Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)

Contents

  1. 1Short title of Act.
  2. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 3Extension of those Acts to Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
  4. 4—9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  5. Schedule Schedule

1Short title of Act.

This Act may be cited as “The Telegraph Act 1870” . . . F1

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3Extension of those Acts to Channel Islands and Isle of Man.C1

The M1Telegraph Acts 1868, M21869, shall extend to and be in force in the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Alderney and Man, and the Islands and islets adjacent thereto respectively, and for the purposes of the said Acts and each of them the said islands and islets shall respectively be deemed to be part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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