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Common Informers Act 1951

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Sections 1 & 3.

SCHEDULEActs Providing for Common Informer Actions

Session and ChapterSubject matter or titleRelevant provisions
5 Edw. 3. c. 5Sale of Wares after Close of Fair.
2 Hen. 6. c. 17Quality and Marks of Silver Work.
23 Hen. 8. c. 9The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act, 1531.Section one.
28 Hen. 8. c. 5The Apprentices Act, 1536.
32 Hen. 8. c. 9The Maintenance and Embracery Act, 1540.Section three.
33 Hen. 8. c. 27The Leases by Corporations Act, 1541.
2 & 3 Phil. & Mary c. 7.The Sale of Horses Act, 1555.
31 Eliz. c. 6The Simony Act, 1588.
31 Eliz. c. 12The Sale of Horses Act, 1588.Section one.
1 & 2 Jac. 1. c. 5.An Act to prevent the overcharge of the People by Stewards of Courte Leets and Courte Barons.
14 Car. 2. c. 4The Act of Uniformity, 1662.Section ten.
5 & 6 Will. & Mary c. 20.The Bank of England Act, 1694.Section twenty-six.
8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 8.An Act for Incouraging the bringing in wrought Plate to be coined.So much as authorises the recovery of a pecuniary forfeiture at the suit of a common informer.
12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 4.The Plate Assay Act, 1700.So much of section three as authorises the recovery of a pecuniary forfeiture.
Section five.
Section six.
Section eight.
12 Geo. 2. c. 26The Plate (Offences) Act, 1738.Section one.
Section five.
Section twenty-one.
15 Geo. 2. c. 20The Gold and Silver Thread Act, 1741.
17 Geo. 2. c. 40.The Universities (Wine Licences) Act, 1743.Section eleven.
18 Geo. 2. c. 24The Linen (Trade Marks) Act, 1744.Section three.
Section four.
25 Geo. 2. c. 36The Disorderly Houses Act, 1751.Section two.
29 Geo. 2. c. 23The Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1756.
5 Geo. 3. c. 49The Bank Notes (Scotland) Act, 1765.
11 Geo. 3. c. 31The White Herring Fisheries Act, 1771.
13 Geo. 3. c. 52The Sheffield Assay Office Act, 1773.So much of section four as authorises the recovery of a pecuniary forfeiture.
Section thirteen.
Section fifteen.
Section nineteen.
Section twenty-three.
21 Geo. 3. c. 49The Sunday Observance Act, 1780.
25 Geo.3.c. 77The Fires Prevention Act, 1785.
28 Geo. 3. c. 71 The Gold and Silver Thread Act, 1788.Sections one to four.
38 Geo. 3. c. 48The Land Tax Commissioners Act, 1798.
38 Geo. 3. c. 69The Gold Plate (Standard) Act, 1798.
39 Geo. 3. c. 34The Partridges Act, 1799.Section three.
49 Geo. 3. c. 126The Sale of Offices Act, 1809.Section six.
52 Geo. 3. c. 155The Places of Religious Worship Act. 1812.Section ten.
53 Geo. 3.c. 127The Ecclesiastical Courts Act, 1813.Section nine.
55 Geo. 3. c. 194The Apothecaries Act, 1815.
59 Geo. 3. c. 38The North American Fisheries Act, 1819.
3 Geo. 4. c. 46The Levy of Fines Act, 1822.Section ten.
6 Geo. 4. c. 50The Juries Act, 1825.Section forty-six.
3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 90.The Lighting and Watching Act, 1833.Section fifty.
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 20.The Ecclesiastical Leases Act, 1836.Section three.
2 & 3 Vict. c. 71.The Metropolitan Police Courts Act, 1839.Section forty-two.
6 & 7 Vict. c. 90.The Public Notaries Act, 1843.Section ten.
10 & 11 Vict. c. 16.The Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847.Section fifteen.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 43.The Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848.Section thirty.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96.The Larceny Act, 1861.Section one hundred and two.
37 & 38 Vict. c. 48.The Hosiery Manufacture (Wages) Act, 1874.Section three.
38 & 39 Vict. c. 18.The Seal Fishery Act, 1875.
40 & 41 Vict. c. 43.The Justices Clerks Act, 1877.Section nine.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 50.The Municipal Corporations Act, 1882.Subsection (4) of section one hundred and fifty-nine.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68.The Representation of the People Act, 1949.Subsection (2) of section eighty-seven.
Subsection (2) of section one hundred and sixteen.

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