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Telegraph Act 1870

1870 CHAPTER 88 33 and 34 Vict

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

1 Short title of Act.

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

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

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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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298: 1923, p. 400), art. 2

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