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. The number shown after each Act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant

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was held; thus the

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is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th Act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use

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s in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Some of these Acts have a

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. Some of these Acts have never had a short title. Some of these Acts have a short title given to them by later Acts, such as by the

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1840 – 1849

1840 (3 & 4 Vict.)

Public General Acts

* Admiralty Court Act 1840 c 65 * Advances for Public Works Act 1840 c 10 * Appropriation Act 1840 c 112 * Assessed Taxes Act 1840 c 38 * Beerhouse Act 1840 c 61 * British North America Act 1840 c 35 * Caledonian Canal Act 1840 c 41 * Canals (Offences) Act 1840 c 50 * Census (Great Britain) Act 1840 c 99 * Census (Ireland) Act 1840 c 100 *

Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840 The Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by secti ...

c 85 * Church Building Act 1840 c 60 *

Church Discipline Act 1840 Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

c 86 * Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1840 c 101 * Clergy Reserves in Canada Act 1840 c 78 * Costs of Action of Trespass Act 1840 c 24 * Counties and Boroughs (Ireland) Act 1840 c 109 * County of Roscommon Act 1840 c 76 * County Police Act 1840The citation of this Act by this

was authorised by the

, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the

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. or the Police Act 1840Section 2 of the

Police Superannuation Act 1865 The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

(28 & 29 Vict c 35) provides that, throughout that Act, this Act shall be distinguished by this short title. c 88 * Court Houses (Ireland) Act 1840 c 102 * Court of Chancery Act 1840 c 94 * Customs Act 1840 c 19 * Customs Act 1840 c 95 * Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840 c 105 * Dublin Justices Act 1840 c 103 * Duties on Glass Act 1840 c 22 * Duties on Soap Act 1840 c 49 * East India Trade Act 1840 c 56 * Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840 c 113 * Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1840 c 93 * Entail Sites Act 1840 c 48 * Evidence Act 1840 c 26 *

Evidence (Scotland) Act 1840 Evidence for a proposition is what supports this proposition. It is usually understood as an indication that the supported proposition is true. What role evidence plays and how it is conceived varies from field to field. In epistemology, evidenc ...

c 59 * Exchequer Bills Act 1840 c 12 * Exchequer Bills Act 1840 c 106 * Excise Act 1840 c 17 * Fisheries, Convention with France Act 1840 c 69 * Friendly Societies Act 1840 c 73 * Grammar Schools Act 1840 c 77 * High Court of Admiralty (England) Act 1840 c 66 * Highway Rates Act 1840 c 98 * Holyhead Road Act 1840 c 104. Sometimes called the Holyhead Roads Act 1840. * Horse Racing Act 1840 c 5 * Importation Act 1840 c 32 * Inclosure Act 1840 c 31 * Indemnity Act 1840 c 16 * Infant Felons Act 1840 c 90 * Insane Prisoners Act 1840 c 54 * Insolvent Debtors, India Act 1840 c 80 * Insolvent Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840 c 14 * Insolvent Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840 c 107 * Isle of Man Harbours Act 1840 c 63 * Joint Stock Companies Act 1840 c 111 * Judgments Act 1840 c 82 * Loan Societies Act 1840 c 110 * Lord Seaton's Annuity Act 1840 c 11 * Manchester Police Act 1840 c 30 * Marine Mutiny Act 1840 c 8 * Marriage Act 1840 c 72 * Masters in Chancery Act 1840 c 34 *

Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1840 Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a typ ...

c 84 * Metropolitan Thoroughfares Act 1840 c 87 * Militia Ballots Suspension Act 1840 c 71 * Militia Pay Act 1840 c 70 *

Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 The Municipal Corporations Act (Ireland) 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 108), ''An Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland'', was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 10 August 1840. It was one of the Municipal Corporati ...

c 108 * Mutiny Act 1840 c 6 * Mutiny, East Indies Act 1840 c 37 * National Debt Act 1840 c 75 * Naturalization of Prince Albert Act 1840 c 1 * Naturalization of Prince Albert Act 1840 c 2 * New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Act 1840 c 62 * Newgate Gaol, Dublin Act 1840 c 53 * Non-parochial Registers Act 1840 c 92 * Oyster Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1840 c 74 * Parliamentary Elections Act 1840 c 47 * Parliamentary Elections Act 1840 c 81 *

Parliamentary Papers Act 1840 The Parliamentary Papers Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict c 9) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act was passed in response to the case of '' Stockdale v Hansard'' where it was held that the House of Commons enjoyed no privilege as to ...

c 9 * Passenger Ships Act 1840 c 21 * Pilots, etc. Act 1840 c 68 * Poor Law Commission Act 1840 c 42 * Poor Rate Exemption Act 1840 c 89 * Post Office (Duties) Act 1840 c 96 * Prince Albert's Annuity Act 1840 c 3 * Prisons Act 1840 c 25 *

Prisons (Ireland) Act 1840 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

c 44 * Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1840 c 20 *

Railway Regulation Act 1840 The Railway Regulation Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict c 97) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It brought regulation to the fast-growing railway industry in the United Kingdom. It is one of the Railway Regulation Acts 1840 to 1893.The Sh ...

c 97 * Regency Act 1840 c 52 * Repair of Blenheim Palace Act 1840 c 43 * River Poddle Act 1840 c 58 * Scotch and Irish Paupers Act 1840 c 27 * Scottish Episcopal and other Clergy Act 1840 c 33 * Settled Estates Drainage Act 1840 c 55 * Slave Trade Suppression Act 1840 c 64 * Slave Trade Suppression, Treaty with Venezuela Act 1840 c 67 * Stamps Act 1840 c 79 * Sugar Duties Act 1840 c 23 * Sugar Duties Act 1840 c 57 * Supply Act 1840 c 4 * Supply Act 1840 c 7 * Textile Manufactures (Ireland) Act 1840 c 91. Sometimes called the Textile Manufacturers (Ireland) Act 1840. * Timber Ships, British North America Act 1840 c 36 (see also

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) *

Tithe Act 1840 A tithe (; from Old English: ''teogoþa'' "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government. Today, tithes are normally voluntary and paid in cash or cheques or more r ...

c 15 * Tithes (Ireland) Act 1840 c 13 * Tobacco Act 1840 c 18 * Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1840 c 45 * Turnpike Acts, Ireland, Continuance Act 1840 c 46 * Turnpikes Act 1840 c 39 * Turnpike Tolls Act 1840 c 51 * Usury Act 1840 c 83 * Vaccination Act 1840 c 29 * Watch Rates in Boroughs Act 1840 c 28 * West India Islands Relief Act 1840 c 40

Local Acts

* Royal Naval School Act 1840 c. lxxxvi

1841

4 & 5 Vict.

* Abolition of Slavery Act 1841 c 18 * Annuity to Lord Keane, etc. Act 1841 c 1 * Application of Highway Rates to Turnpikes Act 1841 c 59 * Appropriation Act 1841 c 53 * Arrest in Personal Actions (Ireland) Act 1841 c 17 * Assessed Taxes Act 1841 c 26 * Bank Notes Act 1841 c 50 * Burning of Houses (Dublin) Act 1841 c 10 * Census Act 1841 c 7 * Controverted Elections Act 1841 c 58 * Conveyance by Release Without Lease Act 1841 c 21 * Copyhold Act 1841This short title was conferred on this Act by section 54 of the Copyhold Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict c 51). c 35. Sometimes called the Enfranchisement of Copyholds Act 1841. * County Bridges Act 1841 c 49 * Court Houses (Ireland) Act 1841 c 31 * Court of Chancery Act 1841 c 52 * Dublin, Purchase of Land Act 1841 c 16 * Duties on Rum, etc. Act 1841 c 8 *

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