The Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540 (32 Hen 8 c 9) was an Act of the

Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advise ...

. Any offence under this Act, to the extent to which it depended on any provision of this Act, was abolished for

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on 21 July 1967. This Act was repealed for England and Wales on 21 July 1967. This Act was retained for the

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b
section 2(2)(a)
of and Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

Section 3

The purpose of this section was to introduce, as an alternative to criminal prosecution, a

common informer Common may refer to: Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Clapham Common, originally co ...

action for certain forms of interference with the course of justice in legal proceedings that were concerned with the title to land. The words "or suborne any witnes by Ires, rewardis, promises, or by any other sinistre labour or meanes," and the words "or to the procurement or occasion of any manner of pjury by false verdict or otherwise" were repealed by section 17 of, and the Schedule to, the

Perjury Act 1911 The Perjury Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo 5 c 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates the offence of perjury and a number of similar offences. This Act has effect as if section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and section 80 ...

. The words from "the Sterre Chamber" to "marches of the same", except the words "or elliswhere within England", were repealed, and the words "of dett bill playnte" were repealed, by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the

Statute Law Revision Act 1948 The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 5(3) of the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 provided that this Act, so far as it repealed chapter 34 of the Statute of Westminster 1285 (13 Edw. 1 St. ...

. The institution of proceedings under this section was restricted by section
1
and 3 of, and th
Schedule
to, the

Common Informers Act 1951 The Common Informers Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6, c. 39) is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament that abolishes the principle of, and procedures concerning a common informer. Background A common informer was a person who provided evidence on cri ...

. In 1966, the

Law Commission A law commission, law reform commission, or law revision commission is an independent body set up by a government to conduct law reform; that is, to consider the state of laws in a jurisdiction and make recommendations or proposals for legal chang ...

recommended that this section be repealed. They said that there was no sense in having a special rule for actions concerned with land.The Law Commission. Proposals to Abolish Certain Ancient Criminal Offences. Law Com 3. HMSO. 1966. Paragraph 6(a) and draft schedule at pages 4 and 7.

Section 6

The words "of dett bill playnte" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the

References

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