Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1724
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to continue several Acts therein mentioned, for preventing Frauds committed by Bankrupts; for encouraging the Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; for preventing the clandestine Running of Goods; for making Copper Ore of the British Plantations an enumerated Commodity; and for explaining and amending a late Act,[j] for more effectual Punishment of such as shall wilfully burn or destroy Ships. |
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| Citation | 11 Geo. 1. c. 29 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 May 1725 |
| Commencement | 31 May 1725[a] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Continued enactments |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1724 (11 Geo. 1. c. 29) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued various older acts.
Provisions
[edit]Continued enactments
[edit]Section 1 of the act continued the Bankrupts Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 24) until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 year.[1]
Section 2 of the act continued the Silk Subsidies, Various Duties, Import of Furs, etc. Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 15) until the end of the next session of parliament after 3 years.[1]
Section 3 of the act made the last two clauses of the Continuance of Laws Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 8) in full force.[1]
Section 4 of the act continued the Customs, etc. Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 18) until the end of the next session of parliament after 3 years, except as relates to ships or vessels performing quarantine.[1]
Section 5 of the act amended the Stranded Ships, etc. Act 1717 (4 Geo. 1. c. 12) making it a capital offense for ship owners, captains, or officers who wilfully destroy their vessels after 24 June 1718, to the detriment of insurers or merchants with goods aboard.[1]
Section 6 of the act provided that any ship owner, captain, officer or mariner who wilfully destroys their vessel after 24 June 1725, with intent to defraud insurers, merchants with cargo, or vessel co-owners shall be convicted as felons and executed without benefit of clergy.[1]
Section 7 of the act provided that offences of wilfully destroying ships would be tried in the same courts as other felonies if committed within a county, while those committed on the high seas would be tried according to the procedures established in the Offences at Sea Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 15).
Legacy
[edit]The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).
Notes
[edit]- ^ Start of session.