Continuance of Laws Act 1740
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to continue an Act for Relief of Debtors, with respect to the Imprisonment of their Persons, and Two subsequent Acts, for explaining and amending the same; and also to continue an Act for the free Importation of Cochineal and Indico. |
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| Citation | 14 Geo. 2. c. 34 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 8 April 1741 |
| Commencement | 18 November 1740[a] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Continued enactments |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
| Relates to | See Expiring laws continuance acts |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Continuance of Laws Act 1740 (14 Geo. 2. c. 34) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued various older acts.
In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire.[1]
Provisions
Continued enactments
Section 1 of the act continued the Insolvent Debtors Relief (No. 2) Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 22), the Insolvent Debtors Relief Act 1729 (3 Geo. 2. c. 27) and the Set-off Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 24), except the clause in the Set-off Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 24) for setting mutual debts one against the other, from the expiration of those acts until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 June 1747.[2]
Section 2 of the act continued the Importation Act 1733 (7 Geo. 2. c. 18) from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 June 1747.[2]