Larceny (Advertisements) Act 1870
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Law relating to Advertisements respecting Stolen Goods. |
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| Citation | 33 & 34 Vict. c. 65 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 9 August 1870 |
| Commencement | 9 August 1870[b] |
| Repealed |
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| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1883 |
| Repealed by | |
| Relates to | Larceny Act 1861 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Larceny (Advertisements) Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 65) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. According to its preamble, the purpose of this act was to discourage vexatious proceedings, at the instance of common informers, against printers and publishers of newspapers, under section 102 of the Larceny Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96).
Section 1 - Short title
Section 1 of the act authorised the citation of the act, and the Larceny Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96), by their short titles, and by a collective title.
Section 2 - Definition of "newspaper"
Section 2 of the act provide that:
In this Act the term "newspaper" means a newspaper as defined for the purposes of the Acts for the time being in force relating to the carriage of newspapers by post.
Section 3 - Limitation of actions for advertisements of reward for return of stolen property
This section read:
Every action against the printer or publisher of a newspaper to recover a forfeiture under section one hundred and two of The Larceny Act, 1861, shall be brought within six months after the forfeiture is incurred, and no such action against the printer or publisher of a newspaper shall be incurred, and no such action shall be brought unless the assent in writing of Her Majesty's Attorney General or Solicitor General for England, if the action is brought in England, or for Ireland, if the action is brought in Ireland, has been first obtained to the bringing of such action.
Section 4 - Stay of proceedings in action brought before the passing of this Act
Section 4 of the act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39).
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed for England and Wales and Scotland by section 33(3) of, and part II of schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), which came into force on 1 January 1969.[1]
The whole act was repealed for Northern Ireland by section 31(2) of, and part I of schedule 3 to, the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 16), which came into force on 1 August 1969.[2]
The act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.
