List of acts of the Parliament of Victoria from 1857
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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia for the year 1857.
1857
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20 Vict. No. 1 | 25 February 1857 | |||
An Act for defining the Privileges Immunities and Powers of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Victoria respectively. |
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20 Vict. No. 2 | 25 February 1857 | |||
An Act for taking an account of the Population. |
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20 Vict. No. 3 | 11 March 1857 | |||
An Act concerning Letters Patent for Inventions. |
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20 Vict. No. 4 | 11 March 1857 | |||
An Act to amend the Laws relative to the vending of Fermented and Spirituous Liquors. |
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21 Vict. No. 5 | 9 July 1857 | |||
An Act to amend the Law relating to Bills of Lading. |
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21 Vict. No. 6 | 9 July 1857 | |||
An Act to amend the Law relating to Drafts or Checks on Bankers. |
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21 Vict. No. 7 | 9 July 1857 | |||
An Act for granting a Duty of Customs on Opium. |
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21 Vict. No. 8 | 9 July 1857 | |||
An Act to consolidate and amend the Law of Evidence. |
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21 Vict. No. 9 | 9 July 1857 | |||
An Act to reduce the Fee payable for certain Licenses. |
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21 Vict. No. 10 | 27 August 1857 | |||
An Act to Reduce the Fees on Registering Friendly Societies. |
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21 Vict. No. 11 | 27 August 1857 | |||
An Act to ratify an Exchange of Land between Her Majesty and the Corporation of the City of Melbourne and for other purposes. |
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21 Vict. No. 12 | 27 August 1857 | |||
An Act to Abolish the Property Qualification required by Members of the Legislative Assembly. |
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Customs Act 1857 | 21 Vict. No. 13 | 27 August 1857 | ||
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Customs. |
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21 Vict. No. 14 | 27 August 1857 | |||
An Act to enable "The City of Melbourne Gas and Coke Company" to Raise the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds by the issue of Thirty Thousand Shares of Five Pounds each in addition to their present Capital of One Hundred Thousand Pounds and for other purposes. |
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21 Vict. No. 15 | 27 August 1857 | |||
An Act to amend the Law relating to Gold Coin. |
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21 Vict. No. 16 | ||||
21 Vict. No. 17 | 2 October 1857 | |||
An Act to direct the payment of certain monies into the Consolidated Revenue. |
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21 Vict. No. 18 | 2 October 1857 | |||
An Act to enable the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company to raise additional Capital and to extend the provisions of the Acts relating to the Company and for conferring on the Company additional powers in relation to the undertaking and for other purposes. |
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21 Vict. No. 19 | 2 October 1857 | |||
An Act for Regulating Juries. |
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21 Vict. No. 20 | 2 October 1857 | |||
An Act for the Confirmation of certain Pensions. |
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21 Vict. No. 21 | 2 October 1857 | |||
An Act to Regulate the Importation Carriage and Custody of Gunpowder. |
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21 Vict. No. 22 | 2 October 1857 | |||
An Act for the interpretation of Legislative Enactments and for shortening the language used therein. |
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21 Vict. No. 23 | 2 October 1857 | |||
An Act to Amend "An Act to enable the Trustees for the time being of certain portions of the Belfast Church of England Lands in the Colony of Victoria to sell certain portions of the said Lands."[a] |
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21 Vict. No. 24 | 2 October 1857 | |||
An Act to provide for the Collection and Payment of the Public Monies the Audit of the Public Accounts and the Protection and Recovery of the Public Property. |
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21 Vict. No. 25 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to facilitate Leases and Sales of Settled Estates in the Colony of Victoria. |
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21 Vict. No. 26 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to enable the Shareholders in a Joint Stock Insurance Company carrying on business in the Colony of Victoria under the name style or title of "The Colonial Insurance Company" to sue and be sued in the name of the Chairman for the time being of the Directors of the said Company and for other purposes. |
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Ballaarat Gas Company's Act 1857[2] | 21 Vict. No. 27 | 24 November 1857 | ||
An Act to incorporate a Company to be called "The Ballaarat Gas Company" and for other purposes. |
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21 Vict. No. 28 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to make Powers of Attorney valid in certain cases/ |
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21 Vict. No. 29 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act for the more easy Recovery of certain Debts and Demands. |
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21 Vict. No. 30 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act for making and maintaining a Bridge over the Campaspe River at Echuca. |
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21 Vict. No. 31 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to establish a Board of Land and Works. |
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21 Vict. No. 32 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act for amending the Laws relative to the Gold Fields. |
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21 Vict. No. 33 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to extend the right of Voting and to provide for the registration of Parliamentary Electors. |
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Australasian Fire and Life Insurance Company's Act 1857[3] | 21 Vict. No. 34 | 24 November 1857 | ||
An Act to enable the Shareholders of a Joint Stock Insurance Company established in the Colony of Victoria under the style or title of "The Australasian Fire and Life Insurance Company" to sue and be sued in the name of the Chairman for the time being of the Board of Directors of the said Company and to limit the liability of such Shareholders and for other purposes. |
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21 Vict. No. 35 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to authorize the Construction of a Main Trunk Line of Railway from Melbourne to the River Murray and of a Main Trunk Line of Railway from Geelong to Ballaarat. |
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Railway Loan Act 1857[4] | 21 Vict. No. 36 | 24 November 1857 | ||
An Act to authorize the raising of Moneys for the Construction of certain Railways. |
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21 Vict. No. 37 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act for preventing the spread of Small-Pox. |
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Railway Act 1857[5] | 21 Vict. No. 38 | 24 November 1857 | ||
An Act for the Construction of Railways. |
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21 Vict. No. 39 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to correct certain errors in Acts of this Session. |
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21 Vict. No. 40 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to provide for the Supervision of Railways. |
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21 Vict. No. 41 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to regulate the residence of the Chinese Population in Victoria. |
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21 Vict. No. 42 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to authorise the making of the St. Kilda and Brighton Railway. |
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21 Vict. No. 43 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act for making and maintaining of the Melbourne and Suburban Railway. |
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21 Vict. No. 44 | 24 November 1857 | |||
An Act to appropriate the Consolidated Revenue to the service of the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven and for other purposes. | ||||
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