Metropolitan Police Act 1864
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Long titleAn Act for the better Regulation of Street Music within the Metropolitan Police District.
Citation27 & 28 Vict. c. 55
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom
Royal assent25 July 1864
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the better Regulation of Street Music within the Metropolitan Police District. |
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| Citation | 27 & 28 Vict. c. 55 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 25 July 1864 |
| Commencement | 25 July 1864[b] |
| Repealed | 16 November 1989 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Metropolitan Police Act 1839 |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Metropolitan Police Act 1864[a] (27 & 28 Vict. c. 55) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act was one of a series of Metropolitan Police Acts. It was wholly repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989.
The provisions of the act include:
- Repealing Section 57 of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 47) and replacing it with a section allowing street musicians to be fined no more than forty shillings or to be imprisoned for no more than three days.[1]
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989, which came into force on 16 November 1989.[2]
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