Prevention of Offences Act 1851
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the better Prevention of Offences. |
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| Citation | 14 & 15 Vict. c. 19 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 3 July 1851 |
| Commencement | 3 July 1851[c] |
| Repealed | 16 November 1989 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Prevention of Offences Act 1851[a] (14 & 15 Vict. c. 19) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
As of 2025[update] the act still in force in the Republic of Ireland.[1]
The act 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. There is a saving for this act in section 2(2)(b) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2009.
The act was repealed for England and Wales and Northern Ireland by section 1(1) of, and group 5 of Part I of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989.
Section 4 of the act was replaced by section 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100).[2]
Section 5
Section 5 of the act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 16 of, and the Third Schedule to, the Criminal Law Act, 1997.
Sections 6 to 14
Section 6 of the act was replaced, in so far as it related to malicious injuries to property, by section 35 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 97).[3]
Section 11 of the act was repealed by section 119 of, and Part I of Schedule 7 to, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
Sections 12 and 13 of the act were repealed for England and Wales by section 33(3) of, and Part II of Schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968.
Section 14 of the act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 16 of, and the Third Schedule to, the Criminal Law Act, 1997.
Subsequent developments
Section 5 of the act was repealed for England and Wales by section 10(2) of, and part III of schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967, which came into force on 1 January 1968.[4]
The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part I schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989, which came into force on 16 November 1989.[5]
