Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act for the more effectual Administration of Justice in the Office of a Justice of the Peace in the several Police Offices established in the Metropolis, and for the more effectual Prevention of Depredations on the River Thames and its Vicinity, for Three Years. |
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| Citation | 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 19 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 June 1833 |
| Commencement | 19 June 1833[a] |
| Expired | 1 July 1836[b] |
| Repealed | 25 August 1839 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Justices of the Peace, Metropolis Act 1829 |
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| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1839 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 19) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, granted royal assent on 18 June 1833.[1] It continued the police offices set up in 1792, particularly that at Wapping, laying the ground for that court and the River Police's incorporation into the new Metropolitan Police as Thames Division in 1839 and the evolution of the police offices into police courts and later magistrates courts.[2]
Subsequent developments
| Justices of the Peace in Metropolis Act 1837 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to continue until the First Day of July in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act for the more effectual Administration of the Office of a Justice of the Peace in and near the Metropolis. |
| Citation | 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 37 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 12 July 1837 |
| Commencement | 12 July 1837[c] |
| Expired | 1 July 1838[d] |
| Repealed | 25 August 1839 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833 |
| Repealed by | Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1839 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The act was continued until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 July 1838 by section 1 of the Justices of the Peace in Metropolis Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 37).
The whole act was repealed by section 54 of the Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 71).
Notes
- ^ Section 54.
- ^ Section 54.
- ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
- ^ Section 1.