An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Larceny and other similar Offences.
Citation
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96
Territorial extent
England (including Wales and Berwick) and Ireland
Dates
Royal assent
6 August 1861
Commencement
1 November 1861[2]
Other legislation
Repealed by
Theft Act 1968
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
The Larceny Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was). It consolidated provisions related to larceny and similar offences from a number of earlier statutes into a single Act. For the most part these provisions were, according to the draftsman of the Act,[3] incorporated with little or no variation in their phraseology. It is one of a group of Acts sometimes referred to as the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts 1861. It was passed with the object of simplifying the law. It is essentially a revised version of an earlier consolidation Act, the Larceny Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 29) (and the equivalent Irish Act), incorporating subsequent statutes.[4]
^The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. This short title was previously authorised by section 1 of the Larceny (Advertisements) Act 1870. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
^The Larceny Act 1861, section 123
^Greaves (1861). The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts. pp. 3–4.
^Davis, James Edward (1861). The Criminal Law Consolidation Statutes of the 24 & 25 of Victoria, Chapters 94 to 100. Butterworths. pp. vi-vii https://books.google.com/books?id=HMw0AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA6 – via Google Books.
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