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United Kingdom legislation
Vagrancy Act 1898
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
An Act to amend the Vagrancy Act, 1824
Citation
61 & 62 Vict. c. 39
Introduced by
Sir Matthew Ridley, Home Secretary
Territorial extent
England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent
12 August 1898
Repealed
2003
Other legislation
Amends
Vagrancy Act 1824
Relates to
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
The Vagrancy Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 39) was a piece of legislation in England and Wales that criminalised men who lived off the earnings of prostitution (pimping) and who solicited in public places. The bill was generally viewed as successful in its impact, leading to the similar Immoral Traffic (Scotland) Act.[citation needed]
The VagrancyAct1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 39) was a piece of legislation in England and Wales that criminalised men who lived off the earnings of prostitution...
The VagrancyAct 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 83) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that makes it an offence to sleep rough or beg in England and Wales...
Ireland. This was an act of the Irish Parliament which copied the Buggery Act 1534 as passed by the English parliament. This act made the death penalty...
Amend the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, the VagrancyAct1898 and the Immoral Traffic (Scotland) Act 1902. London]: [printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode...
Crimes Act 1871, and 54 & 55 Vict. c.69, the Penal Servitude Act 1891, which introduced the phrase "loitering with intent". The VagrancyAct1898 was passed...
The Vagabonds Act 1597 (39 Eliz. 1. c. 4) was an Act of the Parliament of England, which aimed to address concerns of vagrancy. The ninth Elizabethan parliament...
The act 7 Ric. 2. c. 5 (1383), sometimes called the Beggars Act 1383, the VagrancyAct, or the Vagabonds Act 1383, was an act of the Parliament of England...
session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in...
until the 1956 Act was amended by the Sexual Offences Act 1985. The Act abolished the offence of "loitering with intent" under the VagrancyAct 1824. Section...
May 2007. In praise of the old Poor Law A.L. Beier, Masterless Men: The Vagrancy Problem in England, 1560–1640 (1985) A.L. Beier,The Problem of the Poor...
idle and ungodly life and company". UK immigration law UK labour law VagrancyAct 1824 s 4, contained the offence of telling fortunes Raithby, John, ed...
contract with white farmers by January 1 of each year or face punishment for vagrancy. Blacks could be sentenced to forced labor for crimes including petty theft...
taken, lyke as it were extorcion or bribery'. See Inclosure Acts and VagrancyAct 1547. cf T More, Utopia (1516) Book I, "wherever it is found that the...
Office, Public Health, Revenue and Vagrancy Acts. A court of summary jurisdiction is defined in the Interpretation Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63) as "any...
could not quit, and allowing law enforcement at whim to arrest them for vagrancy and rent out their labor. Most Southerners elected to Congress were former...
quite valuable. The elite-controlled legislature and president passed vagrancy laws that removed people from their land and the great majority of Salvadorans...
Police Offences Amendment Act 1908, and the Prisoners Detention Act. Street prostitution was controlled by the VagrancyAct 1902 (sec. 4[1] [c]) enabling...
this resulted in Stewart being rounded up and deported from Spain for vagrancy during 1963. Tash Sultana, an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist...
be incarcerated. In some cases, the authorities were able to use the VagrancyAct of 1744 to confine criminals, but in the majority of cases the defendants...
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