Prevention of Offences Act 1851


The Prevention of Offences Act 1851 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It is still in force in the Republic of Ireland.
It was retained for the Republic of Ireland by
of, and of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. There is a saving for this Act in of the Statute Law Revision Act 2009.
The Act was repealed for England and Wales and Northern Ireland by
of, and Group 5 of of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Act 1989.

Section 4

This section was replaced by section 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

Section 5

This section was repealed for England and Wales by
of, and Part III of to, the Criminal Law Act 1967. It was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by
of, and the to, the Criminal Law Act, 1997.

Sections 6 to 14

Section 6 was replaced, in so far as it related to malicious injuries to property, by section 35 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861.
Section 11 was repealed by section 119 of, and Part I of to, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
Sections 12 and 13 were repealed for England and Wales by section 33 of, and Part II of to, the Theft Act 1968.
Section 14 was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by
of, and the to, the Criminal Law Act, 1997.

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