The Gunpowder Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3. c. 61) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that consolidated all acts relating to the making, keeping and transport of gunpowder.
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to regulate the Making, Keeping, and Carriage of Gunpowder within Great Britain, and to repeal the Laws heretofore made for any of those Purposes. |
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| Citation | 12 Geo. 3. c. 61 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 3 June 1772 |
| Commencement | 1 July 1772[a] |
| Repealed | 31 August 1861 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 |
| Repealed by | Gunpowder Act 1860 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Background
editIn 1771, the Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3. c. 35) was passed, which consolidated all laws relating to the keeping and transport of gunpowder.[1]
Provisions
editSection 31 of the act repealed the Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3 c. 35), as well as "all other statutes relating to the keeping and carriage of gunpowder", effective from 1 July 1772.[2]
Legacy
editThe Select Committee on Temporary Laws described this act as a Consolidation Act.[3]
The act was repealed by the Gunpowder Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 139), except as to any offence or penalty incurred, which would remain as if the act had not been repealed.
Notes
edit- ^ Section 31.
References
edit- ^ Britain, Great (1771). The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1807]. Vol. 29. J. Bentham. pp. 153–158.
- ^ Britain, Great (1771). The Statutes at Large: From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1807]. Vol. 29. J. Bentham. pp. 166–176.
- ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1803). Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801. Vol. 14. pp. 34–118.