The Sale of Offices Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw 6 c 16) is an Act of the

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. The Act is concerned with corruption in public office. It has been repealed completely in the United Kingdom since 2013, but only partly in the Republic of Ireland, where it makes it an offence to sell certain public offices, or to receive or agree to receive money for an office. The Sale of Offices Act 1551 was extended to Scotland and Ireland, and to all offices in the gift of the Crown, by section 1 of the Sale of Offices Act 1809, now also repealed in the UK. The two Acts had to be construed as one. The Sale of Offices Act 1551 was repealed, from and after 5 July 1826, so far as regards the Revenue of Customs or Offices in the Service of the Customs, by sections 1 and 10 of the Act 6 Geo 4 c 105.''The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 George IV. 1825.'' Printed by His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers. London. 1825. p
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. Parts of this Act were retained for the

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of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. See Graeme v Wroughton (1855) 11 Exch 146, (1855) 24 LJ Ex 265.

Provisions

Section 2

This section, from "be it also" to "aforesaide", was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.

Section 3

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. This section was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 1 of, an
Part III
of the Schedule to, the

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Section 5

This section was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the

Statute Law Revision Act 1863 The Statute Law Revision Act 1863 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of a revised edition of the statutes. The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whol ...

. This section, in so far as it extended to Northern Ireland, was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the

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. This section was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 1 of, and Part III of the Schedule to, the

Section 6