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Vagrancy Act may refer to:
United Kingdom
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Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494
The Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494 (11 Henry VII c.2) was an Act of Parliament passed during the reign of Henry VII. The Act stated that "vagabonds, idle and suspected persons shall be set in the stocks for three days and three nights and have n ...
, Act of the Parliament of England
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Vagabonds Act 1530
The Vagabonds Act 1530 (22 Henry VIII c.12) was an act passed under Henry VIII and is a part of the Tudor Poor Laws of England. In full, it was entitled "An Act directing how aged, poor and impotent Persons, compelled to live by Alms, shall be or ...
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Vagabonds Act 1547
The Vagrancy Act 1547 (1 Edw. VI c. 3) was a statute passed in England by King Edward VI
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February ...
, Act of the Parliament of England
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Vagabonds Act 1572
The Vagabonds Act 1572 was a law passed in England under Queen Elizabeth I. It is a part of the Tudor Poor Laws and a predecessor to the Elizabethan Poor Laws.
The 1572 act provided that justices of the peace were to register the names of the " ...
, Act of the Parliament of England
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Vagabonds Act 1597
The Vagabonds Act 1597 (39 Eliz. c. 4) was an Act of the Parliament of England, which aimed to address concerns of vagrancy.
Background
The Ninth Elizabethan Parliament had opened on 24 October 1597, with Parliament concerned about the dearth ...
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Vagrancy Act 1824
The Vagrancy Act 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. It is still mostly in force and enforceable.
Critics, including William Wilberforce, c ...
, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Vagrancy Act 1838, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Vagrancy Act 1855, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Vagrancy Act 1898
The Vagrancy Act 1898 (Vict. 61 & 62 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 successfu ...
, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Vagrancy Act 1935
Vagrancy is the condition of homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants (also known as bums, vagabonds, rogues, tramps or drifters) usually live in poverty and support themselves by begging, scavenging, petty theft, temporar ...
, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Vagrancy Act 1966, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Vagrancy Offences (Repeal) Bill (1981), proposed legislation
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Vagrancy (Amendment) Bill (1991), proposed legislation
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Vagrancy (Repeal) Bill 2017-19
Vagrancy is the condition of homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants (also known as bums, vagabonds, rogues, tramps or drifters) usually live in poverty and support themselves by begging, waste picker, scavenging, petty t ...
, proposed legislation
United States
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Vagrancy Act 1866
Vagrancy is the condition of homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants (also known as bums, vagabonds, rogues, tramps or drifters) usually live in poverty and support themselves by begging, scavenging, petty theft, temporar ...
, Act of the United States Congress
Union of South Africa
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Vagrancy Act 1834
Vagrancy is the condition of homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants (also known as bums, vagabonds, rogues, tramps or drifters) usually live in poverty and support themselves by begging, scavenging, petty theft, temporar ...
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Vagrancy Act 1879
Ireland
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Vagrancy Act 1988
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