The Unlawful Drilling Act 1819 (60 Geo 3 & 1 Geo 4 c 1), also known as the Training Prevention Act is an Act of the

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. It was one of the Six Acts passed after the

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. This Act was excluded by article 54(4) of S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2), and by article 49(4) of S.I. 2004/702 (N.I.), and saved on 27 August 1991 by sections 32(4) and 69 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991.

Repeal

This Act was repealed in the

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by the Statute Law Revision Act 1983 and in

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and

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by Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed more than 250 Acts of Parliament in full, and more than 50 in part. History In January 2008 the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Comm ...

. It is still in force in

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Section 1 – Meetings and assemblies of persons for the purpose of being trained, or of practising military exercise, prohibited. Punishment

Before it was repealed, in England and Wales and Scotland, this section read: On 1 November 1995: The words "a Secretary of State, or any officer deputed by him for the purpose" were substituted for England and Wales and Scotland by section 1(2) of, and paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2 to, the

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. The words "a Secretary of State" were substituted for Northern Ireland by section 1(2) of, and paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 2 to, the

. The word "imprisonment" was substituted for the United Kingdom by section 1(2) of, and paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 2 to, the

. The repealed in the first place were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1890. The word repealed in the second place were repealed for the United Kingdom on 1 November 1995 by section 1(1) of, and Group 1 of Part IV of Schedule 1 to, the

. Section 16 of the

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provided that the powers of the Lieutenant and the two justices of the peace of a county under this Act were to be exercisable by a Secretary of State or any officer deputed by him for the purpose. In

, from 1953, the reference to penal servitude in this section had to be construed as a reference to imprisonment. See the following cases: *R v. Hunt (1820) 3 B & Ald 566, 1 St Tr (NS) 171, 814 – 1823All ER rep 456 *Redford v. Birley (1822) 3 Stark 76, 1 St Tr (NS) 1071 *Gogarty v. R (1849) 3 Cox 306 (Ir)

Section 2 – Persons so assembled may be detained and required to give bail, and prosecuted.

Before it was repealed, this section read: The words of enactment at the start were repealed by the

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. The words "or for any other person acting in their aid or assistance" were repealed for England and Wales by sections 111 and 174(2) of, an
paragraph 1
of Part 1 of Schedule 7 and Part 2 of Schedule 17 to, the

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. They were repealed for Northern Ireland b
paragraph 1
of Schedule 1, and Schedule 2, to the Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I.2)). The words at the end were repealed for England and WalesThe

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sections 59(5) and (6)
/ref> by section 56(4) of, and Part IV of Schedule 11 to, the

, and for Northern Ireland by Part IV of the Schedule to the

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. This section was repealed in part for Northern Ireland by articles 90(2) and (3) of, and Part I of Schedule 7 to, the Police and Criminal Evidence Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I.12)). "Arrest and detain" This section was repealed by section 26(1)(a) of the

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in so far as it enabled a constable to arrest a person for an offence without a warrant. So much of this section as conferred a power of arrest without warrant upon a constable, or persons in general (as distinct from persons of any description specified in or for the purposes of the enactment) was repealed, for England and Wales, to the extent that it was not already spent, by section 111 of, and paragraph 38 of Part 2 of Schedule 7 to, the

Section 3 – Sheriffs depute, &c. in Scotland to have the same powers as magistrates in England.

This section applied to

. Before it was repealed it read: The words in brackets were substituted b
section 4
of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971. The functions of Burgh magistrates now exercisable by a Justice of the Peace, by section 1(2) of the

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Section 4 – Offenders may be indicted, if not prosecuted under this Act

This section was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the

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Section 5

This section was repealed by section 2 of, and the Schedule to, the

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Section 6

This section was repealed by section 2 of, and the Schedule to, the

Section 7 – Prosecutions to be commenced within six months after offences

The words of enactment were repealed by the

Section 8

This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1873.

References

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Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice ''Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice'' (usually called simply ''Archbold'') is the leading practitioners' text for criminal lawyers in England and Wales and several other common law jurisdictions around the world. It has been in p ...

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