The Prevention of Offences Act 1851 ( 14 & 15 Vict. c. 19) is an Act of the

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. It is still in force in the

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. It was retained for the Republic of Ireland b
section 2(2)(a)
of, an

of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. There is a saving for this Act i
section 2(2)(b)
of the Statute Law Revision Act 2009. The Act was repealed for

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b
section 1(1)
of, and Group 5 o
Part I
of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) 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This section was repealed for England and Wales b
section 10(2)
of, and Part III o
Schedule 3
to, the

Criminal Law Act 1967 The Criminal Law Act 1967 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made some major changes to English criminal law, as part of wider liberal reforms by the Labour government elected in 1966. Most of it is still in force. Territ ...

. It was repealed for the Republic of Ireland b
section 16
of, and th

to, the

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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 The Malicious Damage Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 97) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was). It consolidated provisions related to malicious damage from a number of earlier statutes into a ...

.James Edward Davis, The Criminal Law Consolidation Statutes of the 24 & 25 of Victoria, Butterworths, 1861
p. 145
/ref> Section 11 was repealed by section 119 of, and Part I o
Schedule 7
to, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. Sections 12 and 13 were repealed for England and Wales by section 33(3) of, and Part II o
Schedule 3
to, the

Theft Act 1968 The Theft Act 1968c 60 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates a number of offences against property in England and Wales. On 15 January 2007 the Fraud Act 2006 came into force, redefining most of the offences of decepti ...

. Section 14 was repealed for the Republic of Ireland b
section 16
of, and th

to, the

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References

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The Prevention of Offences Act 1851
as enacted, from

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