List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1857

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1857.

Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".

Some of these acts have a short title. Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

20 Vict.

The fifth session of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 3 February 1857 until 21 March 1857.

Public general acts

Short title		Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Royal Marines Act 1857^[1]		20 Vict. c. 1	9 March 1857
An Act to amend the Act for limiting the Time of Service in the Royal Marine Forces.

County Police Act 1857^[1]		20 Vict. c. 2	9 March 1857
An Act to facilitate the Appointment of Chief Constables for adjoining Counties, and to confirm Appointments of Chief Constables in certain Cases.

Public Health Supplemental Act 1857^[2]		20 Vict. c. 3	9 March 1857
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health applying the Public Health Act, 1848, to the Districts of Ipswich, Oldbury, Stroud, Llangollen, and Dukinfield; and for altering the Constitution of the Local Board for the Main Sewerage District of Wisbech and Walsoken.
	Provisional Order for the Application of the Public Health Act to the Borough of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk.
	Provisional Order for the Application of the Public Health Act to the District of Oldbury, in the County of Worcester.
	Provisional Order for the Application of the Public Health Act to the Parish of Stroud, in the County of Gloucester.
	Provisional Order for the Application of the Public Health Act to the District of Llangollen, in the County of Denbigh.
	Provisional Order for the Application of the Public Health Act to the District of Dukinfield, in the County of Chester.
	Provisional Order for altering the Constitution of the Local Board for the Main Sewerage District of Wisbech and Walsoken.

Grant of Military, etc., Commissions Act 1857		20 Vict. c. 4	9 March 1857
An Act to enable the Subjects of the Ionian States to hold Military and Naval Commissions under the Crown.

Annual Inclosure Act 1857^[3] or the Inclosures Pursuant to Report of Inclosure Commissioners Act 1857^[4]		20 Vict. c. 5	21 March 1857
An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.

Income Tax Act 1857 (repealed)		20 Vict. c. 6	21 March 1857
An Act to reduce the Rates of Duty on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Indemnity Act 1857 (repealed)		20 Vict. c. 7	21 March 1857
An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively. (Repealed by Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48))

Copyhold, etc., Commission Act 1857 (repealed)		20 Vict. c. 8	21 March 1857
An Act to continue Appointments under the Act for consolidating the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions, and for completing Proceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acts. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Annuity to Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre Act 1857		20 Vict. c. 9	21 March 1857
An Act for settling and securing an Annuity on the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, in consideration of his eminent Services.

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1857 (repealed)		20 Vict. c. 10	21 March 1857
An Act to continue certain temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) Act 1857^[1]		20 Vict. c. 11	21 March 1857
An Act to amend the Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) Act, 1856.

Lighting of Towns (Ireland) Act 1857^[1]		20 Vict. c. 12	21 March 1857
An Act to amend an Act of the Ninth Year of King George the Fourth, Chapter Eighty-two, intituled "An Act to make Provision for the lighting, cleansing, and watching of Cities, Towns Corporate, and Market Towns in Ireland, in certain Cases."

Mutiny Act 1857 (repealed)		20 Vict. c. 13	21 March 1857
An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Marine Mutiny Act 1857 (repealed)		20 Vict. c. 14	21 March 1857
An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Customs Duties Amendment Act 1857^[5] or the Customs Act 1857^[6] (repealed)		20 Vict. c. 15	21 March 1857
An Act for granting certain Duties of Customs on Tea, Sugar, and other Articles (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Duty on Racehorses Act 1857		20 Vict. c. 16	21 March 1857
An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for repealing, and re-imposing under new Regulations, the Duty on Raise Horses.

Exchequer Bills Act 1857 (repealed)		20 Vict. c. 17	21 March 1857
An Act for raising the Sum of Twenty-one million forty-nine thousand seven hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One Thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Poor Act 1857 (repealed)		20 Vict. c. 18	21 March 1857
An Act to continue the Act for charging the Maintenance of certain Paupers upon the Union Funds. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Extra-Parochial Places Act 1857^[1]		20 Vict. c. 19	21 March 1857
An Act to provide for the Relief of the Poor in Extra-parochial Places.

Appropriation Act 1857 (repealed)		20 Vict. c. 20	21 March 1857
An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Local acts

Short title	Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Cornwall Railway Act 1857	20 Vict. c. i	21 March 1857
An Act for enabling the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Railway Companies to afford further Assistance towards the Completion of the Cornwall Railway between Plymouth, and Truro; for extending the Time for the Completion thereof; and for other Purposes.

Price's Patent Candle Company's Act 1857	20 Vict. c. ii	21 March 1857
An Act to re-incorporate Price's Patent Candle Company, Limited, and for other Purposes.

Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway Act 1857	20 Vict. c. iii	21 March 1857
An Act to enable the Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway Company to raise additional Capital; and for other Purposes.

Sources

The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 20° Victoria, 1857. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1857 – via Internet Archive.
A Collection of the Public General Statutes, Passed in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1857 – via Internet Archive.

20 & 21 Vict.

The first session of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 30 April 1857 until 28 August 1857.

Public general acts

Short title		Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Cinque Ports Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 1	26 June 1857
An Act for the Amendment of the Cinque Ports Act.

Annuity, Princess Royal Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 2	26 June 1857
An Aet to enable Her Majesty to settle an Annuity on Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal.

Penal Servitude Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 3	26 June 1857
An Act to amend the Act of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her Majesty, to substitute in certain Cases other Punishment in lieu of Transportation.

Supply Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 4	3 July 1857
An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Income Tax Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 5	3 July 1857
An Act to continue the Act for extending for a limited Time the Provision for Abatement of Income Tax in respect of Insurance on Lives. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Court of Exchequer Chamber (Ireland) Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 6	3 July 1857
An Act to alter the Constitution and amend the Procedure of the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Ireland.

Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 7	3 July 1857
An Act to revive and amend certain Acts relating to the Collection of County Cess in Ireland; and also to provide for the Appointment, in certain Cases, of Collectors to levy the Charges and Expenses of additional Constabulary appointed under the Act 19 and 20 Vict. c. 36.

Ministers Money (Ireland) Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 8	3 July 1857
An Act to amend the Act 17 & 18 Vict. c. 11., with a view to the Abolition of Ministers Money in Ireland.

Provisional Order Confirmation (Turnpikes) Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 9	13 July 1857
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her Present Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts.

Borough of Hanley Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 10	13 July 1857
An Act to amend the Charter of Incorporation granted to the Borough of Hanley in the County of Stafford.

Militia (Ireland) Act 1857^[7] (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 11	13 July 1857
An Act to amend "The Militia (Ireland) Act, 1854."^[a] (Repealed by Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921)

Sound Dues Redemption Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 12	13 July 1857
An Act to carry into effect a Convention between Her Majesty and the King of Denmark. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Workhouse Sites Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 13	13 July 1857
An Act to facilitate the procuring of Sites for Workhouses in certain Cases.

Joint Stock Companies Act 1857^[8]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 14	13 July 1857
An Act to amend the Joint Stock Companies Act, 1856.

Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 15	27 July 1857
An Act to amend the Act of the Sixth and Seventh Tears of King William the Fourth, Chapter One hundred and sixteen, for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland.

Turnpikes Abolition Act (Ireland) 1857^[8] or the Turnpikes Abolition (Ireland) Act 1857^[9] or the Turnpike Trusts Abolition (Ireland) Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 16	27 July 1857
An Act to discontinue the Toll on the Turnpike Roads now existing in Ireland, and to provide for the Maintenance of such Roads as public Roads, and for the Discharge of the Debts due thereon, and for other Purposes relating thereto. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 17	27 July 1857
An Act to amend the Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Seventy-two, so far as relates to the Distribution of the Constabulary Force in Ireland.

Bill Chamber Procedure Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 18	10 August 1857
An Act to regulate Procedure in the Bill Chamber in Scotland.

Bankruptcy and Real Securities (Scotland) Act 1857^[8]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 19	10 August 1857
An Act to remove Doubts as to the Law of Bankruptcy and Real Securities in Scotland.

Second Annual Inclosure Act 1857^[10] or the Inclosures Act 1857^[11]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 20	10 August 1857
An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.

Militia Ballots Suspension Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 21	10 August 1857
An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Public Health Supplemental Act for Aldershot 1857^[2]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 22	10 August 1857
An Act to apply the Public Health Act, 1848, to the Parish of Aldershot, and to constitute a Local Board of Health therein.

Public Works (Ireland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 23	10 August 1857
An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to sell Mill Sites and Water Power, notwithstanding Final Award, in any Drainage or Navigation District.

Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1857^[3] or the Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1857^[12]^[13] (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 24	10 August 1857
An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Oxford University Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 25	10 August 1857
An Act to continue the Powers of the Commissioners under an Act of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth years of Her Majesty concerning the University of Oxford and the College of St. Mary Winchester, and further to amend the said Act.

Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857^[14]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 26	10 August 1857
An Act to provide for the Registration of Long Leases in Scotland, and Assignations thereof.

Caledonian Canal Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 27	10 August 1857
An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Caledonian and Crinan Canals, and to make further Provision for the Accommodation of the Traffic thereon.

Land and Assessed Taxes (Scotland) Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 28	10 August 1857
An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Payment of the Land and Assessed Taxes and Property and Income Tax in Scotland.

Confirmation of Marriages Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 29	10 August 1857
An Act to render valid certain Marriages in Christ Church, West Hartlepool, in the Parish of Stranton in the County of Durham.

Chatham Lands Purchase Act 1857^[8]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 30	10 August 1857
An Act for enabling the Commissioners of the Admiralty to purchase certain Lands in the Parish of Chatham in the County of Kent, and to stop up, divert, or alter certain Ways in the said Parish; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

Inclosure Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 31	10 August 1857
An Act to amend and explain the Inclosure Acts.

Portland Harbour Waterworks Act 1857^[8]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 32	10 August 1857
An Act for the better Supply of Water for the Use of Vessels resorting to the Harbour of Refuge at Portland, and for enabling the Commissioners of the Admiralty to supply such Water; for vesting in the said Commissioners certain Lands belonging to Her Majesty; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

Representative Peers (Ireland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 33	10 August 1857
An Act to regulate certain Proceedings in relation to the Election of Representative Peers for Ireland.

New Brunswick Boundary Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 34	10 August 1857
An Act to explain an Act for the Settlement of the Boundaries between the Provinces of Canada and New Brunswick.

City of London Burial Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 35	10 August 1857
An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis," so far as relates to the City of London and the Liberties thereof.

County Courts Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 36	17 August 1857
An Act to supply an Omission in a Schedule to the Act to amend the Acts relating to County Courts. (Repealed by County Courts Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 43))

Civil Service Superannuation Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 37	17 August 1857
An Act to repeal the Twenty-seventh Section of the Superannuation Act, 1834. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

General Board of Health Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 38	17 August 1857
An Act to continue the General Board of Health. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Colonial Attorneys Relief Act 1857^[15] or the Colonial Attornies Relief Act 1857^[8]^[16]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 39	17 August 1857
An Act to regulate the Admission of Attornies and Solicitors of Colonial Courts in Her Majesty's Superior Courts of Law and Equity in England in certain Cases.

Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 40	17 August 1857
An Act to continue and amend an Act of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, Chapter Eighty-nine, and also the Laws for the Suppression and Prevention of Illicit Distillation in Ireland; and to constitute the Constabulary Force Officers of Customs for certain Purposes.

Loan Societies Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 41	17 August 1857
An Act to revive and continue an Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 42	17 August 1857
An Act to amend "The Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act, 1855."

Summary Jurisdiction Act 1857^[1] (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 43	17 August 1857
An Act to improve the Administration of the Law so far as respects summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993)

Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 44	17 August 1857
An Act to regulate the Institution of Suits at the Instance of the Crown and the Public Departments in the Courts of Scotland.

Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 45	17 August 1857
An Act to make further Provision for defining the Boundaries of certain Denominations of Land in Ireland for public Purposes.

Land Tax Commissioners (Appointment) Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 46	17 August 1857
An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for executing Acts for granting a Land Tax and other Rates and Dues.

Glebe Lands Leasing Powers (Ireland) Act 1857^[8]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 47	17 August 1857
An Act to enable Ecclesiastical Persons in Ireland to grant Building Leases of Glebe Lands in certain Cases.

Industrial Schools Act 1857^[8]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 48	17 August 1857
An Act to make better Provision for the Care and Education of vagrant, destitute, and disorderly Children, and for Extension of Industrial Schools.

Joint Stock Banking Companies Act 1857^[17]^[18] or the Joint Banking Companies Act 1857^[19]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 49	17 August 1857
An Act to amend the Law relating to Banking Companies.

Municipal Corporations Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 50	17 August 1857
An Act to amend the Acts concerning Municipal Corporations in England. (Repealed by Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50))

New Zealand Loan Guarantee Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 51	17 August 1857
An Act to guarantee a Loan for the Service of New Zealand.

New Zealand Company's Claims Act 1857^[7]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 52	17 August 1857
An Act for discharging Claims of the New Zealand Company on the Proceeds of Sales of Waste Lands in New Zealand.

New Zealand Constitution (Amendment) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 53	17 August 1857
An Act to amend the Act for granting a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand.

Punishment of Frauds Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 54	17 August 1857
An Act to make better Provision for the Punishment of Frauds committed by Trustees, Bankers, and other Persons intrusted with Property. (Repealed by Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 95))

Reformatory Schools (England) Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 55	25 August 1857
An Act to promote the Establishment and Extension of Reformatory Schools in England.

Court of Session Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 56	25 August 1857
An Act to regulate the Distribution of Business in the Court of Session in Scotland.

Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 57	25 August 1857
An Act to enable Married Women to dispose of Reversionary Interests in Personal Estate.

Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 58	25 August 1857
An Act to amend the Act Seventeenth and Eighteenth of Victoria for the Valuation of Lands in Scotland.

Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 59	25 August 1857
An Act concerning the Parochial Schoolmasters in Scotland.

Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act 1857^[3] or the Bankrupt and Insolvent Act 1857^[20]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 60	25 August 1857
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Ireland.

Customs and Excise Duties Act 1857^[7] or the Customs and Excise Act 1857^[21] (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 61	25 August 1857
An Act for granting certain Duties of Customs and Excise. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Customs Amendment Act 1857^[22] or the Customs Act 1857^[23] (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 62	25 August 1857
An Act for the Alteration and Amendment of the Laws and Duties of Customs. (Repealed by Customs Consolidation Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36))

Dunbar Harbour Loan Act 1857^[24]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 63	25 August 1857
An Act to authorize the Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund to the Magistrates and Town Council of Dunbar, for the Purpose of improving the Victoria Harbour of Dunbar.

Metropolitan Police Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 64	25 August 1857
An Act for raising a Sum of Money for building and improving Stations of the Metropolitan Police, and to amend the Acts concerning the Metropolitan Police.

Militia Pay Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 65	25 August 1857
An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, and Surgeons; Mates of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Mutiny, etc., East Indies Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 66	25 August 1857
An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East India Company, and for regulating in such Service the Payment of Regimental Debts and the Distribution of the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying in the Service.

Pimlico Improvement Act 1857^[10]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 67	25 August 1857
An Act to extend the Time for enabling the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works to complete Improvements in Pimlico and in the Neighbourhood of Buckingham Palace.

Dublin Revising Barristers Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 68	25 August 1857
An Act to enable the Lord Lieutenant to appoint Revising Barristers for the Revision of Lists and Registry of Voters for the City of Dublin.

Appropriation Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 69	25 August 1857
An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Boundaries of Burghs Extension (Scotland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 70	25 August 1857
An Act to provide for the Extension of the Boundaries of Burghs, in Scotland, and to remove Doubts as to the Right of certain Persons holding Offices to be registered as Votes for Municipal Purposes.

Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 71	25 August 1857
An Act for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, and for the Provision, Maintenance and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums in Scotland.

Police (Scotland) Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 72	25 August 1857
An Act to render more effectual the Police in Counties and Burghs in Scotland.

Smoke Nuisance (Scotland) Act 1857^[1]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 73	25 August 1857
An Act for the Abatement of the Nuisance arising. from the Smoke of Furnaces in Scotland.

Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 74	25 August 1857
An Act to continue the Act concerning the Management of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in England. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Jurisdiction in Siam Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 75	25 August 1857
An Act to confirm an Order in Council concerning the Exercise of Jurisdiction in Matters arising within the Kingdom of Siam.

Roman Catholic Charities Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 76	25 August 1857
An Act further to continue for a limited Time the Exemption of certain Charities from the Operation of the Charitable Trusts Acts. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Court of Probate Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 77	25 August 1857
An Act to amend the Law relating to Probates and Letters of Administration in England. (Repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981)

Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Amendment Act 1857^[25]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 78	25 August 1857
An Act to amend the Act Seven and Eight Victoria, Chapter One hundred and eleven, for facilitating the winding up the Affairs of Joint Stock Companies unable to meet their pecuniary Engagements, and also the "Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Acts, 1848 and 1849."

Probates and Letters of Administration Act (Ireland) 1857^[3] or the Probates and Letters of Administration (Ireland) Act 1857^[26]^[27]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 79	25 August 1857
An Act to amend the Law relating to Probates and Letters of Administration in Ireland.

Joint Stock Companies Act Amendment Act 1857^[28] or the Joint Stock Companies Act 1856: Amendment Act 1857^[29]^[30]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 80	25 August 1857
An Act to amend "The Joint Stock Companies Act, 1856."

Burial Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 81	25 August 1857
An Act to amend the Burial Acts.

Militia Embodiment Act 1857 (repealed)		20 & 21 Vict. c. 82	25 August 1857
An Act to authorize the Embodying of the Militia. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66))

Obscene Publications Act 1857 or Lord Campbell's Act or Campbell's Act^[31]		20 & 21 Vict. c. 83	25 August 1857
An Act for more effectually preventing the Sale of Obscene Books, Pictures, Prints, and other Articles.

Dulwich College Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 84	25 August 1857
An Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the College of God's Gift in Dulwich in the County of Surrey, with certain Alterations.
	Scheme for the Application and Management of the Charity called the College of God's Gift, in Dulwich, in the County of Surrey.

Matrimonial Causes Act 1857		20 & 21 Vict. c. 85	28 August 1857
An Act to amend the Law relating to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in England.

^ Militia (Ireland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 107)

Local acts

Short title	Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Great Southern and Western Railway (Capital) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. i	26 June 1857


Chepstow Gas and Coke Consumers Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. ii	26 June 1857


Reversionary Interest Society's Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. iii	26 June 1857


Guildford Water Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. iv	26 June 1857


Inverness and Nairn Railway Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. v	26 June 1857
(Repealed by Highland Railway Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. clxviii))

South Shields Gas Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. vi	26 June 1857


Sunderland Gas Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. vii	26 June 1857


South Devon Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. viii	26 June 1857


Meriton's and Hagen's Sufferance Wharves Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. ix	26 June 1857
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c. 50))

Bedale and Leyburn Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. x	26 June 1857


Chester Waterworks Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xi	26 June 1857


Guildford Gas Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xii	26 June 1857


Great Western and Brentfield Railway Amendment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xiii	26 June 1857


Peebles Railway Amendment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xiv	26 June 1857


Willenhall Gas Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xv	26 June 1857


St. Helens Canal and Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xvi	26 June 1857


Tralee and Killarney Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xvii	26 June 1857


Portsmouth Railway Amendment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xviii	3 July 1857


North Eastern Railway (Capital) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xix	3 July 1857


Dumbarton Waterworks, Reclamation and Municipal Extension Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xx	3 July 1857


Islington Parish Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxi	3 July 1857


Brighton, Hove and Preston Constant Service Waterworks Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxii	3 July 1857
(Repealed by Brighton Corporation Act 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. cix))

Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxiii	3 July 1857


Exeter and Exmouth Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxiv	3 July 1857


United General Gaslight Company (Cork) Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxv	3 July 1857
(Repealed by Cork Gas Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. xxxii))

Kidsgrove Market Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxvi	3 July 1857


Waterford and Tramore Railway Amendment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxvii	3 July 1857


Great Yarmouth Britannia Pier Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxviii	3 July 1857
(Repealed by Great Yarmouth New Britannia Pier Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. civ))

Dublin and Wicklow Railway Amendment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxix	3 July 1857


Bridgwater Markets and Fairs Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxx	3 July 1857


Wilmslow and Lawton Road Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxxi	13 July 1857
(Repealed by Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. cxciv))

Fraserburgh Harbour Amendment Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxxii	13 July 1857
(Repealed by Fraserburgh Harbour Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. cii))

North Eastern Railway (Hartlepool Dock and Railway Amalgamation) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxxiii	13 July 1857


Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Amendment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxxiv	13 July 1857


Glasgow Gaslight Company's Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxxv	13 July 1857
(Repealed by Glasgow Gas Act 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. cxxxi))

St. Philip's Church, Liverpool Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxxvi	13 July 1857


Landport and Southsea Improvement Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxxvii	13 July 1857
(Repealed by Portsmouth Corporation Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. lxviii))

Cardigan Markets and Improvement Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxxviii	13 July 1857


Wearmouth Bridge Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. xxxix	13 July 1857
(Repealed by Tyne and Wear Act 1976 (c. xxxvi))

South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xl	13 July 1857


Ely Valley Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xli	13 July 1857


New River Company's Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xlii	13 July 1857


West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xliii	13 July 1857


Mansfield and Worksop Road Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. xliv	13 July 1857
(Repealed by Mansfield and Worksop Road Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. ccix))

Borough of Portsmouth Waterworks Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xlv	13 July 1857


North Eastern Railway (Lanchester Valley Branch) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xlvi	13 July 1857


Ipswich Waterworks Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xlvii	13 July 1857


Fownhope and Holme Lacy Bridge Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xlviii	13 July 1857


Deeside Railway Extension Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xlix	27 July 1857


Banff, MacDuff and Turriff Extension Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. l	27 July 1857


Cork and Youghal Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. li	27 July 1857


Stockton Gas Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lii	27 July 1857


Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. liii	27 July 1857


Bristol and South Wales Union Act 1857 or the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. liv	27 July 1857


Newcastle-under-Lyme and Leek Roads Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lv	27 July 1857


Langport, Somerton and Castle Cary Turnpike Roads Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lvi	27 July 1857


Lowestoft Water, Gas and Markets Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lvii	27 July 1857


Shrewsbury Gasworks Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lviii	27 July 1857


Burslem and Tunstall Gas Company's Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lix	27 July 1857


Lewes and Uckfield Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lx	27 July 1857


Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Railway Amendment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxi	27 July 1857


Malloy and Fermoy Railway Transfer Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxii	27 July 1857


Bury Gas Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxiii	27 July 1857
(Repealed by Bury Corporation Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7. c. clix))

Cannock Mineral Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxiv	27 July 1857


Selby and Market Weighton Turnpike Road Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxv	27 July 1857


West Somerset Mineral Railway Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxvi	27 July 1857
(Repealed by West Somerset Mineral Railway (Abandonment) Act 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. xciv))

Stratford-upon-Avon Gas Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxvii	27 July 1857


Australian Agricultural Company's Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxviii	27 July 1857
(Repealed by Australian Agricultural Company Act 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. xlviii))

Penarth Harbour, Dock and Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxix	27 July 1857


Margate Waterworks Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxx	27 July 1857
(Repealed by Margate Corporation Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. ccl))

Tyne Improvement Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxi	27 July 1857
(Repealed by Port of Tyne Reorganisation Scheme 1967 Confirmation Order 1968 (SI 1968/942))

Wimbledon and Dorking Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxii	27 July 1857


London Gaslight Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxiii	27 July 1857


Milford Improvement Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxiv	27 July 1857


Orkney Roads Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxv	27 July 1857


East Kent Railway (Extension to Dover) Amendment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxvi	27 July 1857


Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Sligo Extension) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxvii	27 July 1857


Monkland Railways Branches Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxviii	27 July 1857


Briton Ferry Dock Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxix	27 July 1857


Glasgow City and Suburban Gas Company Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxx	27 July 1857
(Repealed by Glasgow Gas Act 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. cxxxi))

Scottish Central Railway (Denny Branch Extensions) Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxxi	27 July 1857
(Repealed by Scottish Central Railway Consolidation Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. lxxxiii))

Stamford and Essendine Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxxii	27 July 1857


Victoria (London) Docks Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxxiii	27 July 1857


Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxxiv	27 July 1857


Great Southern and Western Railway (Athlone Extension) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxxv	27 July 1857


Leslie Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxxvi	27 July 1857


Keith and Dufftown Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxxvii	27 July 1857


Dexthorpe Turnpike Road Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxxviii	27 July 1857
(Repealed by Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 39))

Coal Duties (London, &c.) Drawback Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. lxxxix	27 July 1857
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12))

European and Indian Junction Telegraph Act 1857 or the European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xc	27 July 1857


West of Fife Mineral Railway (Roscobie Branch) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xci	27 July 1857


Clyde Navigation Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. xcii	27 July 1857
(Repealed by Clyde Navigation Consolidation Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. cxlix))

Pulteney Harbour Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xciii	27 July 1857


Elie Harbour Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xciv	27 July 1857


Treffry's Estate (Newquay Railway) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xcv	27 July 1857


Reading Railways Junction Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xcvi	27 July 1857


River Slaney Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xcvii	27 July 1857


Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway Extension Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xcviii	27 July 1857


Worksop and Attercliffe Road Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. xcix	27 July 1857


Westminster Terminus Railway, Extension Clapham to Norwood Abandonment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. c	27 July 1857


Backwater Bridge and Road Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. ci	27 July 1857


Atlantic Telegraph Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cii	27 July 1857


Dartmouth and Torbay Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. ciii	27 July 1857


Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. civ	27 July 1857


East Somerset Railway (Extension to Wells) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cv	27 July 1857


Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cvi	27 July 1857


Prestwich, Bury and Radcliffe Roads Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cvii	27 July 1857


London and North Western Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cviii	27 July 1857


North Level Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cix	10 August 1857


Coniston Railway Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. cx	10 August 1857
(Repealed by Furness and Coniston Railways Amalgamation Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. cxxxiii))

Lowestoft and Burgh St. Peter Ferry and Roads Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxi	10 August 1857


Bourne and Essendine Railways Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxii	10 August 1857


Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Streamstown and Clara Junction) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxiii	10 August 1857


Blyth and Tyne Railway Amendment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxiv	10 August 1857


Covent Garden Approach and Southwark and Westminster Communication Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxv	10 August 1857
(Repealed by Local Law (Greater London Council and Inner London Boroughs) Order 1965 (SI 1965/540))

Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxvi	10 August 1857


Manchester Burial Board Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxvii	10 August 1857


Islington Parish Amendment Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxviii	10 August 1857
(Repealed by London Government (Borough of St. Marylebone) Order in Council 1901 (SR&O 1901/272))

Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Branches) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxix	10 August 1857


Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxx	10 August 1857


Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Deviation Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxi	10 August 1857


Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxii	10 August 1857


Caledonian Railway (Granton Branches) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxiii	10 August 1857


Kinross-shire Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxiv	10 August 1857


Metropolitan Railway (Amendment) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxv	10 August 1857


South Staffordshire Waterworks Amendment Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxvi	10 August 1857


Victoria Docks Gas Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxvii	10 August 1857


Hamilton and Strathaven Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxviii	10 August 1857


Fife and Kinross Railway Diversion and Extension Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxix	10 August 1857


Great Yarmouth Waterworks Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxx	10 August 1857


Otley and Skipton Road Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxxi	10 August 1857
(Repealed by Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 62))

Salford Borough Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxxii	10 August 1857


Mid Sussex Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxxiii	10 August 1857


North Western Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxxiv	10 August 1857


Metropolitan Market Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxxv	10 August 1857
(Repealed by City of London (Various Powers) Act 1963 (c. xxxiv))

London and South Western Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxxvi	10 August 1857


Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Junction Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxxvii	10 August 1857


Great Northern Railway (Capital) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxxviii	10 August 1857


Dorset Central Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxxxix	10 August 1857


Rhymney Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxl	10 August 1857


Watchet Harbour Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxli	10 August 1857
(Repealed by Watchet Harbour Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. cli))

Swansea Harbour Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxlii	10 August 1857


West London and Crystal Palace Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxliii	10 August 1857


Haslingden and Todmorden Turnpike Road Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxliv	17 August 1857


West Somerset Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxlv	17 August 1857


Norfolk Estuary Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxlvi	17 August 1857
(Repealed by Norfolk Estuary Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. cciii))

Thames Conservancy Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxlvii	17 August 1857
(Repealed by Thames Conservancy Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. clxxxvii))

Tweed Fisheries Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxlviii	17 August 1857
(Repealed by Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (SI 2006/2913))

Portpatrick Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cxlix	17 August 1857^[a]


Finsbury Park Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cl	17 August 1857


Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cli	17 August 1857


Herne Bay and Faversham Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. clii	17 August 1857


Taff Vale Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cliii	17 August 1857


New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company's Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. cliv	17 August 1857


South Eastern Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. clv	17 August 1857


Newry and Enniskillen Railway Amendment and Extension Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. clvi	17 August 1857


Mayor's Court of London Procedure Act 1857 (repealed)	20 & 21 Vict. c. clvii	17 August 1857
(Repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38))

Wycombe Railway (Extension) Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. clviii	17 August 1857


Eastern Bengal Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. clix	25 August 1857


Scinde Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. clx	25 August 1857
An Act for authorising the Scinde Railway Company to extend their Operations, and for regulating the Capital of the Company; and for other Purposes.

Lancaster and Carlisle and Ingleton Railway Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. clxi	25 August 1857


Mersey Docks and Harbour Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. clxii	25 August 1857

^ The Queen's Printer's copy incorrectly gives the date as 10 August 1857.

Private acts

Short title	Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Scotscraig Estate Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. 1 Pr.	3 July 1857
An Act for enabling the Trustees in whom the Lands and Estate of Scotscraig in the County of Fife are vested to grant Fens of certain Portions thereof.

Fleming's Estate Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. 2 Pr.	27 July 1857
An Act to amend and explain Fleming's Estate Act, 1852.

Hereford Cathedral Restoration Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. 3 Pr.	27 July 1857
An Act for authorising the Dean and Chapter of Hereford to raise Money for the Repair of the Cathedral Church of Hereford.

Bridgewater Trustees Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. 4 Pr.	25 August 1857
An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of the late Francis Duke of Bridgewater to complete the Purchase of the Runcorn and Weston Canal, and to enable such Trustees more effectually to administer the Trusts of the Will of the said Duke.

Lord Rivers' Estate Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. 5 Pr.	25 August 1857
An Act for authorising the Sale to the Dorset Central Railway Company, in consideration partly of a yearly Rentcharge and property of a gross Sum, of Part of the Settled Estates in the County of Dorset of which the Right Honourable George Pitt Rivers Lord Rivers is now Tenant for Life in possession; and for other Purposes.

Carew's Estate Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. 6 Pr.	25 August 1857
An Act for carrying into effect an Agreement for a Compromise of the Suit of "Carew versus Waugh," now pending in the High Court of Chancery, and for vesting the Estates to which the Suit relates in Trustees upon Trust for Sale; and for other Purposes.

Baroness Windsor's Estate Act 1857	20 & 21 Vict. c. 7 Pr.	25 August 1857
An Act for authorizing the raising of Money on the Security of Estates in the County of Glamorgan, settled by the Will of the Right Honourable Other Archer late Earl of Plymouth deceased, and the Application of the Money for the Improvement of Parts of the Estates, in order to render them available as Building Lands, and for confirming an Agreement with the Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway Company, heretofore called the Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway Company; and for other Purposes.

Giustiniani's Oath Act 1857^[a]	20 & 21 Vict. c. 8 Pr.	26 June 1857
An Act for authorizing Maria Cecilia Agatha Anna Josepha Laurentia Donata Melchiora Balthassara Gaspara Princess Giustiniani, Widow of Charles Marquess Bandini, to take the Oath proper to be taken by her prior to her Naturalization before Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, or any other Member of Her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Tuscany, and to give her Consent in Writing to the passing of the Bill for her Naturalization.

Ley's Divorce Act 1857^[a]	20 & 21 Vict. c. 9 Pr.	27 July 1857
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Edward Ley, Oil Cooper, with Bosanna Sarah Ley his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

Campbell's Divorce Act 1857^[a]	20 & 21 Vict. c. 10 Pr.	27 July 1857
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Alexander Campbell with Maria his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes.

Smith's Divorce Act 1857^[a]	20 & 21 Vict. c. 11 Pr.	27 July 1857
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Smith Esquire with Julia his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

Shepherd's Disabilities Removal Act 1857^[a]	20 & 21 Vict. c. 12 Pr.	17 August 1857
An Act to enable Robert Shepherd, Clerk, to exercise his Office of a Priest and to hold any Benefice or Preferment in the United Church of England and Ireland,

Baring's Divorce Act 1857^[a]	20 & 21 Vict. c. 13 Pr.	17 August 1857
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Frederick Baring Esquire with Emily his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes.

Giustiniani's Naturalization Act 1857^[a]	20 & 21 Vict. c. 14 Pr.	17 August 1857
An Act for naturalizing Maria Cecilia Agatha Anna Josepha Laurentia Donata Melchiora Balthassara Gaspara Princess Giustiniani, Widow of Charles Marquess Bandini in the Roman States, and Sigismund Nicholas Venantius Gaietano Francis Marquess Bandini, the only Son and Heir Apparent of the said Princess Giustiniani Marchioness Dowager Bandini by the said Charles Marquess Bandini her late Husband.

Keays' Divorce Act 1857^[a]	20 & 21 Vict. c. 15 Pr.	25 August 1857
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Robert Keays Esquire with Maria Eliza his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h This act was not printed by the Queen's Printer.

Sources

The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 21 & 22 Victoria, 1857. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1857 – via Internet Archive.

21 & 22 Vict.

The second session of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 3 December 1857 until 2 August 1858.

Public general act

Short title	Citation	Royal assent
Long title

Bank Issues Indemnity Act 1857^[32] (repealed)	21 & 22 Vict. c. 1	12 December 1857
An Act to indemnify the Governor and Company of the Bank of England in respect of certain Issues of their Notes, and to confirm each Issue, and to authorize further Issues for a Time to be limited. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 69))

Sources

A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the Twenty-First and Twenty-Second Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1858 – via Internet Archive.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
^ ^a ^b This short title was conferred on this act by section 9 of this act.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d This short title was conferred on this act by section 3 of this act.
^ "Inclosures Pursuant to Report of Inclosure Commissioners Act 1857". vLex.. Cf. The Statutes: Revised Edition, 1877, vol 12, p vii, which is identical except for "Act 1857".
^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.
^ Current Law Statutes 1995, vol 4, p 48
^ ^a ^b ^c This short title was conferred on this act by section 4 of this act.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act.
^ Current Law Statutes 1994, vol 4, p 170
^ ^a ^b This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of this act.
^ "Inclosures Act 1857". vLex.
^ Current Law Statutes 1998. Vol. 3. p. 172.
^ Turnpike Trusts, Second Report. 1858. p. 23.
^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 21 of this act.
^ The schedule to the Solicitors Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 65) says that this is the "title or short title" of this Act.
^ John Mounteney Lely. "The Colonial Attornies Relief Act, 1857". The Statutes of Practical Utility. (Chitty's Statutes). Fifth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. London. 1895. Volume 12. Title "Solicitors". Page 23.
^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act: A Collection of the Public General Statutes, passed in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, being the First Session of the Seventeenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, p 124.
^ Schedule 1 to the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (No 28) says that this is the short title of this act.
^ A Collection of the Public General Statutes, passed in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1857, p 176, gives the short title as "The Joint Banking Companies Act 1857".
^ Re Hudson, a bankrupt (1877) 1 LRIr 6 at 8
^ Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 48.
^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 23 of this act.
^ Current Law Statutes calls this act the Customs Act 1857 (Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 48), though that expression is the short title of the Victorian Act 21 Vict No 13.
^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
^ This short title was conferred on this act by section 16 of this act.
^ The Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (56 Vict. c. 14)
^ The Irish Free State (Consequential Adaptation of Enactments) Order 1923 (SR & O 1923/405), section 2.
^ 6 The Law Reports, Chancery Appeal Cases 421. The Law Reports, Digest of Cases, 1882, vol 1, col 1007. "Joint Stock Companies Act Amendment Act": In re Bank of London and National Provincial Insurance Association (1871) 6 The Law Reports, Chancery Appeal Cases 421 at 422.
^ The Annual Practice, 1923, p 22
^ Current Law Statutes calls this act the "Joint Stock Companies Act 1857" (Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 99) though that expression is the short title of chapter 14, not chapter 80.
^ Miriam A. Drake (2003). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Abs-Dec. CRC Press. p. 470. ISBN 978-0-8247-2077-3. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Index" (1886) 7 Journal of the Institute of Bankers 703 at 728. "Bank Issues Indemnity Act": see "Bank Act Suspension" (1891) 51 The Bankers' Insurance Managers' & Agents' Magazine 668; "Bank Issues Indemnity Act" (1886) 7 Journal of the Institute of Bankers 219

[8] Militia (Ireland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 107)

[33] The Queen's Printer's copy incorrectly gives the date as 10 August 1857.

[notprinted-34] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h This act was not printed by the Queen's Printer.

[STA1896-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.

[S9-2] This short title was conferred on this act by section 9 of this act.

[S3-3] This short title was conferred on this act by section 3 of this act.

[4] "Inclosures Pursuant to Report of Inclosure Commissioners Act 1857". vLex.. Cf. The Statutes: Revised Edition, 1877, vol 12, p vii, which is identical except for "Act 1857".

[S6-5] This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act.

[CLS1995vol4-6] Current Law Statutes 1995, vol 4, p 48

[S4-7] This short title was conferred on this act by section 4 of this act.

[S1-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act.

[vol_4-10] Current Law Statutes 1994, vol 4, p 170

[S2-11] This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of this act.

[12] "Inclosures Act 1857". vLex.

[13] Current Law Statutes 1998. Vol. 3. p. 172.

[14] Turnpike Trusts, Second Report. 1858. p. 23.

[S21-15] This short title was conferred on this act by section 21 of this act.

[16] The schedule to the Solicitors Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 65) says that this is the "title or short title" of this Act.

[17] John Mounteney Lely. "The Colonial Attornies Relief Act, 1857". The Statutes of Practical Utility. (Chitty's Statutes). Fifth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. London. 1895. Volume 12. Title "Solicitors". Page 23.

[18] This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act: A Collection of the Public General Statutes, passed in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, being the First Session of the Seventeenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, p 124.

[19] Schedule 1 to the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (No 28) says that this is the short title of this act.

[20] A Collection of the Public General Statutes, passed in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1857, p 176, gives the short title as "The Joint Banking Companies Act 1857".

[21] Re Hudson, a bankrupt (1877) 1 LRIr 6 at 8

[vol_3-22] Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 48.

[S23-23] This short title was conferred on this act by section 23 of this act.

[24] Current Law Statutes calls this act the Customs Act 1857 (Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 48), though that expression is the short title of the Victorian Act 21 Vict No 13.

[S7-25] This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.

[S16-26] This short title was conferred on this act by section 16 of this act.

[27] The Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (56 Vict. c. 14)

[28] The Irish Free State (Consequential Adaptation of Enactments) Order 1923 (SR & O 1923/405), section 2.

[29] 6 The Law Reports, Chancery Appeal Cases 421. The Law Reports, Digest of Cases, 1882, vol 1, col 1007. "Joint Stock Companies Act Amendment Act": In re Bank of London and National Provincial Insurance Association (1871) 6 The Law Reports, Chancery Appeal Cases 421 at 422.

[30] The Annual Practice, 1923, p 22

[31] Current Law Statutes calls this act the "Joint Stock Companies Act 1857" (Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 99) though that expression is the short title of chapter 14, not chapter 80.

[Drake2003-32] Miriam A. Drake (2003). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Abs-Dec. CRC Press. p. 470. ISBN 978-0-8247-2077-3. Retrieved 30 September 2011.

[35] "Index" (1886) 7 Journal of the Institute of Bankers 703 at 728. "Bank Issues Indemnity Act": see "Bank Act Suspension" (1891) 51 The Bankers' Insurance Managers' & Agents' Magazine 668; "Bank Issues Indemnity Act" (1886) 7 Journal of the Institute of Bankers 219

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