Statute Law Revision Act 1874

Statute Law Revision Act 1874^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Acts which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Citation	37 & 38 Vict. c. 35
Introduced by	Richard Baggallay MP (Commons) Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns (Lords)
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	16 July 1874
Commencement	16 July 1874[2]
Other legislation
Amends	Statute Law Revision Act 1873 See § Repealed acts
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed acts
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1894
Relates to	Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856 Statute Law Revision Act 1861 Statute Law Revision Act 1863 Statute Law Revision Act 1867 Statute Law Revision Act 1870 Statute Law Revision Act 1871 Statute Law Revision Act 1872 Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2) Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872 Statute Law Revision Act 1873 Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) Statute Law Revision Act 1875
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 35) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom statutes from 1801 to 1837. The Act was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the revised edition of the statutes, then in progress.

Section 2 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2) (37 & 38 Vict. c. 96) provided that the Act was to be read and construed as if, in the entry in the Schedule to this act relating to the Piracy Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 88), the words "Section Six" and "Section Seven" had been substituted for the words "Section Four" and "Section Five" respectively.