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| Long title | An Act for the more exemplary Punishment of destroying or injuring any Stocking or Lace Frames Machines or Engines used in the Framework or any Articles or Goods in such Frames to continue in force until the First Day One thousand eight hundred and fourteen. |
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| Citation | 52 Geo. 3. c. 16 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 March 1812 |
| Repealed | 1814 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Destruction of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1813 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Destruction of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1813 | |
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| Long title | An act to repeal an Act of the Fifty second Year of His present Majesty, for the Punishment of Persons destroying Stocking or Lace Frames, or any Articles in such Frames, and to make other Provisions instead thereof. |
| Citation | 54 Geo. 3. c. 42 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 December 1813 |
| Repealed | 11 July 1817 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | Destruction of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1812 |
| Repealed by | Destroying Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1817 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Destroying Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1817 | |
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| Long title | An Act to repeal an Act, passed in the Fifty fourth Year of His present Majesty, for the Punishment of Persons destroying Stocking or Lace Frames, and Articles in such Frames; and to make, until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and twenty, other Provisions in lieu thereof. |
| Citation | 57 Geo. 3. c. 126 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 11 July 1817 |
| Commencement | 11 July 1817 |
| Repealed | 5 August 1873 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | Destruction of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1813 |
| Relates to | Statute Law Revision Act 1873 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Destruction of Stocking Frames, etc. Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 16), also known as the Frame-Breaking Act and before passage as the Frame Work Bill, was an Act of Parliament passed by the British Government in 1812 aimed at increasing the penalties for Luddite behaviour in order to discourage it.