Sale of Offices Act 1551

The Sale of Offices Act 1551[1]

Long title An Act against buyinge and sellinge of offices.[2]
Citation 5 & 6 Edw 6 c 16
Revised text of statute as amended

The Sale of Offices Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw 6 c 16) is an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act is concerned with corruption in public office.[3] The Act makes it an offence, in the Republic of Ireland, to sell certain public offices, or to receive or agree to receive money for an office.

The Sale of Offices Act 1551 was extended to Scotland and Ireland, and to all offices in the gift of the Crown, by section 1 of the Sale of Offices Act 1809[4] (which is now repealed).[5] The two Acts had to be construed as one.[6]

The Sale of Offices Act 1551 was repealed, from and after 5 July 1826, so far as regards the Revenue of Customs or Offices in the Service of the Customs, by sections 1 and 10 of the Act 6 Geo 4 c 105.[7]

The whole Act was repealed by section 1 of, and Group 7 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013.

This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

See Graeme v Wroughton (1855) 11 Exch 146, (1855) 24 LJ Ex 265.

Provisions

Section 2

This section, from "be it also" to "aforesaide", was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.

Section 3

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

This section was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 1 of, and Part III of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1983.

Section 5

This section was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863. This section, in so far as it extended to Northern Ireland, was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950.

This section was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 1 of, and Part III of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1983.

Section 6

This section was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863. This section, in so far as it extended to Northern Ireland, was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950.

This section was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 1 of, and Part III of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1983.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ↑ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 1 to the Short Titles Act 1896, which is headed "Title".
  3. ↑ Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 12(1). Page 59.
  4. ↑ The Statutes Revised. Third Edition. HMSO. 1950. Volume I. Page 295.
  5. ↑ By the Statute Law Revision Act 1983 and the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013.
  6. ↑ Halbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 12(1). Page 79.
  7. ↑ The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 George IV. 1825. Printed by His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers. London. 1825. pp 614 and 616.

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