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Criminal Damage Act 1971

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PART IRepeals extending to England and Wales only

Session and ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
2 & 3 Vict. c. 47.The Metropolitan Police Act 1839.In section 54, in paragraph 10, the words from " or wilfully break " onwards.
2 & 3 Vict. c. 71.The Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1839.Section 38.
3 & 4 Vict. c. 92.The Non-Parochial Registers Act 1840.In section 8, the words from " shall wilfully destroy " to " any part thereof, or ".
8 & 9 Vict. c. 16.The Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845.In section 146, the words " or injure ".
8 & 9 Vict. c. 20.The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845.In section 95, the words " deface, or destroy ".
9 & 10 Vict. c. 39.The Chelsea Bridge and Embankment Act 1846.Section 85.
10 & 11 Vict. c. 89.The Town Police Clauses Act 1847.Section 67.
16 & 17 Vict. c. 46.The Westminster Bridge Act 1853.Section 14.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 97.The Malicious Damage Act 1861.The whole Act, except sections 35, 36, 47, 48, 58 and 72.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58.The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914.Section 14.
13 & 14 Geo.5. c. 16.The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923.Section 10.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 71.The Public Health Act 1925.In section 19(2), the words " destroys" and " or defaces ".
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 51.The Local Government Act 1933.In section 289, the words " destroys " and " injures or defaces ".
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55.The Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.Section 127(1).
In Schedule 1, paragraph 2.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 25.The Highways Act 1959.In section 103A (as inserted by section 23 of the Highways Act 1971), subsection (4).
In section 117, subsections (1)(e) and (2)(a) and (b) and in subsection (2)(c), the word " damages ".
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 64.The Public Health Act 1961.In section 44(5), the words " or damages ".
1964 c. 76.The Malicious Damage Act 1964.The whole Act.
1967 c. 58.The Criminal Law Act 1967.In Schedule 1, in List A, item 1 in Division I and item 2 in Division II.
In Schedule 2, paragraph 7 and in paragraph 8, sub-paragraph (a) and the word " (b)".
1967 c. 80.The Criminal Justice Act 1967.In Part I of Schedule 3, the entries relating to the Malicious Damage Act 1861 and the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914.
1968 c. 27.The Firearms Act 1968.In section 16, the words " or cause serious injury to property" in both places where they occur, and the words " to person or property ".
In Schedule 1, in paragraph 9, the words from " other than " onwards.
1969 c. 54.The Children and Young Persons Act 1969.In section 3(6), the last paragraph.
1971 c. 41.The Highways Act 1971.In section 23(1), subsection (4) of the section inserted in the Highways Act 1959 as section 103A.

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