An Act to amend the Law concerning the Remission of Penalties.
[19th April 1859]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title given by Short titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
C3This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
It shall be lawful for Her Majesty ( . . . F1 ) to remit in whole or in part any sum of money which under any Act now in force or hereafter to be passed may be imposed as a penalty or forfeiture on a convicted offender, although such money may be in whole or in part payable to some party other than the Crown, and to extend the Royal mercy to any person who may be imprisoned for non-payment of any sum of money so imposed, although the same may be in whole or part payable to some party other than the Crown.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19) and S.I. 1973/2163, Sch. 6