Larceny Act 1861
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Larceny and other similar Offences. |
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| Citation | 24 & 25 Vict c 96 |
| Territorial extent | England (including Wales and Berwick) and Ireland |
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| Royal assent | 6 August 1861 |
| Commencement | 1 November 1861 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Larceny Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 96) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was). It consolidated provisions related to larceny and similar offences from a number of earlier statutes into a single Act. For the most part these provisions were, according to the draftsman of the Act, incorporated with little or no variation in their phraseology. It is one of a group of Acts sometimes referred to as the criminal law consolidation Acts 1861. It was passed with the object of simplifying the law. It is essentially a revised version of an earlier consolidation Act, the Larceny Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo 4 c 29) (and the equivalent Irish Act), incorporating subsequent statutes.
This Act was repealed for England and Wales by section 33(3) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968.
This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2 of and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. Sections 12, 16, 24 and 25 continue in force.
Section 1 - Interpretation of terms
The words from "the term 'trustee'" to "bankruptcy or insolvency", and from "for the purposes of this Act, the night" to "succeeding day" were repealed by section 48(1) of, and the Schedule to, the Larceny Act 1916.
Section 2 - All larcenies to be of the same nature
Davis said that the marginal note to this section ("all larcenies to be of the same nature") was "imperfect" and that this was "obvious".
This section was repealed by section 48(1) of, and the Schedule to, the Larceny Act 1916.
Section 3 - Bailees fraudulently converting property guilty of larceny
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