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Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833

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Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for the more effectual Administration of Justice in the Office of a Justice of the Peace in the several Police Offices established in the Metropolis, and for the more effectual Prevention of Depredations on the River Thames and its Vicinity, for Three Years.
Citation3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 19
Dates
Royal assent18 June 1833
Status: Repealed
Justices of the Peace in Metropolis Act 1837
Act of Parliament
Citation7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 37

The Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 19), granted royal assent on 18 June 1833.[1] It continued the police offices set up in 1792, particularly that at Wapping, laying the ground for that court and the River Police's incorporation into the new Metropolitan Police as Thames Division in 1839 and the evolution of the police offices into police courts and later magistrates courts.[2]

The Act was renewed until 1 July 1838 and from then until the end of the next session of Parliament by the Justices of the Peace in Metropolis Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 37).

References

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  1. ^ "Full text of Act".
  2. ^ "Thames Police: History - Government Sponsorship".