List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1877

This is a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in the calendar year 1877 and the session 40 & 41 Vict.

The session 40 & 41 Vict was the fourth session of the twenty-first Parliament of the United Kingdom.The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Bret Ince, 1877, title page Sources published during the regnal year 40 Vict refer to this session as 40 Vict,See, for example, the Bromley Local Board (Great Page Heath Field) Act 1877, printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1877, pp 1 to 4 because, at that time, it was not known when the session would end.O Hood Phillips. A First Book of English Law. Fourth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. 1960. p 99. This session opened on 8 February 1877.HL Deb, 8 February 1877, col 1

During the year 1877 and the session 40 & 41 Vict, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed 69 public general acts; 40 public acts of a local character, which were placed amongst the local and personal acts;The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Bret Ince, 1877, pp 347 to 349 242 local acts; 11 private acts printed by the Queen's Printer; and 4 private acts not printed.The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Edward Bret Ince, 1877, pp 359 & 360"Table of the Statutes". The Public General Acts. 1877. pp 3 to 32.

The number shown after each act's short title or popular title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held.

Most of these acts have a short title. Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

Public general acts Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1877This short title was conferred on this act by section 10 of this act. c. 64 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 22) Appropriation Act 1877 c. 61 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Beer Licences Regulation (Ireland) Act 1877This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act. c. 4 Board of Education (Scotland) Act 1877Current Law Statutes 1998, Sweet & Maxwell Legal Information Resources, London, W Green, Edinburgh, 1998, vol 3, p 19 c. 38. Also called the Board of Education (Scotland) Continuance Act,Paterson (ed), The Practical Statutes of the Session 1877, p iv; HC Deb, 18 March 1878, col 1489. and the Board of Education Continuance Act.Sellar, Manual of the Education Acts for Scotland, 1879, p 441. Report of the Committee of Council on Education in Scotland; 1878-1879, 1879, p 60. — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Borough Quarter Sessions Act 1877 c. 17 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 22) Building Societies Act 1877 c. 63 — repealed by Building Societies Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 37) Canal Boats Act 1877This short title was conferred on this act by section 17 of this act. c. 60 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43) Colonial Fortifications Act 1877This short title was conferred on this act by section 4 of this act. c. 23 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16) Colonial Stock Act 1877This short title was conferred on this act by section 27 of this act. c. 59 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43) Companies Act 1877 c. 26 — repealed by Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 69) Consolidated Fund Act (350,000l.) c. 1. Sometimes called the Supply Act 1877.Current Law Statutes 1994, vol 4, p 162 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Consolidated Fund (5,900,000l.) Act c. 12. Sometimes called the Supply Act 1877.Current Law Statutes 1994, vol 4, p 162 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Consolidated Fund (20,000,000l.) Act c. 24 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Constabulary (Ireland) Amendment Act 1877This short title was conferred on this act by section 3 of this act. c. 20. Sometimes called the Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1877.Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 37 — repealed for the Republic of Ireland by the Garda Síochána Act 1924 (No. 25) Contingent Remainders Act 1877The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978. c. 33 — repealed by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 5) County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act 1877This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of this act. c. 56 — repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23) Crown Office Act 1877 c. 41 Customs and Inland Revenue Amendment Act 1877 c. 10 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 46) Customs, Inland Revenue, and Savings Banks Act 1877 c. 13 — repealed for England and Wales and Northern Ireland by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12) Destructive Insects Act 1877 c. 68 — repealed by Plant Health Act 1967 (c. 8) East India Loan Act 1877 c. 51 — repealed by East India Loans Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 14) Evidence Act 1877 c. 14 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19) Exchequer Bills and Bonds Act 1877 c. 5 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1877 c. 67 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Factors Act 1877Chalmers. The Sale of Goods including the Factors Act, 1889. 1890. pp 43, 70, 74 and 107 to 109. c. 39. Also called the Factors Amendment Act 1877J C Graham and Lord Blackburn, A Treatise on the Effect of the Contract of Sale, 2nd Ed, 1885, p 587; Baldwin, A Concise Treatise Upon the Law of Bankruptcy, 3rd Ed, 1883, p 140 and the Factors' Acts Amendment Act 1877.Newtons of Wembly Ltd v Williams 1 QB 560 at 577; Evans and Bedford, A Treatise upon the Law of Principal and Agent in Contract and Tort, Philadelphia, 1888, vol 1, p 502 (Evans, 2nd Ed, London, 1888, p 505); Russel and Bailey, The Indian Railways Act IX of 1890, 2nd Ed, 1903, p x; Macleod, The Theory and Practice of Banking, 5th Ed, 1893, vol 2, pp xix & 472; Walker, The Law of Contracts and Related Obligations in Scotland, 1979, p xii. — repealed for England and Wales and Ireland by Factors Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 45) and for Scotland by Factors Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 40) Fisheries (Dynamite) Act 1877 c. 65 — repealed for England and Wales by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 16), for Scotland by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 26) and for Northern Ireland by Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 17) Fisheries (Oyster, Crab, and Lobster) Act 1877 c. 42 — repealed by Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (c. 83) Game Laws Amendment (Scotland) Act 1877 c. 28 General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act 1862 Amendment Act 1877 c. 22 — repealed by Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 55) General Prisons (Ireland) Act 1877 c. 49 Jurisdiction in Rating Act 1877 c. 11 Justices Clerks Act 1877 c. 43 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 56), Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58), Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 101), Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45) and Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55) Legal Practitioners Act 1877 c. 62 — repealed by Solicitors Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 37) Limited Owners Reservoirs and Water Supply Further Facilities Act 1877 c. 31 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30) Local Taxation Returns Act 1877This short title was conferred on this act by section 5 of this act. c. 66 — repealed by Local Government Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 51) Marine Mutiny Act 1877 c. 8 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Married Women's Property (Scotland) Act 1877This short title was conferred on this act by section 6 of this act. c. 29 — repealed by Law Reform (Husband and Wife) (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 15) Metropolitan Board of Works (Money) Act 1877 c. 52 — repealed by London County Council (Finance Consolidation) Act 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. cv) Metropolitan Open Spaces Act 1877This short title was conferred on this act by section 8 of this act. c. 35 — repealed by Open Spaces Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. 25) Municipal Corporations (New Charters) Act 1877 c. 69 — repealed by Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50) Mutiny Act 1877 c. 7 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Police (Expenses) Continuance Act 1877 c. 58 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Prison Act 1877 c. 21 — repealed by Prison Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52) Prisons (Scotland) Act 1877 c. 53 Public Libraries (Ireland) Amendment Act 1877 c. 15 — repealed for Republic of Ireland by the Local Government Act 1994 (No. 8) Public Libraries Amendment Act 1877 c. 54 — repealed for Scotland by Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 42), for England and Wales by Public Libraries Acts Amendment Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 68) and for Northern Ireland by Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 c. 35 (N.I.) Public Loans Remission Act 1877 c. 32 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 22) Public Record Office Act 1877 c. 55. Also called the Public Records Office Act 1877.The Bankruptcy (Discharge and Closure) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 66), section 7 — repealed by Public Records Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 51) Public Works Loans Act 1877 c. 19 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Public Works Loans (Ireland) Act 1877 c. 27 Publicans' Certificates (Scotland) Act (1876) Amendment Act 1877 c. 3 — repealed by Licensing (Scotland) Act 1903 (3 Edw. 7. c. 25) Real Estate Charges Act 1877 c. 34 — repealed by Administration of Estates Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 23) Registration of Leases (Scotland) Amendment Act 1877 c. 36 Removal of Wrecks Act 1877 c. 16 — repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60) Settled Estates Act 1877 c. 18 — repealed by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 5) and Settled Land Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 18) Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1877 c. 50 — repealed by Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 51) Solicitors Act 1877 c. 25 — repealed by Solicitors Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 37) South Africa Act 1877 c. 47 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39) Superannuation (Mercantile Marine Fund Officers) Act 1877 c. 44 — repealed by Merchant Shipping (Expenses) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 55) Supply Act 1877Current Law Statutes 1994, vol 4, p 162 c. 6 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39) Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1877 c. 9 — repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49) Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877 c. 57. Commonly cited as the Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act 1877 — repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23) Telegraphs (Money) Act 1877 c. 30 — repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 56) Trade Marks Registration Extension Act 1877 c. 37. Sometimes called the Trade Marks, Registration etc. Act 1877.Current Law Statutes 1996, vol 4, p 168 — repealed by Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 57) Treasury Bills Act 1877 c. 2 Treasury Chest Fund Act 1877 c. 45 — repealed by Finance Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 56) Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1877 c. 48 Winter Assizes Act 1877 c. 46 — repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49)