This is an incomplete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1859. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

The number shown after each act's 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; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".

Some 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.

22 Vict.

The third session of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 3 February 1859 until 19 April 1859.

Public general acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Burial Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|1|25-03-1859|repealed=n|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act more effectively to prevent Danger to the Public Health from Places of Burial.}}

| {{|Anniversary Days Observance Act 1859|note1=
or the Observance of November 5, May 29, etc. Act 1859|public|2|25-03-1859|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n|An Act to repeal certain Acts and Parts of Acts which relate to the Observance of the Thirtieth of January and other Days.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Annual Inclosure Act 1859|note1=[2]
or the Inclosure Act 1859[3]
or the Inclosures Act 1859[4]|public|3|25-03-1859|maintained=n|archived=n|An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.}}

| {{|Mutiny Act 1859|public|4|25-03-1859|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n|An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Marine Mutiny Act 1859|public|5|25-03-1859|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n|An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore. |note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Supply Act 1859|note1=
or the Consolidated Fund (£1,222,383 8s. 9d.) Act|public|6|25-03-1859|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n|An Act to apply the Sum of One million two hundred twenty-two thousand three hundred and eighty-three Pounds Eight Shillings and Ninepence out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Supply (No. 2) Act 1859|note1=
or the Consolidated Fund (£11,000,000) Act|public|7|25-03-1859|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n|An Act to apply the Sum of Eleven Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|County Courts Westminster and Southwark Act 1859|public|8|25-03-1859|maintained=n|archived=n|An Act to repeal the Thirty-second Section of the Act "for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England,"[lower-alpha 1] and to make further Provision in lieu thereof.}}

| {{|Exchange of Ecclesiastical Patronage Act 1859|public|9|25-03-1859|maintained=n|archived=n|An Act to effect an Exchange of Ecclesiastical Patronage between Her Majesty the Queen and Miss Sophia Broadley.}}

| {{|Affirmations by Quakers, etc. Act 1859|public|10|08-04-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to settle the Form of Affirmation to be made in certain Cases by Quakers and others Persons by Law permitted to make an Affirmation instead of taking an Oath.|note4=
(Repealed by Promissory Oaths Act 1871) }}


| {{|East India Loan Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|11|08-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to enable the Secretary of State in Council of India to raise Money in the United Kingdom for the Service of the Government of India.}}

| {{|Defence Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|12|08-04-1859|repealed=n|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to make further provision for the purchase of common and other rights by Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the War Department, and in relation to land vested in or taken by such Secretary of State.}}

| {{|Patents for Inventions Act 1859|public|13|08-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Law concerning Patents for Inventions with respect to Inventions for Improvements in Instruments and Munitions of War.}}

| {{|Manor Courts Abolition (Ireland) Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|14|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act for the Abolition of Manor Courts and the better Recovery of Small Debts in Ireland.|note4=
This Act transferred disputes which were previously dealt with by the manor courts to the petty sessions courts. }}

| {{|Indemnity Act 1859|public|15|19-04-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively.|note4=
(Repealed by Promissory Oaths Act 1871) }}

| {{|Commissioners for Oaths, Bail in Error, etc. Act 1859|public|16|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to enable the Judges to appoint Commissioners within Ten Miles of London and in the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands to administer Oaths in Common Law, and to authorize the taking in the Country of Bail in Error, and Recognizances and Bail on the Revenue Side of the Exchequer.}}

| {{|Savings Banks (Ireland) Act 1859|public|17|19-04-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to continue an Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of Her present Majesty,[lower-alpha 2] for amending the Laws relating to Savings Banks in Ireland.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Nottingham Charities Act 1859|public|18|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act for amending and confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for Sir Thomas White's Charity, and the Free Grammar School in the Town of Nottingham.|po1=Scheme for the Application and Management of the Charities in the Town of Nottingham, called Sir Thomas White's Charity (so far as relates to the Nottingham Branch thereof), and the Free Grammar School of the Foundation of Agnes Mellers.|}}

| {{|Public Offices Extension Act 1859|note1=[5]|public|19|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to make further Provision for enabling the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works to acquire a Site for additional Offices for the Public Service near Whitehall and Her Majesty's Palace at Westminster.}}


| {{|Evidence by Commission Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|20|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to provide for taking Evidence in Suits and Proceedings pending before Tribunals in Her Majesty's Dominions in Places out of the Jurisdiction of such Tribunals.}}

| {{|Medical Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|21|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Medical Act (1858).}}

| {{|Exchequer Bills Act 1859|public|22|19-04-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen million two hundred and seventy-seven thousand four hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Appropriation Act 1859|public|23|19-04-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Confirmation of Marriages Act 1859|public|24|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to render valid certain Marriages in the Church of Saint James Baldersby in the County of York.}}

| {{|Convict Prisons Abroad Act 1859|note1=[6]|public|25|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act for the Government of the Convict Prisons in Her Majesty's Dominions Abroad}}

| {{|Superannuation Act 1859|note1=[7]|public|26|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Laws concerning Superannuations and other Allowances to Persons having held Civil Offices in the Public Service.}}

| {{|Recreation Grounds Act 1859|note1=[8]|public|27|19-04-1859|repealed=n|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to facilitate Grants of Land to be made near populous Places for the Use of Regulated Recreation of Adults, and as Playgrounds for Children.}}

| {{|Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society Act 1859|public|28|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to continue the Act for the Regulation of the Annuities and Premiums of the Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society.}}

| {{|Poor Law Charges Act 1859|public|29|19-04-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to continue the Act for charging the Maintenance of certain Paupers upon the Union Funds.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}


| {{|Confirmation and Probate Amendment Act 1859|note1=[2]|public|30|19-04-1859|repealed=n|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the Confirmation and Probate Act, 1858.}}

| {{|Local Government Supplemental Act 1859|note1=[9]|public|31|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Local Government Act (1858).|po1=Provisional Order authorizing the borrowing of 8,500l. by the Worthing Local Board of Health, and the reborrowing of so much of their present Debt of 15,000l. as is still owing by the said Board.| |po2=Provisional Order for extending the Borrowing Powers of the Nantwich Local Board of Health.| |po3=Provisional Order repealing and altering Parts of a Local Act in force within the District of the Worthing Local Board of Health.| |po4=Provisional Order for altering the Boundaries of the District of Newton Heath in the County Palatine of Lancaster, as constituted for the Purposes of the Public Health Act, 1848.| }}

| {{|Remission of Penalties Act 1859|public|32|19-04-1859|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the Law concerning the Remission of Penalties.}}

| {{|Coroners' Inquests, Bail Act 1859|public|33|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to enable Coroners in England to admit to Bail Persons charged with Manslaughter.}}

| {{|Combination of Workmen Act 1859|public|34|19-04-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to amend and explain an Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth,[lower-alpha 3] to repeal the Laws relating to the Combination of Workmen and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof.|note4=
(Repealed by Criminal Law Amendment Act 1871) }}

| {{|Municipal Corporation Act 1859|note1=[10]|public|35|19-04-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Law relating to Municipal Elections.}}

}}

Local acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Shepton Mallet Waterworks Act 1859|local|1|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Swansea Vale Railway Act 1859|local|2|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Wimbledon and Dorking, and Epsom and Leatherhead Railways (Epsom Joint Station) Act 1859|local|3|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Kirkwall Harbour Act 1859|local|4|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Orkney Islands Council Order Confirmation Act 1978 (c.iv)) }}

| {{|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier Amendment Act 1859|local|5|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Sunderland and South Shields Waterworks Amendment Act 1859|local|6|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Londonderry Bridge Act 1859|local|7|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Findhorn Railway Act 1859|local|8|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Glasgow Corporation Waterworks Amendment Act 1859|local|9|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Tralee and Killarney Railway Act 1859|local|10|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Aberdeen and Turriff Railway Amendment Act 1859|local|11|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Formartine and Buchan Railway (Deviation) Act 1859|local|12|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Great Western and Brentford Railway Leasing Act 1859|local|13|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Whitehaven Town and Harbour Act 1859|local|14|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|City of Norwich Waterworks Act 1859|local|15|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Norwich City Council Act 1984 (c.xxiii) }}

| {{|Falmouth Docks and Harbour Act 1859|local|16|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Falmouth Docks Act 1959 (c.xl) }}

| {{|Glasgow Public Parks Act 1859|local|17|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Glasgow Public Parks Act 1878 (c.lx) }}

| {{|Kingstown Waterworks Act 1859|local|18|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|York Improvement (Foss Abandonment) Act 1859|local|19|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Mersey Docks Act 1859|local|20|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Mersey Docks and Harbour Act 1971 (c.lvii) }}

| {{|Poole Waterworks Act 1859|local|21|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Poole Corporation Water Act 1906 (c.clxxix) }}

| {{|Accidental Death Insurance Company's Act 1859|local|22|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway Act 1859|local|23|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Fishguard Harbour Act 1859|local|25|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|East European Assurance Society's Act 1859|local|25|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Scarborough Gas Act 1859|local|26|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Scarborough Gas (Consolidation) Act 1927 (c.xcv) }}

| {{|Standard Life Assurance Company's Act 1859|local|27|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Standard Life Assurance Company's Act 1910 (c.x) }}

| {{|East Suffolk Railway Act 1859|local|28|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Victoria (London) Dock Act 1859|local|29|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Commercial Docks Amendment Act 1859|local|30|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=y|maintained=n|archived=n| |note4=
(Repealed by Surrey Commercial Dock Act 1864 (c.xxxi) }}

| {{|Ballymena and Portrush Railway (Coleraine Junction) Act 1859|local|31|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|King's Lynn Waterworks and Borough Improvement Act 1859|local|32|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Tavistock Markets Act 1859|local|33|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Leominster and Kington Railway Amendment Act 1859|local|34|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Great Northern Railway Act 1859|local|35|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|}}

}}

Private acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Charles and Lady Edith Clifton's Name Act 1859|private|1|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|An Act to authorize Charles Frederick Clifton Esquire and the Lady Edith Maud his Wife, and their Issue, to assume and bear the Surnames of "Abney Hastings" in lieu of the Surname of Clifton, and to bear the Arms of "Abney" and "Hastings" in compliance with the Condition contained in a Settlement made by Sir Charles Abney Hastings Baronet, deceased, of certain Estates in the Counties of Derby and Leicester.}}

| {{|Enabling Thomas Purdy to exercise the office of priest and hold any benefice or preferment in the United Church of England and Ireland.|note1=[lower-alpha 5]|private|2|03-02-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|maintained=n|archived=n|An Act to enable Thomas Augustus Purdy Clerk to exercise his Office of Priest and to hold any Benefice or Preferment in the United Church of England and Ireland.}}

}}

Sources

  • A Collection of the Public General Statutes, Passed in the Twenty-second Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1859 – via Google Books.
  • Richards, George Kettilby (1859). The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 22 Victoria, 1859. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode – via Internet Archive.

22 & 23 Vict.

The first session of the 18th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 31 May 1859 until 13 August 1859.

Public general acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Clerk of the Council Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|1|21-07-1859|repealed=n|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to provide for the Authentication of certain Orders of the Privy Council in the Absence of the Clerk of the Council in Ordinary.}}

| {{|Supply (No. 3) Act 1859|note1=
or the Consolidated Fund (£7,000,000) Act|public|2|01-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to apply the Sum of Seven Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Public Health Act 1859|public|3|01-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to amend and make perpetual "The Public Health Act, 1858."|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Middlesex Sessions Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|4|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Act for the better Administration of Criminal Justice in Middlesex.}}

| {{|House of Commons Act 1859|public|5|08-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to remove Doubts as to the Qualification of Persons holding Diplomatic Pensions to sit in Parliament.|note4=
(Repealed by Diplomatic Salaries, &c. Act 1869) }}

| {{|High Court of Admiralty Act 1859|public|6|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to enable Serjeants, Barristers-at-Law, Attorneys, and Solicitors to practise in the High Court of Admiralty.}}

| {{|Jury Trials (Scotland) Act 1859|public|7|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend an Act of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty,[lower-alpha 6] for allowing Verdicts on Trials by Jury in Civil Causes in Scotland to be received, although the Jury may not be unanimous.}}

| {{|Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|8|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Act of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Years of Victoria, Chapter Forty-five,[lower-alpha 7] relating to the Survey of Boundaries in Ireland.}}

| {{|Chief Superintendent in China Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|9|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to provide for the Exercise of the Duties of Chief Superintendent in China in certain Cases.}}

| {{|Legislative Council of Canada Act 1859|public|10|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to empower the Legislature of Canada to make Laws regulating the Appointment of a Speaker of the Legislative Council.}}

| {{|Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1859|note1=[11]|public|51|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain.}}

| {{|Local Government Supplemental Act 1859 (No. 2)|note1=[12]
or the Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) Act 1859[13]|public|11|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Local Government Act (1858).[lower-alpha 8] |po1=Leamington Provisional Order 1859|Provisional Order for altering the Boundaries of the District of Leamington in the County of Warwick, and the Day of Election of the Local Board of the said District. |po2=Teignmouth Provisional Order 1859|Provisional Order repealing and altering Parts of a Local Act in force within the District of the Teignmouth Local Board, and providing for the future execution thereof. |po3=Wigan Provisional Order 1859|Provisional Order repealing and altering Parts of a Local Act in force within the District of the Wigan Local Board of Health. |po4=Wigan (Borrowing Powers) Provisional Order 1859|Provisional Order for extending the Borrowing Powers of the Wigan Local Board of Health. |po5=Battle Provisional Order 1859|Provisional Order for extending the Borrowing Powers of the Battle Local Board of Health. |po6=Knighton Provisional Order 1859|Provisional Order for extending the Borrowing Powers of the Knighton Local Board of Health. |po7=Cardiff Provisional Order 1859|Provisional Order putting in force the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, within the District of the Cardiff Local Board of Health, in the County of Glamorgan, for the Purchase of Lands by the said Board for Improvements. |po8=Derby Provisional Order 1859|Provisional Order repealing an Exemption from Rating under a Local Act in force within the District of the Derby Local Board of Health. }}

| {{|Colonial Affidavits Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|12|08-08-1859|repealed=n|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to repeal, as regards the Colony of Victoria) and to enable other Colonial Legislatures to repeal, certain Provisions of the Imperial Acts of the Fifty-fourth Year of George the Third, Chapter Fifteen,[lower-alpha 9] and of the Fifth and Sixth Years of William the Fourth, Chapter Sixty-two.[lower-alpha 10] }}

| {{|Antigua and Barbuda Act 1859|public|13|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to enable Her Majesty to confirm an Act passed by the Legislature of Antigua, intituled An Act to extend the Operation of the Laws of Antigua to the Island of Barbuda.}}

| {{|Pawnbrokers Act 1859|public|14|08-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to amend an Act of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Years of King George the Third, for better regulating the Business of Pawnbrokers.|note4=
(Repealed by Pawnbrokers Act 1872) }}

| {{|Militia Ballots Suspension Act 1859|public|15|08-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Probate and other Courts and Registries Site Act 1859|note1=[14]|public|16|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works to acquire a Site for the Purposes of Her Majesty's Court of Probate., and other Courts and Offices.}}

| {{|Vexatious Indictments Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|17|08-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to prevent Vexatious Indictments for certain Misdemeanors.}}

| {{|Income Tax Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|18|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act for granting to Her Majesty additional Rates of Income Tax; and to reduce the Period of Credit allowed for Payment of the Excise Duty on Malt.}}

| {{|Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1859|public|19|13-08-1859|repealed=n|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to repeal Part of an Act passed in the Thirteenth Year of Elizabeth, Chapter Twenty-nine, concerning the several Incorporations of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the Confirmation of the Charters, Liberties, and Privileges granted to either of them.}}


| {{|Military Savings Banks Act 1859|note1=[1]
or the Military Savings Bank Act 1859[15]|public|20|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to Military Savings Banks.}}

| {{|Queen's Remembrancer Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|21|13-08-1859|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to regulate the Office of Queen's Remembrancer, and to amend the Practice and Procedure on the Revenue Side of the Court of Exchequer.}}

| {{|Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|22|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Constabulary Force in Ireland.}}

| {{|County Cess (Ireland) Act 1859|public|23|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to continue certain Acts relating to the Collection of County Cess in Ireland.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Universities (Scotland) Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|24|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to remove Doubts as to Admission to the Office of Principal in the Universities of Scotland.|note4=
(Repealed by Universities (Scotland) Act 1932) }}

| {{|Linen, etc., Manufacturers (Ireland) Act 1859|public|25|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to continue certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen, and other Manufactures in Ireland.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|North-Western Territories of America Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|26|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to make further Provision for the Regulation of the Trade with the Indians, and for the Administration of Justice in the North-western Territories of America.}}

| {{|European Troops in India Act 1859|public|27|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to repeal the Thirty-first Section of the Act of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Victoria, Chapter Ninety-five, and to alter the Limit of the Number of European Troops to be maintained for local Service in India.}}

| {{|Galway Harbour Act 1859|public|28|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the Galway Harbour and Port Act (1853)[lower-alpha 11]|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Repeal of Nore Tolls Act 1859|public|29|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to repeal a certain Toll levied upon Fishing Vessels passing the Nore.}}


| {{|Coinage Act 1859|public|30|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to extend the Enactments relating to the Copper Coin to Coin of mixed Metal.|note4=
(Repealed by Coinage Act 1870) }}

| {{|Court of Probate Act (Ireland) 1859|note1=[16] or the Court of Probate (Ireland) Act 1859.[17]|public|31|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Law relating to Probates and Letters of Administration in Ireland.}}

| {{|County and Borough Police Act 1859|note1=[1]
or the Police Act 1859[18]|public|32|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Law concerning the Police in Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales.}}

| {{|Provisional Order Confirmation Turnpikes Act 1859|public|33|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made under an Act of the Fifteenth Year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the Belief of Turnpike Trusts.}}

| {{|Cambridge University, etc. Act 1859|public|34|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to continue the Powers of the Commissioners under an Act of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Years of Her Majesty, concerning the University of Cambridge and the College of King Henry the Sixth at Eton.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Law of Property Amendment Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|35|13-08-1859|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to further amend the Law of Property, and to relieve Trustees.}}

| {{|Probate Duty Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|36|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to alter the Stamp Duties payable upon Probates of Wills and Letters of Administration, to repeal the Stamp Duties on Licences to exercise the Faculty of Physic, and to amend the Laws relating to Hawkers and Pedlars.}}

| {{|Customs Amendment Act 1859|note1=[19]This short title was conferred on this act by section 9 of this act.
or the Customs Act 1859[20]|public|37|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the Amendment of the Laws relating to the Customs.|note4=
(Repealed by Customs Consolidation Act 1876) }}

| {{|Militia Act 1859|public|38|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act further to amend the Laws relating to the Militia.|note4=
(Repealed by Militia (Voluntary Enlistment) Act 1875) }}

| {{|East India Loan (No. 2) Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|39|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to enable the Secretary of State in Council of India to raise Money in the United Kingdom for the Service of the Government of India.}}


| {{|Royal Naval Reserve (Volunteer) Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|40|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for the Establishment of a Reserve Volunteer Force of Seamen, and for the Government of the same.|note4=
(Repealed by Reserve Forces Act 1980) }}

| {{|Government of India Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|41|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Act for the better Government of India.}}

| {{|Reserve Force Act 1859|public|42|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to provide for the Establishment of a Reserve Force of Men who have been in Her Majesty's Service.|note4=
(Repealed by Reserve Force Act 1867) }}

| {{|Inclosure Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|43|13-08-1859|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of the Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of Land.}}

| {{|Poor Rates Act 1859|public|44|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to continue the Act for the Exemption of Stock in Trade from Rating.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1859|public|45|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to continue certain temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England.}}

| {{|Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|46|13-08-1859|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to continue and amend the Act concerning the Management of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in England.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993) }}

| {{|Second Annual Inclosure Act 1859|note1=[2]
or the Inclosures Act 1859[4]|public|47|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners of England and Wales.}}

| {{|Corrupt Practices Act 1859|public|48|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to continue the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854[lower-alpha 12]|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Poor Law (Payment of Debts) Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|49|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to provide for the Payment of Debts incurred by Boards of Guardians in Unions and Parishes and Boards of Management in School Districts.}}


| {{|Roman Catholic Charities Act 1859|public|50|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act further to continue the Exemption of certain Charities from the Operation of the Charitable Trusts Acts.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Dublin Police Act 1859|note1=[21]|public|52|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Police District of Dublin Metropolis.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Savings Bank (Charitable Societies) Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|53|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to enable Charitable and Provident Societies and Penny Savings Banks to invest all their Proceeds in Savings Banks.|note4=
(Repealed by Post Office Savings Bank Act 1861) }}

| {{|Militia Pay Act 1859|public|54|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, and Surgeons Mates of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Noncommissioned Officers.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Appropriation (No. 2) Act 1859|public|55|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine; and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|Weights and Measures Act 1859|public|56|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to amend the Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of King William the Fourth, Chapter Sixty-three, relating to Weights and Measures.}}

| {{|County Courts Act 1859|note1=[22]
or the County Court Judges Act 1859[23]|public|57|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act limiting the Power of Imprisonment for Small Debts exercised by the County Court Judges.|note4=
(Repealed by Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act 1869) }}

| {{|Westminster Bridge Act 1859|note1=[24]|public|58|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to acquire additional Space for the Western Approach to Westminster New Bridge.|note4=
(Repealed by Local Law (Greater London Council and Inner London Boroughs) Order 1965) }}

| {{|Railway Companies Arbitration Act 1859|note1=[25]|public|59|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to enable Railway Companies to settle their Differences with other Companies by Arbitration.}}


| {{|Holyhead Harbour Railway Act 1859|public|60|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to extend the Powers of an Act passed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One hundred and eleven, relating to the laying down of Railways at Holyhead Harbour.}}

| {{|Matrimonial Causes Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|61|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to make further Provision concerning the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.}}

| {{|Bankruptcy, etc. (Ireland) Act 1859|public|62|13-08-1859|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act to amend the Irish Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (1857)[lower-alpha 13]|note4=
(Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875) }}

| {{|British Law Ascertainment Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|63|13-08-1859|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to afford Facilities for the more certain Ascertainment of the Law administered in one Part of Her Majesty's Dominions when pleaded in the Courts of another Part thereof.}}

| {{|Confirmation of Marriages Act 1859|public|64|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of certain Marriages of British Subjects at Lisbon.}}

| {{|Petty Sessional Divisions Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|63|13-08-1859|archived=n|archived=n|An Act for amending the Acts for the better Regulation of Divisions in the several Counties of England and Wales.}}

| {{|Sale of Gas Act 1859|note1=[1]|public|66|13-08-1859|archived=n|An Act for regulating Measures used in Sales of Gas.}}

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Local acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Great Western Railway Act 1859|local|1|31-05-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|archived=n|}}

| {{|Wells and Fakenham Railway Act 1859|local|139|31-05-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|archived=n|}}

}}

Private acts

{{legislationuk|act |- | {{|Earl of Kintore's Estate Act 1859|private|1|08-08-1859|maintained=y|repealed=n|archived=n|An Act to authorize the Exchange of certain detached Portions situate in the County of Forfar of the entailed Estate of Haulkertoun for the Lands of Balbithan and Wester Fintray in the County of Aberdeen to be entailed in lieu thereof; and for other Purposes.}}

| {{|Earl Vane's Estate Act 1859|private|2|08-08-1859|maintained=y|repealed=n|archived=n|An Act for authorizing the Trustees of the Settled Estates in Wales of Earl Vane and Countess Vane to raise Five thousand Pounds by Mortgage of the same Estates, and to become Shareholders to the Extent of such Sum in the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company, and to sell to the Company Part of the Settled Estates in consideration of a yearly Rentcharge; and for other Purposes.}}

| {{|Lucette's Estate Act 1859|private|3|08-08-1859|maintained=y|repealed=n|archived=n|An Act for confirming and giving effect to an Agreement for a Lease by the Westminster Improvement Commissioners of Land in Victoria Street and Dean Street in the Cit of Westminster to Alfred Lucette, of which the Short Title is "Lucette's Estate Act, 1859."}}

| {{|Ramsden's Estate (Leasing) Act 1859|private|4|13-08-1859|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for authorizing Leases of Parts of the Settled Estates, in the Parishes of Huddersfield, Almondbury, and Kirkheaton, in the West Riding of the County of York, of Sir John William Ramsden Baronet, and of which the Short Title is "Ramsden's Estate (Leasing) Act, 1859."|note4=
(Repealed by West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv) }}

| {{|Robins' Estate Act 1859|private|5|13-08-1859|maintained=y|repealed=n|archived=n|An Act for effecting a Partition of the Landed Estates of Josiah Robins deceased in and near to Birmingham and elsewhere, and for facilitating the Erection and Endowment of a Church thereon, and for authorizing the Application of Moneys, subject to the Trusts of his Will, towards the Expenses of making Bridges for the Benefit of Parts of his Estates; and for other Purposes.}}

| {{|William Sandwith's Divorce Act 1859|note1=[lower-alpha 5]|private|6|31-05-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|archived=n|An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Sandwith Esquire with Georgina Mary his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes.}}

| {{|James Dickinson's Divorce Act 1859|note1=[lower-alpha 5]|private|7|31-05-1859|note3=[lower-alpha 4]|repealed=n|archived=n|An Act to dissolve the Marriage of James Edward Dickinson, a Surgeon in the Honourable East India Company's Service in the East Indies, with Henrietta Louisa his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.}} }}

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 The 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.
  2. 1 2 3 This short title was conferred on this act by section 2 of this act.
  3. ↑ Paterson (ed), The Practical Statutes of the Session, p iii
  4. 1 2 Old Scottish
  5. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 59 of this act.
  6. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 22 of this act.
  7. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 19 of this act.
  8. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 8 of this act.
  9. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 4 of this act.
  10. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 15 of this act.
  11. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 3 of this act.
  12. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 5 of this act.
  13. ↑ Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 112
  14. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 57 of this act.
  15. ↑ Chitty's Statutes, 5th Ed, vol 11.
  16. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 36 of this act.
  17. ↑ The schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1892, and the schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1893, say that this is the title of the act.
  18. ↑ Section 2 of the Police Superannuation Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c 35) provides that, throughout that act, this act shall be distinguished by this short title.
  19. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 9 of this act.
  20. ↑ Current Law Statutes 1995, vol 4, p 48.
  21. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 14 of this act.
  22. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 34 of, and schedule D to, the County Courts Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 142)
  23. ↑ Current Law Statutes 1997, vol 3, p 63. Mcconville, A History of English Prison Administration, p 487.
  24. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 7 of this act.
  25. ↑ This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act.
  1. ↑ County Courts Act 1846
  2. ↑ Savings Banks (Ireland) Act 1848
  3. ↑ Combinations of Workmen Act 1825
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Start of session
  5. 1 2 3 This Act was not printed by the Queen's Printer
  6. ↑ Jury Trials (Scotland) Act 1854
  7. ↑ Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act 1857
  8. ↑ Local Government Act 1858
  9. ↑ New South Wales (Debts) Act 1813
  10. ↑ Statutory Declarations Act 1835
  11. ↑ Galway Harbour and Port Act 1853
  12. ↑ Corrupt Practices Prevention Act 1854
  13. ↑ Irish Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1857
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