Continuance of Laws Act 1778

Continuance of Laws Act 1778
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to continue the several Laws therein mentioned, relating to the Allowance upon the Exportation of British made Gunpowder; to the further encouraging the Manufacture of British Sail Cloth, and to the Duties payable on Foreign Sail Cloth; to the granting a Liberty to carry Sugars, of the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies, directly to Foreign Parts, in Ships built in Great Britain, and navigated according to Law; to the further Punishment of Persons going armed or disguised in Defiance of the Laws of Customs or Excise; to the prohibiting the Importation of light Silver Coin of this Realm from Foreign Countries into Great Britain or Ireland, and to restrain the Tender thereof beyond a certain Sum; to the granting a Bounty upon Flax Seed imported into Ireland; to the better regulating of Pilots for the conducting of Ships and Vessels from Dover, Deal and Isle of Thanet; and to revive and continue so much of an Act, made in the Sixteenth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, as relates to allowing the Exportation of certain Quantities of Wheat and other Articles, to His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America.
Citation18 Geo. 3. c. 45
Territorial extent Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent15 May 1778
Commencement20 November 1777
Repealed21 August 1871
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Continued enactments
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1871
Relates to
Status: Repealed

The Continuance of Laws Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3. c. 45) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that continued various older acts.