Sheriffs Act 1887

Sheriffs Act 1887
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the office of Sheriff in England, and to repeal certain enactments relating to Sheriffs which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Citation	50 & 51 Vict. c. 55
Introduced by	Sir Edward Clarke MP (Commons); Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury (Lords)
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	16 September 1887
Commencement	16 September 1887
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1908
Relates to	Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856; Statute Law Revision Act 1861; Statute Law Revision Act 1863; Statute Law Revision Act 1867; Statute Law Revision Act 1870; Promissory Oaths Act 1871; Statute Law Revision Act 1871; Statute Law Revision Act 1872; Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2); Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872; Statute Law Revision Act 1873; Statute Law Revision Act 1874; Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2); Statute Law Revision Act 1875; Statute Law Revision (Substituted Enactments) Act 1876; Statute Law Revision Act 1878; Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1878; Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879; Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879; Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1881; Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883; Statute Law Revision Act 1883; Statute Law Revision Act 1887; Coroners Act 1887; Statute Law Revision Act 1888; Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888; Statute Law Revision Act 1890; Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890; Statute Law Revision Act 1891; Statute Law Revision Act 1892; Statute Law Revision Act 1893; Statute Law Revision Act 1894; Statute Law Revision Act 1898;
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Sheriffs Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 55) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated for England and Wales enactments relating to sheriffs and repealed from 1275 to 1881 which had ceased to be in force or had become necessary. The act was intended, in particular, to facilitate the preparation of the revised edition of the statutes, then in progress. The act also gave sheriffs the right to arrest those resisting a warrant (posse comitatus).