Starr and Bent Act 1741

Starr and Bent Act 1741
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn Act to revive several Acts, for the Punishment of Persons destroying Turnpikes or Locks, or other Works erected by Authority of Parliament, and for other Purposes therein mentioned; and to continue several Acts, relating to Rice, to Frauds in the Customs, to the clandestine Running of Goods, and to Copper Ore of the British Plantations; and for extending the Liberty given by the Act of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty,[s] for carrying Sugar of the Growth of the British Sugar Colonies in America, to Ships belonging to any of His Majesty's Subjects residing in Great Britain, and navigated according to Law; and for the more effectual preventing the cutting of Star or Bent.
Citation15 Geo. 2. c. 33
Territorial extent Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent15 July 1742
Commencement1 December 1741
Repealed1 January 1961
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Revived and continued enactments
Repealed byTheft Act 1968
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Starr and Bent Act 1741 (15 Geo. 2. c. 33) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that revived and continued various older acts.

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