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The 19 & 20 Vict c 64, sometimes referred to as the Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856,〔Current Law Statutes 1996. Sweet & Maxwell. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 1997. Volume 4. Alphabetical Table of Statutes. Page 146.〕〔Current Law Statutes Annotated 1993. Sweet & Maxwell. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 1994. Volume 4. Alphabetical Table of Statutes. Page 140.〕 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill for this Act was called the Sleeping Statutes Bill. This Act implemented recommendations made by the Statute Law Commission of 1854.〔Ilbert, C P. Legislative Methods and Forms. Oxford. 1901. Reprinted by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2008. Page 57. (Digitised copy ) from Google Books.〕 This Act repealed 120 statutes, which had been described as "obsolete". Halsbury's Laws said that this Act was the first Act for statute law revision (in the sense of repealing enactments which are obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded, or which no longer serve a useful purpose).〔Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Note 3 to paragraph 1227 at page 725.〕 Courtenay Ilbert said that this Act was the first Statute Law Revision Act.〔Ilbert, C P. Legislative Methods and Forms. Oxford. 1901. Reprinted by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2008. Page 57.〕 This Act was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1875. ==References== *The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 19 & 20 Victoria, 1856. Queen's Printer. London. 1856. (Digitised copy ) from Google Books. *HL Deb vol 142, cols (1895 to 1896 ), HC Deb vol 142, col (872 ) and (880 ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Repeal of Obsolete Statutes Act 1856」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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