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In the United Kingdom, an edition of the Revised Statutes was published in eighteen volumes, bringing the revision of statute law down to 1886.〔"Statute". Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. 1911.〕 The third edition of ''The Statutes Revised'' was published by HMSO in 1950.〔The Statutes, Third Revised Edition. HMSO. 1950〕 The fourth revised edition of the statutes was called ''Statutes in Force''.〔Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Note 5 to paragraph 1251 at page 741.〕 The Statute Law Committee was appointed for the purpose of superintending the publication of the first revised edition of the statutes.〔Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. 2008 Reissue. Volume 41. Page 691.〕 For the purpose of citation "Statutes Revised" may be abbreviated to "Rev Stat".〔Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice. 1999. p xix.〕 Section 3 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 now provides: Section 3(1) of the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 now provides: Without prejudice to any other saving contained in the Statute Law Revision Act 1950, an omission made under the authority of section 3 of that Act does not affect the construction or interpretation of any statute.〔The Statute Law Revision Act 1950, section 3(3)〕 Where any Act cites or refers to another Act otherwise than by its short title, the short title may, in any revised edition of the statutes printed by authority, be printed in substitution for such citation or reference.〔The Statute Law Revision Act 1893, section 3〕 Where an Act cites another Act by year, statute, session or chapter, or a section or other portion of another Act by number or letter, the reference must, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as referring, in the case of Acts included in any revised edition of the statutes printed by authority, to that edition.〔The Interpretation Act 1978, (section 19(1)(a) )〕 ==History== Section 1 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 formerly provided that every part of a title, preamble, or recital specified after the words "in part, namely," in connection with an Act mentioned in the First Schedule to that Act might be omitted from any revised edition of the statutes published by authority after the passing of that Act, and there might be added in the said edition such brief statement of the Acts, officers, persons, and things mentioned in the title, preamble, or recital, as might in consequence of such omission appear necessary. Sections 3(1)(c) to (f) of that Act formerly authorised the omission of: :(c) in any enactment relating to the courts now merged in the Supreme Court the words "debt," "suit," "bill," "plaint," "proceeding" or any of those words occurring after or in connection with the word "action"; :(d) in any enactment relating to Scotland the word "stewartry" occurring in connection with the word "shire," "sheriffdom" or "county," and the word "stewart" occurring in connection with the word "sheriff," whether any of these words be used in the singular or the plural; :(e) the words "of", "and" or "or" where used in connection with any word omitted by virtue of paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection; and :(f) enactments or words in respect of matters exclusively relating to territory within the jurisdiction of a self-governing Dominion. See also section 3 of the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890, section 4 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1894, and section 3 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1927. 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「Revised edition of the statutes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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