Gaming Act 1835
1835 c. 41 5_and_6_Will_4
An Act to amend the Law relating to Securities given for Considerations arising out of gaming, usurious, and certain other illegal Transactions.
[31st August 1835]
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C1 | Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14) |
C2 | Act excluded by Gaming Act 1968 (c. 65), s. 16(4) |
C3 | Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51) |
C4 | Act repealed (N.I.) by S.I. 1985/1204, art. 187(4), Sch. 21 |
X1 [1.]
Securities given for considerations arising out of illegal transactions not to be void, but to be deemed to have been given for an illegal consideration.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 every note, bill, or mortgage which if this Act had not been passed would, by virtue of the said several lastly herein-before mentioned Acts or any of them, have been absolutely void, shall be deemed and taken to have been made, drawn, accepted, given or executed for an illegal consideration; and the said several Acts shall have the same force and effect which they would respectively have had if, instead of enacting that any such note, bill, or mortgage should be absolutely void, such Acts had respectively provided that every such note, bill, or mortgage should be deemed and taken to have been made, drawn, accepted, given, or executed for an illegal consideration:Provided always that nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect any note, bill, or mortgage which would have been good and valid if this Act had not been passed.
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F1 | Words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51) |
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C5 | “the said several lastly herein-before mentioned Acts” means the nine Acts mentioned in s. 1 of which all are repealed except Gaming Act 1710 (c. 19) and Gaming Act (Ireland) 1712 (c. 5) |
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X1 | S. 1 repealed except so much as relates to Gaming Act 1710 (c. 19) and Gaming Act (Ireland) 1712 (c. 5) by Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (c. 35) |
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F2 | S. 2 repealed by Gaming Act 1922 (c. 19), s. 1 |
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