Larceny Act 1861
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Larceny and other similar Offences. |
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| Citation | 24 & 25 Vict. c. 96 |
| Territorial extent | |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 August 1861 |
| Commencement | 1 November 1861 |
| Repealed | 1 January 1969 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Theft Act 1968 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Larceny Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was) that consolidated provisions related to larceny and similar offences from a number of earlier statutes into a single act. For the most part these provisions were, according to the draftsman of the act, incorporated with little or no variation in their phraseology. It is one of a group of acts sometimes referred to as the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts 1861. It was passed with the object of simplifying the law. It is essentially a revised version of an earlier consolidation act, the Larceny Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 29) (and the equivalent Irish act), incorporating subsequent statutes.