The Fires Prevention Act 1785 or the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1785 (25 Geo. 3. c. 77) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
This Act was partly repealed by section 2 of the Limitations of Actions and Costs Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 97).
The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 13(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 4 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.
Title
The title from "and for indemnifying" to the end of the title was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
Preamble
The preamble was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
Section 1
This section from the beginning of the section to "repealed and that", and from "of debt" to "information" and from "at Westminster" to "allowed" was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
In this section, the words of commencement were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
Section 3
This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.
Section 5
This section, from "be it" to "enacted that" was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.
Section 4
This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.
Section 6
This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
Notes
References
Halsbury's Statutes,