Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833

Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for the more effectual Administration of Justice in the Office of a Justice of the Peace in the several Police Offices established in the Metropolis, and for the more effectual Prevention of Depredations on the River Thames and its Vicinity, for Three Years.
Citation3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 19
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent18 June 1833
Commencement19 June 1833
Expired1 July 1836
Repealed25 August 1839
Other legislation
AmendsJustices of the Peace, Metropolis Act 1829
Repeals/revokes
  • Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1822
  • Justice of the Peace, Metropolis Act 1825
Amended by
Repealed byMetropolitan Police Courts Act 1839
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 19) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, granted royal assent on 18 June 1833. It continued the police offices set up in 1792, particularly that at Wapping, laying the ground for that court and the River Police's incorporation into the new Metropolitan Police as Thames Division in 1839 and the evolution of the police offices into police courts and later magistrates courts.