Expiring laws continuance legislation is legislation that continues enactments that would otherwise expire.

British Guiana See, for example, the Expiring Laws Continuance Ordinance 1934.Colonial Reports - Annual. No 1728. p 36.

Ceylon See, for example, the Expiring Laws Continuance Ordinance 1904.A Revised Edition of the Legislative Enactments of Ceylon

England Continuance of Laws Act 1702 Perpetuation and Amendment of Laws Act 1704 Continuance of Laws Act 1706

Great Britain Perpetuation, etc. of Acts 1708 Continuance of Laws Act 1711 Poor Act 1712 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 Continuance of Laws Act 1718 Perpetuation, etc. of Acts 1719 Continuance of Laws Act 1722 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1723 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1724 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1726 Unlawful Games Act 1728 Perpetuation of Various Laws Act 1732 Continuance of Laws Act 1734 Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1734 Continuance, etc., of Acts, 1735 Continuance of Laws Act 1737 Laws Continuance, etc. Act 1739 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1739 Continuance of Laws Act 1740 Starr and Bent Act 1741 Making of Sail Cloth, etc. Act 1741 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1742 Universities (Wine Licences) Act 1743 Continuance of Laws Act 1746 Insolvent Debtors Relief, etc. Act 1747 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1748 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1749 Continuance of Laws Act 1750 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1753 Justices' Clerks' Fees (Middlesex) Act 1754 Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1757 Continuance of Laws Act 1759 Continuance etc. of Acts Act 1763 Continuance of Laws Act 1763 Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1763 Continuance of Laws Act 1768 Continuance of Certain Laws, etc. Act 1771 Continuance of Certain Laws Act 1772 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1774 Continuance of Laws Act 1776 Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1776 Continuance of Laws Act 1778 Continuance of Laws Act 1779 Continuance of Laws Act 1780 Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1780 Continuance of Laws Act 1786 Continuance of Laws Act 1787 Continuance of Laws Act 1788 Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1788 Continuance of Laws Act 1789 Continuance of Laws Act 1790 Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1791

Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714

The Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued and made perpetual various older acts.

Section 1 of the act made the Coal Trade Act 1710 (9 Ann. c. 28) perpetual.

Section 2 of the act made the Tithes of Hemp and Flax Act 1698 (11 & 12 Will. 3 c. 16), as continued by the Tithes Act 1707 (6 Ann. c. 28) perpetual.

Section 3 of the act continued the Exportations, etc. Act 1704 (3 & 4 Ann. c. 8) as relates to the liberty of exporting Irish linen to the West Indies until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 year.

Section 4 of the act continued the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18) until the end of the next session of parliament after 3 years.

Section 5 of the act amended the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18), repealing the penalty in that act, providing that after 1 September 1715, bakers making bread deficient in weight shall forfeit for every ounce 5s and wanting less 2s, 6d.

Section 6 of the act amended the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18), providing that after 1 September 1715, bakers must make peck loaves according to the assize table in that act.

Section 7 of the act amended the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18), providing that after 1 September 1715, prices of grain, meal and flour must be certified on oath before the Lord Mayor (or for London, the Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen).

Section 8 of the act provided that justices may adjourn the quarter sessions of Anglesea, for the ease of taking such the oaths.

Continuance of Laws Act 1718

The Continuance of Laws Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 25) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued various older acts.

Section 1 of the act continued the Price and Assise of Bread Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 18), as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26), until the end of the next session of parliament after 5 years.

Section 2 of the act continued the Sail Cloth Manufacture Act 1712 (12 Ann. St. 1 c. 16), as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 26), until the end of the next session of parliament after 7 years.

Continuance of Laws Act 1722

The Continuance of Laws Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 8) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that revived, continued and made perpetual various older acts.

Section 1 of the act made the Exemptions of Apothecaries Act 1694 (6 & 7 Will. 3. c. 4) perpetual.

Section 2 of the act continued the Estreats (Personal Representatives) Act 1692 (4 & 5 Will. & Mar. c. 24) as modified by the Perpetuation and Amendment of Laws Act 1704 (3 & 4 Ann. c. 18) and continued by the Continuance of Laws Act 1711 (10 Ann. c. 14), as relates to jurors and to the returns and services of jurors, until the end of the next session of parliament after 7 years from the expiration of those enactments.

Section 3 of the act revived and made perpetual from 25 March 1723 the Navy, etc. Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 25) and amended the Embezzlement of Public Stores Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 41) providing that after 25 March 1723 any person caught stealing timber from public stores would be made to forfeit and pay under the terms of the act.

Section 4 of the act provided that judges and justices may mitigate penalties for offenders by committing them to jail without bail until payment, ordering public whipping, or sentencing them to workhouses for up to six months at the court's discretion.

Section 5 of the act provided that when disputes arise between informants or witnesses in cases related to the act, particularly regarding rights to forfeitures or penalties, the presiding judge or justices shall examine and determine the matter.

Section 6 of the act revived and continued the Militia Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 14) until the end of the next session of parliament after 3 years from 25 March 1273.

Section 7 of the act amended section 3 of the Militia Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 14), providing lieutenants and deputy lieutenants in England could appoint different lengths and sizes of muskets for foot soldiers in the militia, beyond the previously prescribed five-foot barrel length, while still requiring proper arms and accoutrements under the penalties mentioned in the original act.

Section 8 of the act continued sections 3, 4, 6, 7 8, 10, 2 and 5 of the Adulteration of Coffee Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 11) until the end of the next session of parliament after 5 years from the expiration of those enactments.

Section 9 of the act amended section 3 of the Silk Subsidies, Various Duties, Import of Furs, etc. Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 15), providing that export allowances for silk manufactures would only apply to products where at least two-thirds of the warp threads were either all silk or mixed with silk, to prevent fraud by manufacturers who previously added minimal silk only at edges to claim bounties contrary to the act's intent.

Section 10 of the act provided that any person entering or shipping goods without the required silk content would forfeit the goods and be prosecuted for double their value, with the seizure and penalty to be handled as directed for other penalties under the act.

The last two sections of the act were continued until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1734 by section 4 of the Unlawful Games Act 1728 (2 Geo. 2. c. 28), then until the end of the next session of parliament after 25 March 1742 by section 3 of the Continuance of Laws Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2. c. 18), and then until the end of the next session of parliament after 25 March 1742 by section 3 of the Making of Sail Cloth, etc. Act 1741 (15 Geo. 2. c. 35).

Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the act were repealed by section 4 of, and schedule A to, the Naval and Victualling Stores Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 64), which came into force on 29 July 1862.

Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1724

The Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1724 (11 Geo. 1. c. 29) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued various older acts.

Section 1 of the act continued the Bankrupts Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 24) until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 year.

Section 2 of the act continued the Silk Subsidies, Various Duties, Import of Furs, etc. Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 15) until the end of the next session of parliament after 3 years.

Section 3 of the act made the last two clauses of the Continuance of Laws Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 8) in full force.

Section 4 of the act continued the Customs, etc. Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1. c. 18) until the end of the next session of parliament after 3 years, except as relates to ships or vessels performing quarantine.

Section 5 of the act amended the Stranded Ships, etc. Act 1717 (4 Geo. 1. c. 12) making it a capital offense for ship owners, captains, or officers who wilfully destroy their vessels after 24 June 1718, to the detriment of insurers or merchants with goods aboard.

Section 6 of the act provided that any ship owner, captain, officer or mariner who wilfully destroys their vessel after 24 June 1725, with intent to defraud insurers, merchants with cargo, or vessel co-owners shall be convicted as felons and executed without benefit of clergy.

Section 7 of the act provided that offences of wilfully destroying ships would be tried in the same courts as other felonies if committed within a county, while those committed on the high seas would be tried according to the procedures established in the Offences at Sea Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 15).

Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1726

The Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1726 (13 Geo. 1. c. 27) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued various older enactments.

Section 1 of the act continued the clause in the Trade with Africa Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 26) "for allowing a drawback of the duties upon the exportation of copper bars imported", as revived and continued by the Poor Act 1712 (12 Ann. c. 18), and the provision in the Poor Act 1712 (12 Ann. c. 18) that provided that drawback on copper would be allowed on imports from the East Indies and the coast of Barbary, until the end of the next session of parliament after 14 years from the expiration of those enactments.

Section 2 of the act continued the Bankrupts Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 24), as continued by the Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1724 (11 Geo. 1. c. 29), until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 year from the expiration of the act.

Section 3 of the act continued the Examination of Drugs Act 1723 (10 Geo. 1. c. 20) until the end of the next session of parliament after 3 years from the expiration of the act.

Perpetuation of Various Laws Act 1732

The Perpetuation of Various Laws Act 1732 (6 Geo. 2. c. 37) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made perpetual, revived and continued various older enactments.

Revived and continued enactments Section 1 of the act made the Juries Act 1729 (3 Geo. 2. c. 25) and the Juries Act 1730 (4 Geo. 2. c. 7) perpetual.

Section 2 of the act provided that justices in the counties palatine of Chester, Lancaster and Durham could, upon motion by the Crown, prosecutors, defendants, or plaintiffs in legal proceedings, order and appoint a special jury to be struck for trials in their respective courts, following the same procedures as special juries used in Westminster courts.