The Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 37) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated the enactments relating to the exercise of the Crown's jurisdiction outside its dominions.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 18 of the act repealed 8 enactments, listed in the third schedule to the act. +List of repealed enactmentsCitationShort titleLong titleExtent of repealForeign Jurisdiction Act 1843An Act to remove Doubts as to the Exercise of Power and Jurisdiction by Her Majesty within divers Countries and Places out of Her Majesty's Dominions, and to render the same more effectual.The whole act.20 & 21 Vict. c. 75Jurisdiction in Siam Act 1857An Act to confirm an Order in Council concerning the exercise of jurisdiction in matters arising within the kingdom of Siam.The whole act.Foreign Jurisdiction Act Amendment Act 1865An Act to explain the Foreign Jurisdiction Act.The whole act.29 & 30 Vict. c. 87Foreign Jurisdiction Act Amendment Act 1866An Act to amend the Foreign Jurisdiction Act.The whole act.33 & 34 Vict. c. 55Siam and Straits Settlements Jurisdiction Act 1870An Act to vest Jurisdiction in matters arising within the Dominions of the Kings of Siam in the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements.The whole act.38 & 39 Vict. c. 85Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1875An Act for amending the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts.The whole act.39 & 40 Vict. c. 46Slave Trade Act 1876An Act for more effectually punishing offences against the laws relating to the slave trade.Sections four and six.41 & 42 Vict. c. 67Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1878An Act for extending and amending the Foreign Jurisdiction ActsThe whole act.
Subsequent developments Section 19(2) of, and the third schedule to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 49).
So much of schedule 2 to the act as relates to the Sierra Leone Offences Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 31) was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1963, which came into force on 31 July 1963.
Sections 14, 15 and 17 of, and schedule 2 to, were repealed by section 1(1) of, and part VII of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973, which came into force on 18 July 1973.
An entry in schedule 1 to the act was repealed, with savings for orders in council made before 4 May 1976, by schedule 2 to the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975, which came into force on 4 May 1976 .
Section 13(2) of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 5 of part I of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986, which came into force on 2 May 1986. Section 18 of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part IX of schedule 1 to, the 1986 act.
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