| Short Title: | Gunpowder Act 1772 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of Great Britain |
| Long Title: | An Act to regulate the Making, Keeping, and Carriage of Gunpowder within Great Britain, and to repeal the Laws heretofore made for any of those Purposes. |
| Year: | 1772 |
| Citation: | 12 Geo. 3. c. 61 |
| Territorial Extent: | Great Britain |
| Royal Assent: | 3 June 1772 |
| Commencement: | 1 July 1772 |
| Repeal Date: | 31 August 1861 |
| Replaces: | Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Gunpowder Act 1860 |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Original Text: | https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=D78uAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA166 |
The Gunpowder Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3. c. 61) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that consolidated all acts relating to the making, keeping and transport of gunpowder.
In 1771, the Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3. c. 35) was passed, which consolidated all laws relating to the keeping and transport of gunpowder.[1]
Section 31 of the act repealed the Keeping, etc., of Gunpowder Act 1771 (11 Geo. 3 c. 35), as well as "all other statutes relating to the keeping and carriage of gunpowder", effective from 1 July 1772.[2]
The Select Committee on Temporary Laws described this act as a Consolidation Act.[3]
The act was repealed by the Gunpowder Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 139), except as to any offence or penalty incurred, which would remain as if the act had not been repealed.[4]