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This is an incomplete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1883.

Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland.

For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number.

All modern acts have a short title, e.g. the Local Government Act 2003. Some earlier acts also have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

46 & 47 Vict.

The fourth session of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 15 February 1883 until 25 August 1883.

Public general acts

Short title, popular name or summary			Citation	Royal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
Consolidated Fund (Permanent Charges Redemption) Act 1883[1] (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 1	20 March 1883
An Act to amend the Consolidated Fund (Permanent Charges Redemption) Act, 1873.[a] (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004)
Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act 1883[2] (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 2	20 March 1883
An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Explosive Substances Act 1883[1]			46 & 47 Vict. c. 3	10 April 1883
An Act to amend the Law relating to Explosive Substances.
National Gallery (Loan) Act 1883[1]			46 & 47 Vict. c. 4	10 April 1883
An Act for enabling the Trustees and Director of the National Gallery to lend Works of Art to other Public Galleries in the United Kingdom.
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1883[3] (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 5	10 April 1883
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Army (Annual) Act 1883[1]			46 & 47 Vict. c. 6	26 April 1883
An Act to provide, during twelve months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Army.
Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act (1879) Amendment Act 1883[1]			46 & 47 Vict. c. 7	26 April 1883
An Act to amend the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act, 1879.[b]
Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts Amendment Act 1883[1]			46 & 47 Vict. c. 8	31 May 1883
An Act to amend the Glebe Loans (Ireland) Acts.
Isle of Man Harbours Act 1883[1]			46 & 47 Vict. c. 9	31 May 1883
An Act to make further provision for taking dues for repairing and improving the Harbours in the Isle of Man.
Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1883[1]			46 & 47 Vict. c. 10	31 May 1883
An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, to alter other Duties, and to amend the Laws relating to Customs and Inland Revenue.
Poor Law Conferences Act 1883[1]			46 & 47 Vict. c. 11	18 June 1883
An Act to provide for Expenses incurred by Guardians of the Poor in relation to Poor Law Conferences.
Prevention of Crime (Ireland) Act 1882 Amendment (Audience of Solicitors) Act 1883[4] (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 12	18 June 1883
An Act to amend the Act for the Prevention of Crime in Ireland, 1882,[c] as to the Audience of Solicitors. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Act 1883[3] (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 13	18 June 1883
An Act to apply the sum of five million nine hundred and seventy-three thousand nine hundred and twelve pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1883[1] (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 14	18 June 1883
An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Pay and Pensions of the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Police Force of Dublin Metropolis; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998)
Lands Clauses (Umpire) Act 1883[4]			46 & 47 Vict. c. 15	18 June 1883
An Act to amend the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845.[d]
Lord Alcester's Grant Act 1883[4] (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 16	29 June 1883
An Act to grant a sum of money to Admiral Baron Alcester, G.C.B., in consideration of his eminent services. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Lord Wolseley's Grant Act 1883[4] (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 17	29 June 1883
An Act to grant a sum of money to General Baron Wolseley of Cairo, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., in consideration of his eminent services. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Municipal Corporations Act 1883[1]			46 & 47 Vict. c. 18	29 June 1883
An Act to make provision respecting certain Municipal Corporations and other Local Authorities not subject to the Municipal Corporation Act.
Medical Act (1858) Amendment Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 19	16 July 1883
An Act to amend the Medical Act (1858).[e] (Repealed by Medical Act 1886)
Registry of Deeds Office (Ireland) Holidays Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 20	16 July 1883
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Registry of Deeds Office, Ireland.
Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 21	2 August 1883
An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts, and to repeal certain other Turnpike Acts; and for other purposes connected therewith. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Sea Fisheries Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 22	2 August 1883
An Act to carry into effect, an International Convention concerning the Fisheries in the North Sea, and to amend the laws relating to British Sea Fisheries. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998)
Consolidated Fund (No. 4) Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 23	2 August 1883
An Act to apply the sum of fifteen million one hundred and eighty-two thousand seven hundred and seven pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Relief of Distressed Unions (Ireland) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 24	2 August 1883
An Act to make temporary provision for the Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland.
Prison Service (Ireland) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 25	2 August 1883
An Act to explain and amend the thirty-second section of the General Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1877.[f]
Sea Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 26	2 August 1883
An Act to promote the Sea Fisheries of Ireland.
Metropolitan Board of Works (Money) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 27	20 August 1883
An Act further to amend the Acts relating to the raising of Money by the Metropolitan Board of Works; and for other purposes.
Companies Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 28	20 August 1883
An Act to amend the Companies Acts, 1862[g] and 1867.[h]
Supreme Court of Judicature (Funds, &c.) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 29	20 August 1883
An Act to consolidate the Accounting Departments of the Supreme Court of Judicature, and for other purposes.
Companies (Colonial Registers) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 30	20 August 1883
An Act to authorise Companies registered under the Companies Act, 1862,[g] to keep Local Registers of their Members in British Colonies.
Payment of Wages in Public-houses Prohibition Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 31	20 August 1883
An Act to prohibit the Payment of Wages to Workmen in Public-houses and certain other places.
Greenwich Hospital Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 32	20 August 1883
An Act to make further provision respecting the application of the Revenues of Greenwich Hospital, and for other purposes.
Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Amendment Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 33	20 August 1883
An Act to amend the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Act, 1874.[i]
Cheap Trains Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 34	20 August 1883
An Act to amend the Law relating to Railway Passenger Duty, and to amend and consolidate the Law relating to the conveyance of the Queen's Forces by Railway.
Diseases Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 35	20 August 1883
An Act to make better provision as regards the Metropolis for the isolation and treatment of persons suffering from Cholera and other Infectious Diseases; and for other purposes. (Repealed by Public Health (London) Act 1891)
City of London Parochial Charities Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 36	20 August 1883
An Act to provide for the better application and management of the Parochial Charities of the City of London. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Public Health Act 1875 (Support of Sewers) Amendment Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 37	25 August 1883
An Act to amend the Public Health Act, 1875,[j] and to make provision with respect to the support of public sewers and sewage works in mining districts. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998)
Trial of Lunatics Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 38	25 August 1883
An Act to amend the Law respecting the Trial and Custody of Insane Persons charged with offences.
Statute Law Revision Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 39	25 August 1883
An Act for further promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain Enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 40	25 August 1883
An Act to continue various expiring Laws. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 41	25 August 1883
An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1854 to 1880, with respect to fishing vessels and apprenticeship to the sea fishing service and otherwise.
Public Works Loans Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 42	25 August 1883
An Act to grant Money for the purpose of Loans by the Public Works Loan Commissioners and the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the Irish Land Commission; and to amend the Acts relating to the said Commissioners, and for other purposes.
Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 43	25 August 1883
An Act for promoting the extension of Tramway communication in Ireland, and for assisting Emigration, and for extending certain provisions of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881,[k] to the case of Public Companies.
Borough Constables Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 44	25 August 1883
An Act to explain the effect of Section One hundred and ninety five of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882.[l]
Counterfeit Medal Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 45	25 August 1883
An Act for preventing the Sale of Medals resembling Current Coin.
Corrupt Practices (Suspension of Elections) Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 46	25 August 1883
An Act to suspend for a limited period, on account of Corrupt Practices, the holding of an Election of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for certain cities and boroughs. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Provident Nominations and Small Intestacies Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 47	25 August 1883
An Act to extend the power of Nomination in Friendly and Industrial, &c., Societies, and to make further provision for cases of Intestacy in respect of Personal Property of small amount.
Cholera Hospitals (Ireland) Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 48	25 August 1883
An Act to enable sanitary authorities in Ireland to take possession of land for the erection of temporary Cholera Hospitals. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 49	25 August 1883
An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing various Enactments relating to Civil Procedure or matters connected therewith, and for amending in some respects the Law relating to Civil Procedure. (Repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925)
Appropriation Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 50	25 August 1883
An Act to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898)
Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883 or the Corrupt Practices Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 51	25 August 1883
An Act for the better prevention of Corrupt and Illegal Practices at Parliamentary Elections.
Bankruptcy Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 52	25 August 1883
An Act to amend and consolidate the Law of Bankruptcy.
Factory and Workshop Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 53	25 August 1883
An Act to amend the Law relating to certain Factories and Workshops. (Repealed by Factory and Workshop Act 1901)
National Debt Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 54	25 August 1883
An Act to make further provision respecting the National Debt, and the Investment of Moneys in the hands of the National Debt Commissioners on account of Savings Banks, and otherwise.
Revenue Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 55	25 August 1883
An Act to amend the law relating to the Customs and Inland Revenue, and to make other provisions respecting charges payable out of the public revenue, and for other purposes. (Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004)
Education (Scotland) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 56	25 August 1883
An Act to amend the Laws relating to Education in Scotland, and for other purposes connected therewith.
Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 57	25 August 1883
An Act to amend and consolidate the Law relating to Patents for Inventions, Registration of Designs, and of Trade Marks.
Post Office (Money Orders) Act 1883 (repealed)			46 & 47 Vict. c. 58	25 August 1883
An Act to amend the Post Office (Money Orders) Acts, 1848[m] and 1880,[n] and extend the same to Her Majesty's Dominions out of the United Kingdom. (Repealed by Post Office Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 48))
Epidemic and other Diseases Prevention Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 59	25 August 1883
An Act to make better provision for the Prevention of outbreaks of formidable epidemic, endemic, or infectious diseases, and to amend the Public Health Act, England, 1875,[j] and the Public Health Act, Ireland, 1878.[o]
Labourers (Ireland) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 60	25 August 1883
An Act to better the condition of Labourers in Ireland.
Agricultural Holdings (England) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 61	25 August 1883
An Act for amending the Law relating to Agricultural Holdings in England.
Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 62	25 August 1883
An Act for amending the Law relating to Agricultural Holdings in Scotland.

Local acts

Private and personal acts

Short title, popular name or summary			Citation	Royal assent (or the start of session)
Long title
Penicuik Trust Estates Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 1	18 June 1883
An Act to authorise the Trustees under the Settlement of Marriage nbetween Sir George Douglas Clerk, of Penicuik, Bart., and Miss Aymée Elizabeth Georgina Napier, and the said Sir George Douglas Clerk, to sell lands; to pay debts; and for other purposes.
Sir Robert Peel's Estate Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 2	29 June 1883
An Act to enable the Trustees of Sir Robert Peel's Settled Estates to raise money for payment of his debts, and for vesting in such Trustees his life interest in and certain of his powers over the Settled Estates, and for other purposes.
Earl of Aylesford's Estate (Amendment) Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 3	2 August 1883
An Act to amend the Earl of Aylesford's Estate Act, 1882.[a]
Guinness' Estate Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 4	2 August 1883
An Act to enable Edward Cecil Guinness to sell and convey to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, the fee simple of certain lands, situate in the Parish of St. Peter, in the City of Dublin, free from all incumbrances.
Harrison Estate Act 1883			46 & 47 Vict. c. 5	20 August 1883
An Act to enable the Trustees of Captain John Harrison's Settled Estates to raise Money for Payment of Improvements made and to be made thereon and for Vesting in such Trustees his Life-interest in the Settled Estates and for other purposes in relation thereto.

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