Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879

The Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 59) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a public general Act. The bill for this act was the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Bill.

This act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1958.

This act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by sections 2(1) and 3(1) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

Section 7 of the Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883 provided that if and so far as any enactment repealed by this Act applied, or may have been by Order in Council applied, to the court of the county palatine of Lancaster, or to any inferior court of civil jurisdiction, such enactment was to be construed as if it were contained in a Local and Personal Act specially relating to such court, and was to have effect accordingly.

As to sections 2 and 4, see Snelling v Pulling.

Preamble
The preamble was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

Section 3 - Abolition of outlawry in civil proceedings
The words from the beginning of this section to the word "Act" were repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

Section 4 - Saving as to repealed enactments
As to section 4(1), see Hanak v Green.

In section 4(2), the words from "and shall not" to the end were repealed by section 1 of, and the first part of the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1898.

Section 4(3) was repealed by section 1 of, and the first part of the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1898.

Schedule - Enactments repealed
This schedule was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.

The enactments mentioned in Part II of this schedule were repealed by section 4 of the Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1883.