List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1857

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1857.

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".

Some of these acts have a short title. Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.

20 Vict.
The fifth session of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 3 February 1857 until 21 March 1857.

Public general acts
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 * {{|Royal Marines Act 1857|note1= |public|1|09-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to amend the Act for limiting the Time of Service in the Royal Marine Forces.}}
 * {{|Royal Marines Act 1857|note1= |public|1|09-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to amend the Act for limiting the Time of Service in the Royal Marine Forces.}}


 * {{|County Police Act 1857|note1= |public|2|09-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to facilitate the Appointment of Chief Constables for adjoining Counties, and to confirm Appointments of Chief Constables in certain Cases.}}

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 * {{|Public Health Supplemental Act 1857|note1= |public|3|09-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health applying the Public Health Act, 1848, to the Districts of Ipswich, Oldbury, Stroud, Llangollen, and Dukinfield; and for altering the Constitution of the Local Board for the Main Sewerage District of Wisbech and Walsoken.|po1=Provisional Order for the Application of the Public Health Act to the Borough of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk.|po1short=n|
 * po2=Provisional Order for the Application of the Public Health Act to the District of Oldbury, in the County of Worcester.|po2short=n|
 * po3=Provisional Order for the Application of the Public Health Act to the Parish of Stroud, in the County of Gloucester.|po3short=n|
 * po4=Provisional Order for the Application of the Public Health Act to the District of Llangollen, in the County of Denbigh.|po4short=n|
 * po5=Provisional Order for the Application of the Public Health Act to the District of Dukinfield, in the County of Chester.|po5short=n|
 * po6=Provisional Order for altering the Constitution of the Local Board for the Main Sewerage District of Wisbech and Walsoken.|po6short=n|


 * {{|Grant of Military, etc., Commissions Act 1857|public|4|09-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to enable the Subjects of the Ionian States to hold Military and Naval Commissions under the Crown.}}


 * {{|Annual Inclosure Act 1857|note1= {{br}}or the Inclosures Pursuant to Report of Inclosure Commissioners Act 1857 |public|5|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.}}


 * {{|Income Tax Act 1857|public|6|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to reduce the Rates of Duty on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices.}}


 * {{|Indemnity Act 1857|public|7|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively.}}


 * {{|Copyhold, etc., Commission Act 1857|public|8|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to continue Appointments under the Act for consolidating the Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions, and for completing Proceedings under the Tithe Commutation Acts.}}


 * {{|Annuity to Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre Act 1857|public|9|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act for settling and securing an Annuity on the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, in consideration of his eminent Services.}}


 * {{|Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1857|public|10|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to continue certain temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England.}}


 * {{|Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) Act 1857|note1= |public|11|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to amend the Commissioners of Supply {Scotland) Act, 1856.}}


 * {{|Lighting of Towns (Ireland) Act 1857|note1= |public|12|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to amend an Act of the Ninth Year of King George the Fourth, Chapter Eighty-two, intituled "An Act to make Provision for the lighting, cleansing, and watching of Cities, Towns Corporate, and Market Towns in Ireland, in certain Cases."}}


 * {{|Mutiny Act 1857|public|13|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.}}


 * {{|Marine Mutiny Act 1857|public|14|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore.}}


 * {{|Customs Duties Amendment Act 1857|note1= {{br}}or the Customs Act 1857 |public|15|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act for granting certain Duties of Customs on Tea, Sugar, and other Articles}}


 * {{|Duty on Racehorses Act 1857|public|16|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for repealing, and re-imposing under new Regulations, the Duty on Raise Horses.}}


 * {{|Exchequer Bills Act 1857|public|17|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act for raising the Sum of Twenty-one million forty-nine thousand seven hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One Thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.}}


 * {{|Poor Act 1857|public|18|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to continue the Act for charging the Maintenance of certain Paupers upon the Union Funds.}}


 * {{|Extra-Parochial Places Act 1857|note1= |public|19|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to provide for the Relief of the Poor in Extra-parochial Places.}}


 * {{|Appropriation Act 1857|public|20|21-03-1857|archived=n|An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.}}

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20 & 21 Vict.
The first session of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 30 April 1857 until 28 August 1857.

21 & 22 Vict.
The second session of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, which met from 3 December 1857 until 2 August 1858.