Metropolitan Police Act 1857

The Metropolitan Police Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 64) was one of the Metropolitan Police Acts, granted royal assent on 25 August 1857. It enabled the Metropolitan Police's Receiver to borrow on the Police Rates to raise a sum of £60,000 to spend on purpose-built police stations to replace the lock-ups it had inherited from the parish constable system. It also authorised him to top up the Police Superannuation Fund (an early form of police pension fund) from other Met funds if necessary.