Glasgow Police Act 1862

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1862 c. cciv
ANNO VICESIMO QUINTO & VICESIMO SEXTO
VICTORLE REGIN^.
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Cap.
cciv.
An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating
to the Police and Statute Labour of the City of
Glasgow; and for other Purposes.
[7th August 1862.]
W
HEREAS an Act was passed in the Sixth and Seventh
Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled
An Act
to
consolidate,
amend,
and extend the Provisions of 6
& 7
Vict.
several Acts for the
better
paving, watching, lighting, and cleansing, c- x>
and for regulating the Police of the City of Glasgow and adjoining
Districts, and also for managing the Statute Labour of the said City,
and for other Purposes in relation thereto, by which Act Commis-
sioners were appointed to carry the same into effect: And whereas
an Act was passed in the Ninth and Tenth Year of the Reign of Her
present Majesty, intituled An Act to extend the Municipal Boundaries
9 & 10
Vict.
of the City of Glasgow, to amend the Acts relating to the Police and c-cclxxxlx-
Statute Labour of the said City and adjoining Districts, and for other
Purposes in relation to the Municipality and Police of the said City,
by which Act the Powers previously vested in the said Commissioners
were transferred to a Committee of the Magistrates and Town Council
of the said City : And whereas an Act was passed in the Nineteenth
and Twentieth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled
An Act for
better
paving the City of Glasgow, and for other Purposes 19
& 20
Vict.
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in relation to the Statute Labour of the said City
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And whereas it
is expedient that the Provisions of the said Acts relating to the Police
and Statute Labour of the said City should be amended and consoli-
dated, and that further Powers should be granted for the Improvement
of the said City, and its better Regulation and Government; but
these Objects cannot be effected without the Authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and
be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with
the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Autho-
rity of the same, as follows; (that is to say,)
Short Title. 1. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as " The Glasgow Police
Act, 1862."
Limits of
Act.
2.
The Provisions of this Act shall apply to and extend over the
whole City, and, in so far as specially provided, to Places beyond the
City.
3.
" The Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845," and
" The Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, I860,"
8 & 9 Vict.
c. 19. and
23 &
24 Vict.
c.
106,
incor-
shall, for the special Purposes herein-after mentioned, be incorporated
porated. with and form Part of this Act.
Interpreta-
tion of
Terms.
4.
The following Words and Expressions, where they occur in this
Act, shall have the several Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless
there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such
Construction; namely,
The Expression " Police and Statute Labour Committee" shall
mean the Committee acting under and appointed by the recited
Acts:
The Word " Board" shall mean the Board of Police constituted
by this Act:
The Expression "the Magistrates Committee" shall mean the
Statutory Committee of the Board appointed by this Act,
consisting of the Lord Provost and the Magistrates of Glasgow:
The Words " Clerk," " Treasurer," " Auditor," " Surveyor," " Col-
lector," and " Assessor," shall respectively mean the Clerk,
Treasurer, and Auditor, and any One of the Surveyors, Col-
lectors, and Assessors appointed in pursuance of the Provisions
of the recited Acts or this Act:
The Expression "Chief Constable" shall mean the Chief Con-
stable appointed in pursuance of the Provisions of this Act,
in lieu of the Superintendent of Police appointed under the
recited Acts:
The Expression " the Procurator Fiscal" shall mean the Procurator
Fiscal appointed in pursuance of the Provisions of the recited
Acts
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&
26° VICTORIA,
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The Glasgow Police Act, 1862.
Acts or this Act; and the Word "Fiscal" shall mean the
Procurator Fiscal, or any One of the Persons authorized to act
as Procurator Fiscal in his Absence :
The Expressions "the Medical Officer," "the Inspector of
Nuisances," and " the Inspector of Lodging Houses" shall
respectively mean any One of the Medical Officers, Inspectors
of Nuisances, and Inspectors of Lodging Houses appointed in
pursuance of the Provisions of this Act:
The Expression " the
Sheriff"
shall mean the Sheriff of Lanark-
shire, or any One of his Substitutes:
The Word " Magistrate " shall mean the Lord Provost or One
or more of the Magistrates of the City of Glasgow sitting in
any One of the Police Courts of the City, or otherwise acting
in pursuance of this Act:
The Expression " Dean of Guild " shall include the Dean of Guild
Court acting in the Execution of this Act:
The Word " Person," and Words applying to any Person or
Individual, shall apply to and include Trustees (but without
implying personal Responsibility), Corporations, and Companies :
The Expression " Valuation Roll" shall mean the Valuation Roll
made up in pursuance of the Acts for the Valuation of Lands
and Heritages in Scotland in force for the Time being:
The Expression " Lands and Heritages" shall mean Lands and
Heritages within the City, and shall have the Meaning attached
to it in the said Acts:
The Expression " Land or Heritage" in the Singular Number
shall mean One of such Lands and Heritages separately valued,
or entered in the Valuation Roll as separately occupied :
The Word " Proprietor " shall mean the Proprietor or any One of
the Proprietors of a Land or Heritage, and shall apply to Life
Renters as well as to Fiars and to Lessees, provided they are
not in the actual Occupancy of such Land or Heritage, and
to Tutors, Curators, Commissioners, Trustees, Adjudgers, Wad-
setters, or other Persons, who shall be in the actual Enjoyment
of the Rents and Profits of such Land or Heritage, and to the
Factor for any such Proprietor in the Management or Receipt of
the Rents and Profits
thereof:
The Word " Occupier " shall mean the Occupier or any One of
the Occupiers of a Land or Heritage, and shall apply to any
Proprietor in the actual Occupancy
thereof,
or to any Person
in the actual Occupancy thereof as Tenant or by Permission of
such Proprietor:
The Word " City" shall mean the whole Territory within the ancient
and extended Royalty of the City and Royal Burgh of Glasgow,
and the Territory within the Parliamentary and Municipal
Boundaries

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