Vagrancy Act 1824

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Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:amendedBy Criminal Justice Act 1982
Vagrancy Act 1838
Vagrancy Act 1898
gptkbp:category gptkb:Criminal_law_of_England_and_Wales
Homelessness in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1824
gptkbp:citation 5 Geo. 4. c. 83
gptkbp:criminalizes prostitution
fortune telling
begging
being an 'idle and disorderly person'
sleeping rough
gptkbp:criticizedFor criminalizing homelessness
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1824
gptkbp:debatedBy repeal in the 21st century
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vagrancy Act 1824
gptkbp:longTitle gptkb:An_Act_for_the_punishment_of_idle_and_disorderly_persons,_and_rogues_and_vagabonds,_in_that_part_of_Great_Britain_called_England.
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Policing_and_Crime_Act_2017
Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
Street Offences Act 1959
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:status partially in force
gptkbp:subject gptkb:crime
homelessness
vagrancy
gptkbp:territory England and Wales
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:5_Geo._IV_c._74
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6