{{Short description|Stock short title used for legislation}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Police Act''' is a stock short title used for legislation in India, Malaysia, New Zealand<ref name="NZ-P"/> and the United Kingdom relating to police forces and officers.
==List==
===India=== *The Police Act, 1861 ===Malaysia=== *The Police Act, 1967
=== New Zealand === * Police Force Act 1886<ref name="NZ-P">{{cite web |title=New Zealand Acts As Enacted beginning with P ... |url=https://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/toc-P.html |website=www.nzlii.org |access-date=5 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Police Force Act 1886 (50 VICT 1886 No 18) |url=https://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/pfa188650v1886n18194/ |website=www.nzlii.org |access-date=5 February 2025}}</ref> * Police Force Act 1913<ref name="NZ-P"/> * Police Force Act 1947<ref name="NZ-P"/> * Police Act 1958<ref name="NZ-P"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Police Act 1958 (1958 No 109) |url=https://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/pa19581958n109102/ |website=www.nzlii.org |access-date=5 February 2025}}</ref>
=== Singapore ===
* Police Act of 1856 (Act XIII)
===United Kingdom=== {{see also|Metropolitan Police Act}} *The Police (Property) Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. 30) *The Police Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7. c. 40) *The Police Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 46) *The Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 17) *The Police Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 46) *The Police Act 1964 (c. 48) *The Police Act 1969 (c. 63) *The Police Act 1972 (c. 39) *The Police Act 1976 (c. 46) *The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) *The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29) *The Police Act 1996 (c. 16) *The Police (Property) Act 1997 (c. 30) *The Police (Health and Safety) Act 1997 (c. 42) *The Police (Insurance of Voluntary Assistants) Act 1997 (c. 45) *The Police Act 1997 (c. 50) *The Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) *The Police (Detention and Bail) Act 2011 (c. 9)
'''The Police Acts 1839 to 1893''' was the collective title of the following acts:<ref name=sta1896>The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and schedule 2</ref> *The County Police Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 93) *The County Police Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 88) *The County and Borough Police Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 69) *The County Police Act 1857 (20 Vict. c. 2) *The County and Borough Police Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 32) *The Police Superannuation Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 35) *Sections 190 to 194 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50) *The Police Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 45) *The Police Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 10)
'''The Town Police Clauses Acts 1847 and 1889''' is the collective title of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89) and the Town Police Clauses Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 14).<ref name=sta1896/>
'''Scotland'''
*The Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 46) *The Glasgow Police Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. lxxxviii) *The General Police (Scotland) Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 39) *The Police of Towns (Scotland) Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 33) *The General and Police Improvement (Scotland) Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 101) *The Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 55) *The Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1903 (3 Edw. 7. c. 33)
'''The Police (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1890''' was the collective title of the following Acts:<ref name=sta1896/> *The Police (Scotland) Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 72) *The Police (Scotland) Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 65) *The Police (Scotland) Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 67)
'''Northern Ireland''' *The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32) *The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32) *The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6)
==See also== *List of short titles
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Lists of legislation by short title and collective title Category:Police legislation