Probation Of Offenders Act 1907
1907 (7 Ed. 7) c. 17
PROBATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1907
REVISED
Updated to 24 February 2026
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1907 (7 Ed. 7) c. 17
PROBATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1907
REVISED
Updated to 24 February 2026
CONTENTS
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Provision in case of offender failing to observe conditions of release. |
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SCHEDULE
Enactments Repealed
1907 (7 Ed. 7) c. 17
PROBATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1907
REVISED
Updated to 24 February 2026
An Act to permit the Release on Probation of Offenders in certain cases, and for other matters incidental thereto. [21st August 1907.]
Be it enacted by the King’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 authority of the same, as follows:
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E1
Act excluded from general repeal (23.12.2009) by Statute Law Revision Act 2009 (46/2009), s. 2(2)(b), commenced on enactment.
E2
Act retained in force (8.05.2007) by Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (28/2007), s. 2 and sch. 1 part 4, commenced on enactment.
E3
Previous affecting provision: application of Act restricted (15.06.2007) by European Communities (Controls of Cash Entering Or Leaving the Community) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 281 of 2007), reg. 7, in operation as per reg. 1(2); revoked (31.12.2016) by Customs Act 2015 (18/2015), ss. 3(2) and sch. 1 part 2 item 26, S.I. No. 611 of 2016, subject to transtional provisions in ss. 4, 5.
E4
Previous affecting provision: application of Act restricted (6.07.2005) by European Communities (Customs Action Against Goods Suspected of Infringing Certain Intellectual Property Rights) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 344 of 2005), reg. 11; revoked (1.01.2014) by European Union (Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 562 of 2013), reg. 10(a), in operation as per reg. 1(2).
E5
Previous affecting provision: application of Act restricted (15.02.1996) by European Communities (Counterfeit and Pirated Goods) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 48 of 1996), reg. 12; revoked (7.04.2005) by European Communities (Customs Action Against Goods Suspected of Infringing Certain Intellectual Property Rights) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 181 of 2005), reg. 10.
E6
Previous affecting provision: application of Act restricted (2.03.1993) by European Communities (Tir Carnet and Ata Carnet-Transit) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 61 of 1993), reg. 5; revoked (31.12.2016) by Customs Act 2015 (18/2015), ss. 3(2), 4, 5 and sch. 1 part 2 item 22, S.I. No. 611 of 2016, subject to transitional provisions in ss. 4, 5.
E7
Previous affecting provision: application of Act restricted (1.01.1993) by European Communities (Community Transit) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 433 of 1992), reg. 7, in operation as per reg. 2; revoked (31.12.2016) by Customs Act 2015 (18/2015), ss. 3(2) and sch. 1 part 2 item 21, S.I. No. 611 of 2016, subject to transitional provisions in ss. 4, 5.