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Bill Number	1575	Session	1798
Title	To amend an act passed in the 23rd and 24th years of the reign of his present majesty, entitled, an act to secure the liberty of the press, by preventing the abuses arising from the publication of traitorous, seditious, false and slanderous libels by persons unknown.
Initial Bill Stages
Originating Body		Commons
Leave or Order		24 Feb 1798	Leave or Order to	Arthur Wolfe Attorney General	[2243]
Presented		1 Mar 1798	Presented by	Arthur Wolfe Attorney General	[2243]
2nd Reading & Committed		2 Mar 1798
Reported		7 Mar 1798	Reported by	Right Honourable Corry	[0497]
Sent to Other House		19 Mar 1798	2nd House Reporter	John Dawson Earl of Portarlington	[0589]
Sent to Chief Governor		24 Mar 1798
Privy Council Stages
Received & Referred to Law Officers		25 Mar 1798
Petition to English Privy Council		None
Decision of the English Privy Council		Approved
Engrossed		30 Mar 1798
Returned Bill Stages
Royal Assent		4 Apr 1798
Statute Number		38 George III c.7
[+] Further Details
Subjects: [300] Law And Order - Law - Criminal law [634] Social Issues - Education And Knowledge - The written word (e.g. press, censorship) Committee in 1st House: Committee of the Whole House Committee in 2nd House: Committee of the Whole House Procedural Features: Protest; Printed Comments on Procedural Features: Printed: 1 Mar. 1798.