c. 95) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for England and Wales and Ireland statutes relating to the English criminal law from 1634 to 1860.

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed.

[3] In 1806, the Commission on Public Records passed a resolution requesting the production of a report on the best mode of reducing the volume of the statute book.

[4] From 1810 to 1825, The Statutes of the Realm was published, providing for the first time the authoritative collection of acts.

[4] In 1816, both Houses of Parliament, passed resolutions that an eminent lawyer with 20 clerks be commissioned to make a digest of the statutes, which was declared "very expedient to be done."

[4] The Board issued three reports, recommending the creation of a permanent body for statute law reform.

An alternative approach, focusing on expunging obsolete laws from the statute book, followed by consolidation, was proposed by Peter Locke King MP, who was heavily critical of the expenditure of the Commission and the lack of results.

Wood to expurgate the statute book of all acts which, though not expressly repealed, were not in force, working backwards from the present time.

[12] In response, Patrick McMahon MP suggested consolidation of the criminal law of England, Ireland and Scotland.

The territorial extent of the repeals was limited to the United Kingdom, excluding Scotland (i.e., England and Wales and Ireland).

[9] Section 4 of the act provided that the repeals would not affect any existing authority to alter or amend the register of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths or burials.