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title: "Prevention of Crime Act 1879"
id: f2817dc9-1d6b-4189-b393-6446edc827d6
authority: uk
place: "United Kingdom"
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kind: statute
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publisher_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/42-43/55
attribution: "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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text: not held
---

# Prevention of Crime Act 1879