Continued enactments Section 1 of the act continued the
Destruction of Turnpikes, etc. Act 1727 (
1 Geo. 2. St. 2. c. 19), as continued by the
Destruction of Turnpikes, etc. Act 1731 (
5 Geo. 2. c. 33) and the
Continuance of Laws Act 1734 (
8 Geo. 2. c. 18), from the expiration of the act until 1 June 1747. Section 2 of the act continued the
Thames Navigation Act 1729 (
3 Geo. 2. c. 11) from the expiration of the act until 1 June 1747. Section 3 of the act. continued the
Frivolous Arrests Act 1725 (
12 Geo. 1. c. 29) from the expiration of the act until 1 June 1747. Section 4 of the act continued the
Trade to East Indies Act 1731 (
5 Geo. 2. c. 29) from the expiration of the act until 1 June 1747. Section 5 of the act provided that after 24 June 1740, no writ of certiorari to remove judgments from justices of the peace would be granted unless applied for within six calendar months of the original proceedings and with six days' written notice to the justices involved, allowing them opportunity to show cause against issuing the writ. Section 6 of the act provided that after 3 November 1740, county sheriffs must appoint deputies in franchises or liberties at the request and expense of the lords or proprietors entitled to return writs, with these deputies residing in convenient towns appointed by the Lord Chancellor or Chief Justices to receive and execute writs under the sheriff's name. Section 7 of the act provided that justices of the peace in liberties and franchises with their own commissions could exercise the same powers to assess and collect county rates within their jurisdictions as county justices, resolving doubts about whether such separate jurisdictions were covered by the county rate legislation. == Subsequent developments ==