Larceny (Advertisements) Act, 1870

Limitation of actions for advertisements of reward for return of stolen property.

3. Every action against the printer or publisher of a newspaper to recover a forfeiture under section one hundred and two of the Larceny Act, 1861, shall be brought within six months after the forfeiture is incurred, and no such action against the printer or publisher of a newspaper shall be brought unless the assent in writing of Her Majesty’s Attorney General or Solicitor General for England, if the action is brought in England, or for Ireland, if the action is brought in Ireland, has been first obtained to the bringing of such action.

[S. 4 rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39. (S.L.R.)]