Name

Mischief Act 1765

Description

Companion legislation to the Purchase Act, extending British customs law to the Isle of Man and criminalising the trade that had been legal under Manx law. What had been commerce became contraband overnight. The Act imposed the full weight of the British customs establishment on an island whose entire commercial infrastructure was built on the trade Parliament had just abolished.

Date

1765

Jurisdiction

Westminster

Related To

Chapters 10–11

Type

Act of Parliament / Revenue