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The '''Pedlars Act 1871,'''
== Pedlars Act 1871 and Pedlars Act 1881 ==
The Pedlars Act 1871
The Pedlars Act 1871 defines a pedlar as a person who trades by travelling on foot between town to town or visits another persons house. The Act specifically exempts certain trades from being covered by the law, people selling at legitimate markets and fairs, those just seeking customer orders, and sellers of vegetables, fruit, or victuals.<ref name=":0" />
The Act requires pedlars to apply for a certificate to trade. As originally enacted the Act set the fine for a first offence of failing to have a valid certificate was 10 shillings, and for subsequent offences up to £1. The application for a pedlars certificate was made to the Chief Constable of the police in the district the pedlar wanted to trade. Before a certificate is issued the pedlar must have resided in that district for at least one month, be over the age of 17, of good character, and in 'good faith' intended to carry out the trade of a pedlar. The validity of a pedlars certificate was one year. As originally enacted the Act specifically mentioned a pedlars licence did not provide the holder with any exceptions from the provisions of the Vagrancy Act. The Pedlars Act 1871 placed several obligations on holder of a certificate, for example, the misuse or allowing others to misuse the certificate was an offence. If demanded, the pedlar was obliged to show their certificate to certain authorised people, such as a police officer. The Act gave the police the power to search anything containing the pedlars goods. <ref name=":0" />▼
An application for a pedlars certificate is made to the Chief Constable of the local police force. The Pedlars Act 1871 limited the validity of the certificate to the geographical area covered by the issuing police force. As a consequence ,a pedlar needed to apply for the right to work in other police force areas. The Pedlars Act 1881 amended the 1871 by making a pedlars certificate valid throughout the United Kingdom<ref name=":3" />
The Pedlars Act 1881 amended the 1871 Act by allowing a pedlar to use a certificate granted to them throughout the United Kingdom without the need to re-apply to another Chief Constable.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/44-45/45/contents|title=Pedlars Act 1881|last=|first=|date=|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref>▼
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▲The Pedlars Act 1881 amended the 1871 Act by allowing a pedlar to use a certificate granted to them throughout the United Kingdom without the need to re-apply to another Chief Constable.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/44-45/45/contents|title=Pedlars Act 1881|last=|first=|date=|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref>
== Applying for a Pedlars Certificate ==
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