The Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1603 (1 Jas. 1. c. 25) was an act of the Parliament of England that revived, continued and repealed various older acts.
Section 2 of the act permitted the exportation of corn when not exceeding 26s 8d per quarter for wheat, 15s per quarter for rye and 14s per quarter for barley, and imposed a duty of 2s per quarter for wheat and 16p per quarter for other grains.
Section 3 of the act provided that the exportation of corn may be prohibited by royal proclamation.
Section 4 of the act exempted cheaper Welsh cotton fabrics (under 15 pence per yard or 2 shillings per goad) from dimensional regulations provided they weren't adulterated with deceptive materials.
Section 1 of the act continued 34 enactments, listed in that section, until the end of the next session of parliament. Section 5 of the act revived and continued the Perjury Act 1562 (5 Eliz. 1. c. 9) until the end of the next session of parliament. Section 5 of the act also revived the Tenths Act 1572 (14 Eliz. 1. c. 7) and the Lands of Crown Accountants Act 1584 (27 Eliz. 1. c. 3), effective from the end of the present session of parliament. Section 5 of the act also revived and continued so much of the Vagabonds Act 1572 (14 Eliz. 1. c. 5) "as concerneth the taxing, rating, levying, receiving and employing of gaol money" (section 38) until the end of the next session of parliament.Section 6 of the act continued the Lyme Regis Pier Act 1584 (27 Eliz. 1. c. 1 <small>Pr.</small>) until the end of the next session of parliament ten years from the start of the present session of parliament.
Section 8 of the act revived and made perpetual the Clergy Marriage Act 1548 (2 & 3 Edw. 6. c. 21) and the Clergy Marriage Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 12), and declared that the children of clergy affected by the act were legitimate.
Section 7 of the act repealed all statutes made before 35 Eliz. 1 "as concerneth abjured persons and sanctuaries, or ordering or governing persons abjured or in sanctuaries". Section 7 of the act repealed 15 enactments, listed in that section, as well as "all other acts heretofore made concerning apparel".
Section 8 of the act repealed the First Statute of Repeal (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 2).
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).
The limited territorial extent of the act to England and Wales meant that several acts were later repealed by the Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98), which repealed for Ireland statutes from the Magna Carta until 1495 that were extended to Ireland by the passage of Poynings' Law 1495 (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)).