The Perpetuation, etc. of Acts 1719 (6 Geo. 1. c. 19) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that made perpetual various older acts.
In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire.
Section 1 of the act made so much of the Continuance of Laws Act 1711 (10 Ann. c. 24) as relates to the building and repairing of county gaols (section 2) perpetual.
Section 2 of the act provided that it shall be lawful for justices of the peace within their respective jurisdictions to commit vagrants and other criminals, offenders etc. to the common gaol or house of correction, in addition to their powers under the Vagabonds (No. 2) Act 1597 (39 Eliz. 1. c. 17) and the Vagabonds Act 1609 (7 Jas. 1. c. 4).
Section 3 of the act made the Piracy Act 1698 (11 Will. 3. c. 12) perpetual.
The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all temporary laws, observing irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, making recommendations and emphasising the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws.
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).