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Metropolitan Police Act 1856

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IOne Commissioner of Police only to be appointed after passing of this Act.

There shall be appointed from Time to Time under the said Acts and be but One Commissioner of Police, who shall be styled " The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;" arid the Person who at the Time of the passing of this Act may be the surviving or continuing Commissioner appointed under the said Acts or either of them shall, be such Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis ; and all the Provisions of the said Acts concerning the Removal and Appointment from Time to Time of the said Justices or Commissioners, or either of them, shall be applicable to the Removal and Appointment from Time to Time of " The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis."

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