Telegraph Act is a stock short title

Short title

The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...

 which was formerly used for legislation in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, relating to telegraphy

Telegraphy

Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages via some form of signalling technology. Telegraphy requires messages to be converted to a code which is known to both sender and receiver...

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The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Telegraph Bill during its passage through Parliament

Parliament

A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...

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Telegraph Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to telegraphy. It is a term of art.

See also Wireless Telegraphy Act

Wireless Telegraphy Act

Wireless Telegraphy Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the Republic of Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom relating to wireless telegraphy....

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List

The Telegraph Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c.112)

The Telegraph Act Amendment Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c.3)

The Telegraph Act 1868

Telegraph Act 1868

The Telegraph Act 1868 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

 (31 & 32 Vict. c.110)

The Telegraph Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c.73)

The Telegraph Act 1870

Telegraph Act 1870

The Telegraph Act 1870 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It extended the Telegraph Act 1868 to cover the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, thus allowing the British state to nationalise telegraph companies in these territories...

 (33 & 34 Vict. c.88)

The Telegraph Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c.76)

The Submarine Telegraph Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c.49)

The Telegraph Act 1885

Telegraph Act 1885

The Telegraph Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It became law on August 14, 1885.It was considered to be read as one with the previous Acts of 1863-1878, and cited with them as the Telegraph Acts; it was also considered a Post Office Act with regard to the Post Office ...

 (48 & 49 Vict. c.58)

The Submarine Telegraph Act 1886 (50 Vict. c.3)

The Telegraph (Isle of Man) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c.34)

The Telegraph Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c.59)

The Telegraph Act 1899

Telegraph Act 1899

The Telegraph Act 1899 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that allowed urban district, borough and burgh councils to construct and operate telephone exchanges, on a similar basis the then-usual municipal provision of other utilities....

 (62 & 63 Vict. c.38)

The Telegraph (Money) Act 1907 (7 Edw.7 c.6)

The Telegraph (Construction) Act 1908 (8 Edw.7 c.33)

The Telegraph (Arbitration) Act 1909 (9 Edw.7 c.20)

The Telegraph (Construction) Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo.5 c.39)

The Telegraph (Construction) Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo.5 c.40)

The Telegraph Acts

The Telegraph Acts 1868, 1869 means ... (expression is used as a collective title in the 1870 Act and is presumably authorised by the 1869 Act).

The Telegraph Acts 1863 to 1892 means the Telegraph Act 1863, the Telegraph Act Amendment Act 1866, the Telegraph Act 1868, the Telegraph Act 1869, the Telegraph Act 1870, the Telegraph Act 1878, the Telegraph Act 1885, the Telegraph (Isle of Man) Act 1889 and the Telegraph Act 1892.