The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".
Some of these acts have a short title. Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 15 & 16 Victoria. 1852. 1852 – via Internet Archive.
A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1852 – via Internet Archive.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol.23: The Acts 15 & 16 Victoria (1852) and 16 & 17 Victoria (1853). London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1853. pp.iii-307 – via Google Books.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol.23: The Acts 15 & 16 Victoria (1852) and 16 & 17 Victoria (1853). London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1853. pp.305–952 – via Google Books.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 16 & 17 Victoria. 1853. 1853 – via Internet Archive.
12This short title was conferred on this act by section 9 of this act.
↑"Public Health Supplemental (No. 2) Act 1852". vLex.
↑This short title was conferred on this act by section 235 of this act.
↑Blackett v Ridout (1915) 113 Law Times Reports 270, CA
↑Thomas Snow, Charles Burney and Francis A Stringer. The Annual Practice 1909. Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. London. 1909. Volume 1. Page cclxxvii.
12The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 14) gave the short title "The Court of Chancery Act 1852" to both the act 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80 and the act 15 & 16 Vict. c. 87.
↑This short title was conferred on this act by section 56 of this act.
12This short title was conferred on this act by section 22 of this act.
↑This short title was conferred on this act by section 49 of this act.
↑This short title was conferred on this act by section 25 of this act.