National Registration Act 1939

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The National Registration Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. VI c. 91) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.^[1] It became law on 5 September 1939 as an emergency measure at the start of World War II. The Act established a National Register which began operating on 29 September 1939, a system of identity cards, and a requirement that they must be produced on demand or presented to a police station within 48 hours. The law was repealed on 22 May 1952. The last person prosecuted under the Act was Clarence Henry Willcock.

[edit] See also

• British national identity card
• Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard
• Defence Regulations
• Courts (Emergency Powers) Act 1939

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[edit] External links

• Select Committee on Home Affairs Fourth Report, 20 July 2004
• Michael Caines, Identity crisis, Times Online, 16 April 2006
• Nick Cohen, Blunkett's identity crisis, The Observer, 30 June 2002
• Jon Agar, Identity cards in Britain: past experience and policy implications
• Privacy International, History of ID Cards in the United Kingdom, 1 Jan 1997
• Statewatch, Identity cards in the UK - a lesson from history