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Riot Act 1411

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Riot Act 1411[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleJustices of the peace and sheriffs shall arrest all rioters and record their offences and inquire thereof...[2]
Citation13 Hen. 4. c. 7
Dates
Royal assent19 December 1411
Commencement3 November 1411
Repealed21 July 1967
Other legislation
Repealed byCriminal Law Act 1967
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Riot Act 1411[1] (13 Hen. 4. c. 7) was an act of the Parliament of England.

The words from "and the same justices" to "made to the contrary" were repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

The whole chapter, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 10(2) of, and part I of schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

The statute 13 Hen. 4, of which this chapter was part, was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 1 of, and part 2[3] of the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1983.

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  1. ^ a b The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ^ These words are printed against this act in the second column of schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
  3. ^ Part 2 of the Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1983
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