Brawling Act 1553

Brawling Act 1553 ^[a]

Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte against Offenders of Preachers and other Ministers in the Churche. [b]
Citation	1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 3
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	5 December 1553
Commencement	21 December 1553 [c]
Repealed	1 January 1968
Other legislation
Amended by	Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 Statute Law Revision Act 1888
Repealed by	Criminal Law Act 1967
Relates to	Brawling Act 1553
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Brawling Act 1553 ^[a] (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 3) was an act of the Parliament of England.

Subsequent developments

Section 6 of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 32) provided that nothing contained in that act was to be taken to repeal or alter this act.

The whole act was repealed by section 13(2) of, and part I of schedule 4 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

See also

• Brawling (legal definition)

Notes

1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule 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 the second schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
3. Section 1.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,