Riot Act 1549

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Riot Act 1549
Act of Parliament
Coat of Arms of England (1509-1554).svg
Parliament of England
Long title An Act for the Punishment of unlawful Assemblies, and rising of the King's Subjects.
Citation 3 & 4 Edw. 6 c. 5
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 1 February 1550
Commencement 12 February 1550 [a]
Repealed20 December 1553
Other legislation
Amended by Treason Act 1553
Repealed by Riot Act 1553
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Riot Act 1549 (3 & 4 Edw. 6. c. 5) was an act of the Parliament of England that made it high treason for 12 people or more to assemble and attempt to kill or imprison any member of the King's council or change the laws, and refuse to disperse when ordered to do so by a justice of the peace, mayor or sheriff.

Contents

The act also made it a felony for 12 or more people rioting for various other purposes to refuse to disperse for an hour after being ordered to do so.

Legacy

This offence in the act was abolished by the Treason Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 1. c. 1).

The whole act was repealed by section 12 of the Riot Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 12), which recreated the offence but this time as a felony. [1]

Riot Act 1553

Riot Act 1553
Act of Parliament
Coat of Arms of England (1509-1554).svg
Parliament of England
Long title An act against unlawful and rebellious assemblies.
Citation 1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 12
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 5 December 1553
Commencement 20 December 1553 [b]
Repealed28 July 1863
Other legislation
Amended by Riot Act 1558
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Riot Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of England that made it a felony for 12 people or more to assemble and attempt to kill or imprison any member of the King's council or change the laws, and refuse to disperse when ordered to do so by a justice of the peace, mayor or sheriff..

Section 12 of the act repealed the Riot Act 1549 (3 & 4 Edw. 6 c. 5).

Section 12 of the act provided that the act would continue until the next parliament.

Legacy

The act was last continued by the Riot Act 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 16).

Having expired, the whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 1.
  2. ↑ Section 1.

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