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Statutes concerning forcible entries and riots confirmed or the Forcible Entry Act 1391 ( 15 Ric. 2. c. 2) (1391) was an act of the
Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the Great Council of England, great council of Lords Spi ...
. The act provided that the
Forcible Entry Act 1381 The Forcible Entry Act 1381 (5 Ric. 2 Stat. 1. c. 7) was an Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), act of the Parliament of England, Parliament of the Kingdom of England that created a statutory offence of forcible entry which superseded the commo ...
( 5 Ric. 2 Stat. 1. c. 7) and one or more other pieces of legislation were to be held and kept and fully executed. It also authorised any justice of the peace, who had received a complaint that such a forcible entry had been committed, to take the power of the county to arrest any person found committing forcible detainer after that forcible entry.


Legacy

The act was extended to
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( 10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)). The whole act was repealed for
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by sections 13(2)(b) and 65(5) of, and schedule 13 to, the
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, on 1 December 1977.The Criminal Law Act 1977 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1682 (C.58))
article 2
an
schedule 1 and appendix B thereto
The whole act was repealed for the
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b
section 1
of, an

of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1983 (which repealed the whole of the 15 Ric. 2., of which this act is part).


See also

* Forcible Entry Act


Notes


References

*
Halsbury's Statutes ''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Me ...
, Third Edition, Volume 18, page 406 *The Statutes, Third Revised Edition, HMSO, 1950


External links

*List of legislative effects from th
Irish Statute Book
Acts of the Parliament of England 1391 Repealed English legislation Forcible Entry Act 1391 English criminal law {{England-statute-stub