Brawling Act 1553

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Brawling Act 1553[1]
Long titleAn Acte against Offenders of Preachers and other Ministers in the Churche.[2]
Citation1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 3
Dates
Royal assent5 December 1553
Other legislation
Repealed byCriminal Law Act 1967
Status: Repealed

The Brawling Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 3) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

Section 6 of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 provided that nothing contained in that Act was to be taken to repeal or alter the Brawling Act 1553.

The whole Act was repealed by section 13(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 4 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

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  1. ^ 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".