Brawling Act 1551
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Acte agaynste fightinge and quarelinge in Churches and Chrcheyardes.[b] |
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| Citation | 5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 4 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 15 April 1552 |
| Commencement | 1 May 1552[c] |
| Repealed | 1 March 1965 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Brawling Act 1551[a] (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 4) an act of the Parliament of England.
So much of the act as related to the punishment of persons convicted of striking with any weapon, or drawing any weapon with intent to strike as therein mentioned, was repealed by section 1 of the Offences against the Person Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 31). The marginal note to that section said that the effect of this was to repeal section 3 of the act.
The act was repealed, so far as it related to persons not in Holy Orders, by section 5 of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 32).
Section 2 of the act, from "further" to "aforesaide" was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 3).
The whole act was repealed by section 87 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No. 1), which came into force on 1 March 1965.[1]
