Statutes concerning forcible entries and riots confirmed[1] or the Forcible Entry Act 1391[2] (15 Ric. 2. c. 2) (1391) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of England. It provided that the Forcible Entry Act 1381 and one or more other pieces of legislation[which?] 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.
Act of Parliament | |
Citation | 15 Ric. 2. c. 2 |
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Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Criminal Law Act 1977 |
Status: Repealed |
The whole Chapter was repealed[3] for England and Wales[4] on 1 December 1977.[5]
This Act was applied to Ireland by Poynings' Law.[6] This Act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1983 (which repealed the whole of the 15 Ric 2, of which this Act is part).