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

Brawling Act 1553[a]
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Acte against Offenders of Preachers and other Ministers in the Churche.[b]
Citation1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 3
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent5 December 1553
Commencement21 December 1553[c]
Repealed1 January 1968
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Amended by
Repealed byCriminal Law Act 1967
Relates toBrawling Act 1551
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

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Section 6 of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 32) provided that nothing contained in that act was to be taken to repeal or alter this act.

Sections 5 or 6 of the act were repealed by section 87 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No. 1), which came into force on 1 March 1965.[1]

The whole act was repealed by section 13(2) of, and part I of schedule 4 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule 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 the second schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
  3. Section 1.

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