Forcible Entry Act 1429

The Forcible Entry Act 1429^[a] (8 Hen. 6. c. 9) was an act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of England.

Forcible Entry Act 1429^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	The duty of justices of the peace where land is entered upon or detained with force.
Citation	8 Hen. 6. c. 9
Territorial extent	England and Wales Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	23 February 1430
Commencement	22 September 1429[b]
Repealed	1 December 1977[c]
Other legislation
Amended by	Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879
Repealed by	Criminal Law Act 1977
Relates to	Forcible Entry Act 1381 Forcible Entry Act 1391 Forcible Entry Act 1588 Forcible Entry Act 1623
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Thea act is written in the Anglo-Norman language. It was expressed to be passed because the Forcible Entry Act 1391 (15 Ric. 2. c. 2) was felt to be inadequate because it did not apply to persons committing forcible detainer after a peaceful entry or to persons who, having committed forcible detainer, had been expelled from the land before the justice of the peace arrived to arrest them, and because it did not provide for the punishment of a sheriff who failed to carry out the orders of the justice of the peace to execute the statute.

Subsequent developments

The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495 (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)).

The act was repealed, except in relation to criminal proceedings, by section 2 of the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 59).

The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by sections 13(2)(b) and 65(5) of, and schedule 13 to, the Criminal Law Act 1977, on 1 December 1977.^[1]

See also

• Forcible Entry Act

Notes

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.
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3. The Criminal Law Act 1977 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1977.