Forcible Entry Act 1429

Forcible Entry Act 1429^[1]

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
Dates
Royal assent	23 February 1430
Commencement	22 September 1429
Other legislation
Repealed by	Criminal Law Act 1977, ss. 13(2)(c) & 65(5) & Sch. 13
Status: Repealed

The Forcible Entry Act 1429 (8 Hen. 6. c. 9) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of England. It is written in the Anglo-Norman language. It was expressed to be passed because the Forcible Entry Act 1391 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.

It was repealed, except in relation to criminal proceedings, by section 2 of 42 & 43 Vict. c. 59.

• Forcible Entry Act

• Halsbury's Statutes, Third Edition, volume 18, page 408

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