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<h1>Full text of the Riot Act (c. 1714 - 1715)</h1>
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<p class="c4">Typed in this February 8, 2002 by <a href=
"http://reactor-core.org/security">Jonathan Walther</a>.
The source was cap V, volume XIII, pages
142-146 of the ``Statutes At Large'' series,
printed in the year 1764. Also indexed as
``Anno primo GEORGEII I. Stat. 2. C. 5.''
Many sources on the Internet claim the Riot Act was
passed in 1715; according to Statutes At Large
it was passed in 1714. The confusion may be caused by the
fact that the Act took <i>effect</i> in August of 1715.
This is, of course, the famous Riot Act that gave
rise to the expression <em>"Read them the
Riot Act!"</em>.</p>
<h2 class="c1">CAP. V.</h2>
<p class="c6">An act for preventing tumults and riotous
assemblies, and for the more speedy and effectual
punishing the rioters.</p>
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<tr>
<td class="c1">I.</td>
<td>
<p class="c5"><span class="c2">Whereas</span> of late
many rebellious riots and tumults have been in divers
parts of this kingdom, to the disturbance of the publick
peace, and the endangering of his Majesty's person and
government, and the same are yet continued and fomented
by persons disaffected to his Majesty, presuming so to
do, for that the punishments provided by the laws now in
being are not adequate to such heinous offences; and by
such rioters his Majesty and his administration have been
most maliciously and falsly traduced, with an intent to
raise divisions, and to alienate the affections of the
people from his Majesty therefore for the preventing and
suppressing of such riots and tumults, and for the more
speedy and effectual punishing the offenders therein;
<span class="c1">be it enacted by the King's most
excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of
the lords spiritual and temporal and of the commons, in
this present parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, That if any persons to the number of twelve
or more, being unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously
assembled together, to the disturbance of the publick
peace, at any time after the last day of <i>July</i> in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
fifteen, and being required or commanded by any one or
more justice or justices of the peace, or by the sheriff
of the county, or his under-sheriff, or by the mayor,
bailiff or bailiffs, or other head-officer, or justice of
the peace of any city or town corporate, where such
assembly shall be, by proclamation to be made in the
King's name, in the form herin after directed, to
disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their
habitations, or to their lawful business, shall, to the
number of twelve or more (notwithstanding such
proclamation made) unlawfully, riotously, and
tumultuously remain or continue together by the space of
one hour after such command or request made by
proclamation, that then such continuing together to the
number of twelve or more, after such command or request
made by proclamation, shall be adjudged felony without
benefit of clergy, and the offenders therein shall be
adjudged felons, and shall suffer death as in a case of
felony without benefit of clergy.</span></p>
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<td class="c1">II.</td>
<td>
<p>And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the order and form of the proclamation that shall be
made by the authority of this act, shall be as hereafter
followeth (that is to say) the justice of the peace, or
other person authorized by this act to make the said
proclamation shall, among the said rioters, or as near to
them as he can safely come, with a loud voice command, or
cause to be commanded silence to be, while proclamation
is making, and after that, shall openly and with loud
voice make or cause to be made proclamation in these
words, or like in effect:</p>
<blockquote>
<p class="c5"><span class="c2">Our</span> sovereign
Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons,
being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves,
and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to
their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the
act made in the first year of King George, for
preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the
King.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>And every such justice and justices of the peace,
sheriff, under-sheriff, mayor, bailiff, and other
head-officer aforesaid, within the limits of their
respective jurisdictions, are hereby authorized,
impowered and required, on notice or knowledge of any
such unlawful, riotous and tumultuous assembly, to resort
to the place where such unlawful, riotous, and tumultuous
assemblies shall be, of persons to the number of twelve
or more, and there to make or cause to be made
proclamation in manner aforesaid.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="c1">III.</td>
<td>
<p>And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That if such persons so unlawfully, riotously, and
tumultuously assembled, or twelve or more of them, after
proclamation made in manner aforesaid, shall continue
together and not disperse themselves within one hour,
That then it shall and may be lawful to and for every
justice of the peace, sheriff, or under-sheriff of the
county where such assembly shall be, and also to and for
every high or petty constable, and other peace-officer
within such county, and also to and for every mayor,
justice of the peace, sheriff, bailiff, and other
head-officer, high or petty constable, and other
peace-officer of any city or town corporate where such
assembly shall be, and to and for such other person and
persons as shall be commanded to be assisting unto any
such justice of the peace, sheriff or under-sheriff,
mayor, bailiff, or other head-officer aforesaid (who are
hereby authorized and impowered to command all his
Majesty's subjects of age and ability to be assisting to
them therein) to seize and apprehend, and they are hereby
required to seize and apprehend such persons so
unlawfully, riotously and tumultuously continuing
together after proclamation made, as aforesaid, and
forthwith to carry the persons so apprehended before one
or more of his Majesty's justices of the peace of the
county or place where such persons shall be so
apprehended, in order to their being proceeded against
for such their offences according to law; and that if the
persons so unlawfully, riotously and tumultuously
assembled, or any of them, shall happen to be killed,
maimed or hurt, in the dispersing, seizing or
apprehending, or endeavouring to disperse, seize or
apprehend them, that then every such justice of the
peace, sheriff, under-sheriff, mayor, bailiff,
head-officer, high or petty constable, or other
peace-officer, and all and singular persons, being aiding
and assisting to them, or any of them, shall be free,
discharged and indemnified, as well against the King's
Majesty, his heirs and successors, as against all and
every other person and persons, of, for, or concerning
the killing, maiming, or hurting of any such person or
persons so unlawfully, riotously and tumultuously
assembled, that shall happen to be so killed, maimed or
hurt, as aforesaid.</p>
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<td class="c1">IV.</td>
<td>
<p>And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That if any persons unlawfully, riotously and
tumultuously assembled together, to the disturbance of
the publick peace, shall unlawfully, and with force
demolish or pull down, or begin to demolish or pull down
any church or chapel, or any building for religious
worship certified and registred according to the statute
made in the first year of the reign of the late King
<i>William</i> and Queen <i>Mary</i>, intituled, <i>An
act for exempting their Majesty's protestant subjects
dissenting from the church of</i> England <i>from the
penalties of certain laws</i>, or any dwelling-house,
barn, stable, or other out-house, that then every such
demolishing, or pulling down, or beginning to demolish,
or pull down, shall be adjudged felony without benefit of
clergy, and the offenders therein shall be adjudged
felons, and shall suffer death as in case of felony,
without benefit of clergy.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="c1">V.</td>
<td>
<p>Provided always, and be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons do, or
shall, with force and arms, wilfully and knowingly
oppose, obstruct, or in any manner wilfully and knowingly
lett, hinder, or hurt any person or persons that shall
begin to proclaim, or go to proclaim according to the
proclamation hereby directed to be made, whereby such
proclamation shall not be made, that then every such
apposing, obstructing, letting, hindering or hurting such
person or persons, so beginning or going to make such
proclamation, as aforesaid, shall be adjudged felony
without benefit of clergy, and the offenders therein
shall be adjudged felons, and shall suffer death as in
case of felony, without benefit of clergy; and that also
every such person or persons so being unlawfully,
riotously and tumultuously assembled, to the number of
twelve, as aforesaid, or more, to whom proclamation
should or ought to have been made if the same had not
been hindred, as aforesaid, shall likewise, in case they
or any of them, to the number of twelve or more, shall
continue together, and not disperse themselves within one
hour after such lett or hindrance so made, having
knowledge of such lett or hindrance so made, shall be
adjudged felons, and shall suffer death as in case of
felony, without benefit of clergy.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="c1">VI.</td>
<td>
<p>And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That if after the said last day of <i>July</i> one
thousand seven hundred and fifteen, any such church or
chapel, or any such building for religious worship, or
any such dwelling-house, barn, stable, or other
out-house, shall be demolished or pulled down wholly, or
in part, by any persons so unlawfully, riotously and
tumultuously assembled, that then, in case such church,
chapel, building for religious worship, dwelling-house,
barn, stable, or out-house, shall be out of any city or
town, that is either a county of itself, or is not within
any hundred, that then the inhabitants of the hundred in
which such damage shall be done, shall be liable to yield
damages to the person or persons injured and damnified by
such demolishing or pulling down wholly or in part; and
such damages shall and may be recovered by action to be
brought in any of his Majesty's courts of record at
<i>Westminster</i>, (wherein no effoin, protection or
wager of law, or any imparlance shall be allowed) by the
person or persons damnified thereby, against any two or
more of the inhabitants of such hundred, such action for
damages to any church or chapel to be brought in the name
of the rector, vicar or curate of such church or chapel
that shall be so damnified, in trust for applying the
damages to be recovered in rebuilding or repairing such
church or chapel; and that judgment being given for the
plaintiff or plaintiffs in such action, the damages so to
be recovered shall, at the request of such plaintiff or
plaintiffs, his or their executors or administrators, be
raised and levied on the inhabitants of such hundred, and
paid to such plaintiff or plaintiffs, in such manner and
form, and by such ways and means, as are provided by the
statute made in the seven and twentieth year of the reign
of Queen <i>Elizabeth</i>, for reimbursing the person or
persons on whom any money recovered against any hundred
by any party robbed, shall be levied: and in case any
such church, chapel, building for religious worship,
dwelling-house, barn, stable, or out-house so damnified,
shall be in any city or town that is either a county of
itself, or is not within any hundred, that then such
damages shall and may be recovered by action to be
brought in manner aforesaid (where no effoin, protection
or wager of law, or any imparlance shall be allowed)
against two or more inhabitants of such city or town; and
judgment being given for the plaintiff or plaintiffs in
such action, the damages so to be recovered shall, at the
request of such plaintiff or plaintiffs, his or their
executors or administrators, made to the justices of the
peace of such city or town at any quarter-sessions to be
holden for the said city or town, be raised and levied on
the inhabitants of such city or town, and paid to such
plaintiff or plaintiffs, in such manner and form, and by
such ways and means, as are provided by the said statute
made in the seven and twentieth year of the reign of
Queen <i>Elizabeth</i>, for reimbursing the person or
persons on whom any money recovered against any hundred
by any party robbed, shall be levied.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="c1">VII.</td>
<td>
<p>And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That this act shall be openly read at every
quarter-session, and at every leet or law-day.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="c1">VIII.</td>
<td>
<p>Provided always, That no person or persons shall be
prosecuted by virtue of this act, for any offence or
offences committed contrary to the same, unless such
prosecution be commenced within twelve months after the
offence committed.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="c1">IX.</td>
<td>
<p>And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the sheriffs and their deputies, stewards and their
deputies, bailies of regalities and their deputies,
magistrates of royal boroughs, and all other inferior
judges and magistrates, and also all high and petty
constables, or other peace-officers of any county,
stewartry, city or town, within that part of <i>Great
Britain</i> called <i>Scotland</i>, shall have the same
powers and authority for putting this present act in
execution within <i>Scotland</i>, as the justices of the
peace and other magistrates aforesaid, respectively have
by virtue of this act, within and for the other parts of
this kingdom; and that all and every person and persons
who shall at any time be convicted of any the offences
aforementioned, within that part of <i>Great Britain</i>
called <i>Scotland</i>, shall for every such offence
incur and suffer the pain of death, and confiscation of
moveables: and also that all prosecutions for repairing
the damages of any church or chapel, or any building for
religious worship, or any dwelling-house, barn, stable or
out-house, which shall be demolished or pulled down in
whole or in part, within <i>Scotland</i>, by any persons
unlawfully, riotously or tumultuously assembled, shall
and may be recovered by summar action, at the instance of
the party aggrieved, his or her heirs or executors,
against the county, stewartry, city or borough
respectively, where such disorders shall happen, the
magistrates being summoned in the ordinary form, and the
several counties and stewartries called by edictal
citation at the market-cross of the head borough of such
county or stewartry respectively, and that in general,
without mentioning their names and designations.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="c1">X.</td>
<td>
<p>Provided, and it is hereby declared, That this act
shall extend to all places for religious worship, in that
part of <i>Great Britain</i> called <i>Scotland</i>,
which are tolerated by law, and where his majesty King
<i>George</i>, the prince and princess of <i>Wales</i>,
and their issue, are prayed for in express words.</p>
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