12 Facts About Riot Act

Acts similar to the Riot Act passed into the laws of British colonies in Australia, Canada, and America, some of which remain today.

Riot Act 1714 was introduced during a time of civil disturbance in Great Britain, including the Sacheverell riots of 1710, the Coronation riots of 1714 and the 1715 riots in England.

Riot Act caused confusion during the Gordon Riots of 1780, when the authorities felt uncertain of their power to take action to stop the riots without a reading of the Riot Act.

Riot Act was read prior to the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 and the Cinderloo Uprising of 1821, as well as before the Bristol Riots at Queen's Square in 1831.

Riot Act was repealed on 18 July 1973 for the United Kingdom by the Statute Law Riot Act 1973.

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Riot Act passed into the law of those countries that were then colonies of Great Britain, including the North American colonies that would become the United States and Canada.

For example, in Victoria the Unlawful Assemblies and Processions Riot Act 1958 allowed a magistrate to disperse a crowd with the words :.

Belize, another former British colony, still retains the principle of the Riot Act; it was last read on 21 January 2005, during the 2005 Belize unrest.

In Canada, the Riot Act has been incorporated in a modified form into the Criminal Code, a federal statute.

In New Zealand the Riot Act was incorporated into sections 87 and 88 of the Crimes Act 1961.

Need to read the Riot Act was removed by section three of the Crimes Amendment Act.

Section 3 of the Militia Riot Act gave power to the president to issue a proclamation to "command the insurgents to disperse, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes, within a limited time", and authorized him to use the militia if they failed to do so.