Public Order Act 1936

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The Public Order Act 1936 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (citation 1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 c. 6) passed to control extremist political movements in the 1930s such as the British Union of Fascists.

The Act banned the wearing of political uniforms in any public place or public meeting. It also required police consent for political marches to go ahead (now covered by the Public Order Act 1986).

The Act also prohibited organising, training or equipping an "association of persons ... for the purpose of enabling them to be employed in usurping the functions of the police or of the armed forces of the Crown," or "for the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object."