Sunday Observance Act 1780

The Sunday Observance Act 1780[1]

Parliament of Great Britain
Long title An Act for preventing certain Abuses and Profanations on the Lord's Day called Sunday.
Statute book chapter 21 Geo 3 c 49
Dates
Repeal date 24 November 2005[2]
Other legislation
Repealing legislation The Licensing Act 2003, ss. 198(1) & 199 & Sch.6, para.3 & Sch.7
Status: Repealed

The Sunday Observance Act 1780 (21 Geo 3 c 49) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

This Act was affected by sections 1(1) and (3) of the Common Informers Act 1951. Its provisions were excluded in relation to certain activities by:

See the following cases:

Section 1 - House, &c. opened on a Sunday, to which persons shall be admitted by payment, &c, shall be deemed a disorderly house, &c.

Section 2 - The person who acts as master or mistress in any such house shall be deemed the owner thereof. All houses where refreshments are sold at greater prices on Sundays than on other days, &c. liable to the penalties inflicted by this Act.

Section 3 - Penalty on advertising, &c.

Sections 4 and 5 were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1966.

Section 6 was repealed by section 2 of the Limitation of Actions and Costs Act 1842 and section 2 of the Public Authorities Protection Act 1893.

Section 7 was repealed by section 87 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.

Section 8 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1966.

See also

References

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896. Some sources may refer to the Act as the Sunday Observance Act 1781, this being the year in which it was passed.
  2. ^ Licensing Act 2003 (Commencement No.7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005, article 2(2) (see article 1 for the meaning of "second appointed day")

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