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Read the Riot Act

Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained...

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So, what happened in 1973? Was the Riot Act replaced by other legislation? Or are tumults and riotous assemblies now permitted? :)

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Alas, it was replaced by various strengthened and expanded Public Order Acts. Can't have no fun round these parts. edit: but 'read the Riot Act' is still used to mean a final warning.

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Quinion's columnThe pains or penalties were penal servitude for life or not less than three years, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for u...Read More

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I have read that on at least one occasion, a court ruled that failure to say "God save the king!" at the end nullified the legal force of the reading and the accused went free. Can't vouch for the...

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from"Police Duty" (1903) Ques. If certain words are...Read More

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I've heard this, too. Most recently in Schott's Miscellany, which is where I found the text of the Act.

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