Disorderly Houses Act 1751

Disorderly Houses Act 1751[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for the better preventing Thefts and Roberries, and for regulating Places of publick Entertainment, and punishing Persons keeping disorderly Houses.
Citation25 Geo. 2. c. 36
Territorial extent 
Dates
Royal assent26 March 1752
Repealed21 July 2008[2]
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 2008, s.1(1) & Sch. 1, Pt. 3
Status: Repealed

The Disorderly Houses Act 1751 (25 Geo. 2. c. 36) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It made provision in relation to disorderly houses. Most of it had been repealed by the mid-twentieth century, but one section, section 8, survived until 2008.

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896
  2. ^ The repealing Act came into force on the day that it received royal assent because no other date was specified: the Interpretation Act 1978, section 4