Seditious Meetings Act 1795

Seditious Meetings Act 1795
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An act for the more effectually preventing seditious meetings and assemblies.
Citation	36 Geo. 3. c. 8
Dates
Royal assent	18 December 1795
Other legislation
Repealed by	Newspapers, Printers, and Reading Rooms Repeal Act 1869
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Seditious Meetings Act 1795 (36 Geo. 3. c. 8) was approved by the British Parliament in December 1795;^[1] it had as its purpose was to restrict the size of public meetings to fifty persons.

It was the second of the well known "Two Acts" (also known as the "Gagging Acts" or the "Grenville and Pitt Bills"), the other being the Treason Act 1795. It also required a magistrate's license for lecturing and debating halls where admission was charged and policies discussed.

^ Harry T. Dickinson (1 January 2005). Constitutional Documents of the United Kingdom 1782 – 1835 / Verfassungsdokumente des Vereinigten Königreichs 1782-1835. Walter de Gruyter. p. 27. ISBN 978-3-598-44052-6.

[1] Harry T. Dickinson (1 January 2005). Constitutional Documents of the United Kingdom 1782 – 1835 / Verfassungsdokumente des Vereinigten Königreichs 1782-1835. Walter de Gruyter. p. 27. ISBN 978-3-598-44052-6.

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