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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:1_Geo._1._St._2._c._5
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Great_Britain
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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1714
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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origin of the phrase 'read the Riot Act'
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Riot Act 1714
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gptkbp:influenced
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subsequent public order legislation
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:locationEnforced
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gptkb:England
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Wales
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gptkbp:longTitle
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An Act for preventing Tumults and riotous Assemblies, and for the more speedy and effectual punishing the Rioters
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gptkbp:provides
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failure to disperse within one hour was a felony
required authorities to read a proclamation ordering dispersal of groups of 12 or more
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gptkbp:purpose
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to prevent riots and unlawful assemblies
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gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent
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1 August 1715
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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gptkb:Criminal_Law_Act_1967
yes
18 July 1973
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gptkbp:status
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repealed
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Reading_the_Riot_Act
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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