Forcible Entry Act 1623
| Long title | An Acte to enable Judges & Justices of the Peace to geve Restitucion of Possession in certayne Cases. |
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| Citation | 21 Jas. 1. c. 15 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 May 1624 |
| Commencement | 12 February 1624 |
| Repealed | 1 December 1977 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Criminal Law Act 1977, ss. 13(2)(e) & 65(5) & Sch. 13 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Forcible Entry Act 1623 (21 Jas. 1. c. 15) was an act of the Parliament of England. It provided that any judge who already had a statutory power, on enquiry, to give restitution of possession of freehold land in respect of which forcible entry or forcible detainer was being committed, was to have the same power, on an indictment for forcible entry or forcible detainer committed in respect of land held for a term of years to give restitution of possession of that land.