ation, or Inha

City or Parish, &c. for which the Meeting shall be held ;

Grievance, or upon any Matter or Thing relating to any Trade, Members of Manufacture, Business or Profession, or upon any Matter in the CorporChurch or State, or of considering, proposing or agreeing to any bitant of the Petition, Complaint, Remonstrance, Declaration, Resolution or Address, upon the Subject thereof, unless such Person, when the Meeting shall be holden for any County, Riding, Division or Stewartry, shall be a Freeholder, Copyholder, Heritor or House holder of, or an Inhabitant usually residing in the County or Riding, or Division of the County or Stewartry, within and for which the Meeting shall be holden, or a Freeman or Member of the Corporation, if the Meeting be of any Corporate Body, or a Householder of, or an Inhabitant usually residing, or a Freeholder or Copyholder having an Estate in Lands of the annual Value of Fifty Pounds, of which he shall have been in Possession Twelve Months, in the City, Borough or Town Corporate, Parish or Township (as the Case may be), within and for which any such Meeting shall be holden: Provided always, that nothing herein or Members of contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to any Member of the Commons House of Parliament, attending any such Meeting as aforesaid, in any County, City, Borough, Town or Place for which he shall be serving in Parliament; nor to any Person having a Right to vote for a Member to serve in Parliament for any City, Borough, Town or Place, attending any Meeting of such City, Borough, Town or Place, which may be called by the Mayor or other Head Officer.

Parliament or

Voters.

V. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall know- Attending ingly and wilfully attend any Meeting holden for the Purpose or Meetings conon the Pretext of deliberating upon any Public Grievance, or trary to Act. upon any Matter or Thing relating to any Trade, Manufacture, Business or Profession, or upon any Matter in Church or State, or of considering, proposing or agreeing to any Petition, Complaint, Remonstrance, Declaration, Resolution or Address, upon the Subject thereof, not being a Freeholder, Copyholder, Heritor or Householder of or Inhabitant usually residing in the County or Riding, or Division of the County or the Stewartry, within and for which the Meeting shall be holden, when such Meeting shall be holden for any County, Riding, Division or Stewartry, or not being a Freeman or Member of the Corporation, if the Meeting be of any Corporate Body, or a Householder of or Inhabitant usually residing, or Freeholder or Copyholder having such Estate as aforesaid, in the City, Borough or Town Corporate, Parish or Township (as the Case may be), within and for which any such Meeting shall be holden, and not being such Member of the Commons House of Parliament, attending as aforesaid, such Person being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be punished by Fine and Imprisonment, not exceeding Twelve Calendar Months, at the Dis- Punishment. cretion of the Court in which the Conviction shall be had.

VI. And be it further enacted, That all Justices of the Peace, Justices, &c. Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs, Mayors and other Head Officers afore- may resort to said, are hereby respectively authorised and empowered, within Assemblies; their respective Jurisdictions, where any Meeting or Assembly shall be holden, or be proposed to be holden, for the Purpose or on the Pretext of deliberating upon any Public Grievance, or upon any Matter or Thing relating to any Trade, Manufacture, Business 60 GEO. III. C

or

and may re

quire and take Constables, &c.

Cases where

be deemed

unlawful.

or Profession, or upon any Matter in Church or State, or of considering, proposing or agreeing to any Petition, Complaint, Remonstrance, Declaration, Resolution or Address, upon the Subject thereof, to proceed to the Place where such Meeting or Assembly shall be holden, or shall be proposed to be holden, and there to do or order or cause to be done all such Acts, Matters and Things, as the Case may require, which they are hereby enabled to do, or to order to be done, or which they are otherwise by Law enabled or entitled to do, or to order to be done; and it shall be lawful for all Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs, Mayors and other Head Officers respectively as aforesaid, to require and take the Assistance of any Number of Constables or other Officers of the Peace within the District or Place wherein such Meeting as hereinbefore mentioned shall be holden, or any other Persons in their Aid or Assistance, when they shall deem such Aid or Assistance to be necessary and requisite.

VII. And be it further enacted, That in case any Meeting shall Meetings shall be holden in pursuance of any such Notice as aforesaid, and such Notice shall express or purport that any Matter or Thing by Law established may be altered otherwise than by the Authority of the King, Lords and Commons, in Parliament assembled; or shall tend to incite or stir up the People to Hatred or Contempt of the Person of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, or of the Government and Constitution of this Realm, as by Law established; every such Meeting shall be deemed and taken to be an unlawful Assembly.

Persons attending Meetings contrary to Act, to be required by Proclamation to depart.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall attend any Meeting whatever, holden for the Purpose or on the Pretext of deliberating upon any Public Grievance, or upon any Matter or Thing relating to any Trade, Manufacture, Business or Profession, or upon any Matter in Church or State, or of considering, proposing or agreeing to any Petition, Complaint, Remonstrance, Declaration, Resolution or Address, upon the Subject thereof, contrary to the Provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for any One or more Justice or Justices of the Peace in and for any County, or the Sheriff or Under Sheriff of any County, or the Mayor or other Head Officer, or any Justice of the Peace of any City or Town Corporate, within which any such Meeting shall be held, to make or cause to be made Proclamation in the King's Name, in the Form directed in this Act, commanding every Person so unlawfully attending any such Meeting immeNot departing, diately and peaceably to depart therefrom; and if any Person or Persons so ordered to depart as aforesaid, shall not, upon such Proclamation, depart from any such Meeting within the Space of a Quarter of an Hour after such Proclamation made, that then and in every such Case, every such Person so continuing and not Transportation. departing as aforesaid, shall, upon being thereof lawfully convicted, be adjudged to be guilty of Felony, and shall be liable to be transported for any Period not exceeding Seven Years.

Form of Proclamation.

IX. And be it further enacted, That the Order and Form of the Proclamation to be made as aforesaid, shall be as hereafter followeth; (that is to say,) the Justice of the Peace or other Person, or One of the Justices of Peace, or One of the other Persons authorised by this Act to make the said Proclamation, shall,

among

among the said Persons assembled, or as near to them as he can safely come, with a loud Voice, command or cause to be commanded Silence to be, while Proclamation is making; and after that shall openly, and with loud Voice, make or cause to be made Proclamation in these Words, or to the like Effect:

OUR Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth every Person here assembled, who is not a [Freeholder, HeFreeman of

⚫ritor of

Member of

Householder of

, or Inhabitant usually residing, or

'Freeholder in, or Copyholder in naming the 'County, Riding, Division, Stewartry, City, Borough, Town, Body Corporate, Parish or Township, as the Case may be,] or 'who is not entitled to attend this Meeting, immediately to depart ⚫ from this Meeting to his lawful Business.

• GOD save the King.'

X. And be it further enacted, That when any such Pro- Persons not clamation as aforesaid shall have been made at any Meeting, it entitled to atshall be lawful for any Person lawfully attending such Meeting, and not departtend Meetings, to seize and apprehend any Person not entitled to attend such ing upon ProMeeting, who shall not, upon the making of such Proclamation, clamation; forthwith depart, and to carry such Person before any Justice of Proceedings. the Peace of the County, Riding, Division, Stewartry, City or Town Corporate, within which such Meeting shall be held, to be dealt with according to Law.

any

sembled con

XI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Persons asOne or more Justice or Justices of the Peace in and for County, or for the Sheriff or Under Sheriff of any County, or for trary to this the Mayor or other Head Officer, or any Justice of the Peace of Act, not dispersing after any City or Town Corporate, within which any Meeting shall be being required held, or Persons shall assemble for the Purpose of holding any so to do by Meeting contrary to the Provisions of this Act, or where any Per- Proclamation; son or Persons not entitled to attend any Meeting or Assembly as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to depart therefrom for the Space of a Quarter of an Hour after such Proclamation made as aforesaid, to make or cause to be made Proclamation in the King's Name, in the Manner and Form hereinafter directed, to command all Persons there assembled to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their Habitations, or to their lawful Business; and if any such Persons so assembled as aforesaid shall, to the Number of Twelve or more, notwithstanding such Proclamation made, continue together by the Space of Half an Hour after such Proclamation made, that then and in every such Case every Person so continuing, being thereof legally convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and be liable to be transported for any Term not ex- Transportation. ceeding Seven Years.

XII. And be it further enacted, That the Order and Form of the Form of ProProclamation to be made as aforesaid, shall be as hereafter fol- clamation. loweth; (that is to say), the Justice or Justices of the Peace, or other Person authorised by this Act to make such Proclamation, shall, among the said Persons assembled, or as near to them as he can safely come, with a loud Voice, command or cause to be commanded Silence to be, while Proclamation is making; and after

Justices at
Meetings, on
Notice, may
order Persons

propounding or
maintaining
Propositions
for altering any
thing by Law
established,

(Exception)

be taken into

Custody, &c.

to

that shall openly, and with loud Voice, make or cause to be made Proclamation in these Words, or to the like Effect:

OUR Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all Persons here assembled immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their Habitations, or to their lawful 'Business. GOD save the King.'

XIII. And be it further enacted, That if One or more Justice or Justices of the Peace present at any Meeting requiring such Notice as aforesaid, shall think fit to order any Person or Persons who shall attend such Meeting in any manner contrary to the Provisions of this Act, or who shall at such Meeting proceed to propound or maintain any Proposition for altering any thing by Law established, otherwise than by the Authority of the King, Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, or shall wilfully and advisedly make any Proposition, or hold any Discourse for the Purpose of inciting and stirring up the People to Hatred or Contempt of the Person of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, or the Government and Constitution of this Realm as by Law established, to be taken into Custody, to be dealt with according to Law; and in case the said Justice or Justices, or any of them, or any Peace Officer acting under his or their or any of their Orders, shall be forcibly obstructed in taking into Custody any Person or Persons so ordered to be taken into Custody, then and in such case it shall be lawful for any such Justice or Justices thereupon to make or cause to be made such Proclamation as last aforesaid, in manner aforesaid; and if any Persons, to the Number of Twelve or more, being required or commanded by such Proclamation to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart as last aforesaid, shall, to the Not departing Number of Twelve or more, notwithstanding such Proclamation made, remain or continue together by the Space of Half an Hour after such Command or Request made by Proclamation, that then such continuing together to the Number of Twelve or more, after such Command or Request made by Proclamation, shall be adjudged Felony, and the Offenders therein shall be adjudged Felons, Transportation. and shall be liable to be transported for any Term not exceeding

Obstructing Justice;

Proclamation to be made.

after Procla

mátion made;

Persons ob

structing Justices, &c.

Seven Years.

XIV. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons do or shall, with Force and Arms, wilfully and knowingly oppose, obstruct, or in any manner wilfully and knowingly let, hinder or hurt any Justice of the Peace, or other Person authorised as aforesaid, or any Person acting in Aid or Assistance of any Justice of the Peace who shall attend or disperse any such Meeting as aforesaid, or shall be going to attend or to disperse any such Meeting, or any Justice of the Peace or Peace Officer, or any Person or Persons acting in Aid or Assistance of any Justice of the Peace or other Officer who shall begin to proclaim, or be going or endeavouring to make any Proclamation authorised or directed to be made under the Provisions of this Act, whereby such Proclamation shall not be made; and also if any Persons so being assembled as aforesaid, to whom any such Proclamation as aforesaid should or ought to have been made, if the same had not been hindered as aforesaid, shall, to the Number of Twelve or more, continue more continu- together, and not disperse themselves within Half an Hour after

or Twelve or

such

such Let or Hindrance so made, having Knowledge of such Let ing together, or Hindrance so made; and also if any Person so being at any &c. such Assembly as aforesaid shall, with Force and Arms, wilfully and knowingly oppose, obstruct, or in any manner wilfully and knowingly let, hinder or hurt any Justice of the Peace or other Magistrate, or any Peace Officer or other Person acting in their Aid or Assistance, in the arresting, apprehending or taking into Custody, or detaining, in Execution of any of the Provisions of this Act, any Person or Persons, or endeavouring so to do, that then and in every such Case every Person so offending, being thereof legally convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and be liable to be transported for any Term not exceeding Seven Transportation.

Years.

indemnified in

case of Persons being killed or maimed.

XV. And be it further enacted, That if the Persons assembled at Justices, &c. any Meeting or Assembly held contrary to the Provisions of this Act, or which shall become and be an unlawful Assembly, under the Provisions of this Act, or any of them, shall happen to be killed, maimed or hurt, in the dispersing or endeavouring to disperse, or arresting or apprehending or detaining them, or any of them, or in the endeavouring so to do, by reason of their resisting the Persons so dispersing, seizing or apprehending, or endeavouring to disperse, seize or apprehend them, that every such Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Mayor, Head Officer, Magistrate, High or Petty Constable or other Peace Officer, and all and singular Persons being aiding and assisting to them, or any of them, shall be free, discharged and indemnified, as well against the King's Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, as against all and every other Person and Persons, of, for or concerning the killing, maiming or hurting of any such Person or Persons so continuing together as aforesaid, that shall happen to be so killed, maimed or hurt as aforesaid.

XVI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to any Meeting or Assembly which shall be wholly holden in any Room or Apartment of any House or Building; any thing hereinbefore contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

XVII. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to any Meeting held in any County, Stewartry, City, Borough, Town or Place, returning any Member to serve in Parliament, after the issuing and before the Return of any Writ for the Election of any Member to serve in Parliament for such County, Stewartry, City, Borough, Town or Place.

Proviso for Meetings held in private Rooms;

and for Meet

ings for returning Members to Parliament.

pons, &c.

XVIII. And be it further declared and enacted, That it shall Attending not be lawful for any Person to attend, proceed to or be present Meetings with at any Meeting whatsoever, which shall be holden for the Purpose Arms, Weaor on the Pretext of deliberating upon, or proceeding to deliberate upon any Public Grievance, or upon any Matter or Thing relating to any Trade, Manufacture, Business or Profession, or upon any Matter in Church or State, or of considering, proposing or agreeing to any Petition, Complaint, Remonstrance, Declaration, Resolution or Address, on the Subject thereof, armed with any Gun, Pistol, Sword, Dagger, Pike, Bludgeon or other offensive Weapon; and that every Person who shall offend in the Premises, shall, Punishment.