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.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by sections 13(2)(b) and 65(5) of, and schedule 13 to, the Criminal Law Act 1977, on 1 December 1977.

See also

Notes

  • Halsbury's Statutes, Third Edition, volume 18, page 412
  • The Statutes, Third Revised Edition, HMSO, 1950