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The Sunday Observance Act 1780 (21 Geo 3 c 49) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.Originally eight sections long, only sections 1 to 3 were still in force after the 1960s. These sections prohibited the use of any building or room for public entertainment or debate on a Sunday.

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  • Sunday Observance Act 1780 (en)
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  • The Sunday Observance Act 1780 (21 Geo 3 c 49) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.Originally eight sections long, only sections 1 to 3 were still in force after the 1960s. These sections prohibited the use of any building or room for public entertainment or debate on a Sunday. (en)
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  • An Act for preventing certain Abuses and Profanations on the Lord's Day called Sunday. (en)
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  • Parliament of Great Britain (en)
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  • The Sunday Observance Act 1780 (en)
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  • Repealed (en)
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  • The Sunday Observance Act 1780 (21 Geo 3 c 49) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.Originally eight sections long, only sections 1 to 3 were still in force after the 1960s. These sections prohibited the use of any building or room for public entertainment or debate on a Sunday. During November 1865, the National Sunday League (NSL) held a series of lectures for the general public entitled "Sunday Evenings for the People". This was fiercely opposed by the Lord's Day Observance Society (LDOS), who had the lectures cancelled after only four had been given. This was done by threatening the management of St Martin's Hall with legal action as lectures were forbidden under the Act. In 1931, , a solicitor's clerk, brought an action as a common informer against a cinema chain for opening on a succession of Sundays, contrary to the Sunday Observance Act 1780, s.1. Orpen claimed £25,000 against the cinema company and individual members of its board of directors. The claim was based on a forfeit of £200 per performance per defendant. The judge, Mr Justice Rowlatt, expressed some distaste for the proceedings. He found against the cinema chain, awarding Orpen £5,000, with costs, but found for the individual directors on the grounds that there was no evidence that they were guilty on any particular Sunday. Costs were awarded to the directors against Orpen. The judge granted a stay pending an appeal by the company. Later in the year, Orpen brought a claim against another chain, but was thwarted by a change in the law legalising Sunday opening for cinemas before her case could be decided. (en)
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  • The Licensing Act 2003, ss. 198 & 199 & Sch.6, para.3 & Sch.7 (en)
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