Unlawful Games Act 1541

Section 1 of the Gaming Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109) repealed much of the act. Sections 14 and 17 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125), which came into force on 28 July 1863. The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 repealed sections 11 to 13, part of section 8, and the preambulatory words "by reason therof Archerie ys sore decayed, and dayly is lyke to be more mynished..." Archery could not compete with the nefarious pursuits of cricket, dicing, and carding. The remainder of the whole act was repealed by section 15 of, and part I of schedule 6 to, the Betting and Gaming Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 60). The act forbade all sport on Christmas Day with the exception of archery practice, meaning that footballers who played on Christmas Day before 1960, when the Football League routinely scheduled fixtures for 25 December, had technically broken the law. == Section 5 ==