Possible Clues:

• Bill may become this
• Law that's been passed
• Law fellows probing case of theft stick around
• A bout to beat people in a series of races - some performance
• It's lawful to have playful people in the net
• Playbill
• A law to punish backward people in a race
• Beat up workers in sober performance
• About ten playfellows by decree
• A played-out law?