Papists Act 1688

United Kingdom legislation
  • (Ruffhead: 1 Will. & Mar. Sess. 1. c. 9)
DatesRoyal assent24 April 1689Other legislationAmended byPapists (Amendment) Act 1688Repealed by
  • Roman Catholics Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 102)
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
United Kingdom legislation
Papists (Amendment) Act 1688
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Act for rectifying a Mistake in a certaine Act of this present Parliament For the amoveing Papists from the Cities of London and Westminster.
Citation1 Will. & Mar. c. 17
  • (Ruffhead: 1 Will. & Mar. Sess. 1. c. 17)
Dates
Royal assent11 May 1689
Other legislation
AmendsPapists Act 1688
Repealed by
  • Roman Catholics Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 102)
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Papists Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 9) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England during the Glorious Revolution.[1] Its full title was "An Act for the Amoving Papists and reputed Papists from the Cityes of London and Westminster and Ten Miles distance from the same".[2]

Notes

  1. ^ W. C. Costin and J. Steven Watson (eds.), The Law and Working of the Constitution: Documents 1660–1914. Vol. I: 1660–1783 (London: A. & C. Black, 1952), pp. 61–63.
  2. ^ Full text of the Act on British History Online, retrieved 25 April 2019.
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