Papists Act 1722
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain
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The Papists Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 24) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, enacted after the discovery of the Jacobite Atterbury Plot. The act required landowners to take the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration, by 25 December 1723; those who declined were to register their estates by 25 March 1724 (N.S)/1723 (O.S).[1]
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Long titleAn Act to oblige all Persons being Papists, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, and all Persons in Great Britain refusing or neglecting to take the Oaths appointed for the Security of His Majesty's Person and Government, by several Acts herein mentioned, to register their Names and Real Estates.
Territorial extentGreat Britain
Royal assent27 May 1723
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| Long title | An Act to oblige all Persons being Papists, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, and all Persons in Great Britain refusing or neglecting to take the Oaths appointed for the Security of His Majesty's Person and Government, by several Acts herein mentioned, to register their Names and Real Estates. |
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| Citation | 9 Geo. 1. c. 24 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 27 May 1723 |
| Commencement | 9 October 1722[a] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
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| Amended by | Papists Act 1723 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
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Status: Repealed | |
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If they failed to do so they risked forfeiting their estates.[2]
Subsequent developments
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| Long title | An Act for explaining and amending an act of the last session of parliament, intituled, an act to oblige all persons, being papists, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, and all persons in Great Britain, refusing or neglecting to take the oaths appointed for the security of His Majesty's person and government, by several acts herein mentioned, to register their names and real estates, and for enlarging the time for taking the said oaths, and making such registers, and for allowing farther time for the enrolment of deeds or wills made by papists, which have been omitted to be enrolled, pursuant to an act of the third year of his Majesty's reign; and also for giving relief to protestant lessees. |
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| Citation | 10 Geo. 1. c. 4 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 19 March 1724 |
| Commencement | 9 January 1724[a] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Papists Act 1722 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The act was revoked by the Papists Act 1723 (10 Geo. 1. c. 4).[3]
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).
Notes
- Start of session.
