Quakers and Moravians Act 1833

Long titleAn Act to allow Quakers and Moravians to make Affirmation in all Cases where an Oath is or shall be required.

Citation3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 49

Territorial extentUnited Kingdom

Royal assent28 August 1833

Quakers and Moravians Act 1833^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to allow Quakers and Moravians to make Affirmation in all Cases where an Oath is or shall be required.
Citation	3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 49
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	28 August 1833
Commencement	28 August 1833[b]
Repealed	16 June 1977
Other legislation
Amended by	Quakers and Moravians Act 1838 Promissory Oaths Act 1871 Perjury Act 1911 False Oaths (Scotland) Act 1933
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Quakers and Moravians Act 1833^[a] (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 49) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The act allowed Quaker and Moravian MPs to substitute an affirmation for an oath on their entrance to the House of Commons.^[1]