Clergy Act 1661
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| Long title | An Act for Repeal of an Act of Parliament Entituled "An Act for disenabling all persons in Holy Orders to exercise any Temporall Jurisdiccion or Authority." | ||||||||
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| Citation | 13 Cha. 2 St. 1. c. 2 | ||||||||
| Territorial extent | England and Wales | ||||||||
| Dates | |||||||||
| Royal assent | 30 July 1661 | ||||||||
| Commencement | 8 May 1661[a] | ||||||||
| Repealed | 28 July 1863 | ||||||||
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Status: Repealed | |||||||||
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The Clergy Act 1661 (13 Cha. 2 St. 1. c. 2) was an act of the Parliament of England passed in 1661. It "repealed, annulled and made void to all intents and purposes" the Clergy Act 1640 (16 Cha. 1. c. 27), which had prevented those in holy orders from exercising any temporal jurisdiction or authority and so, expelled the bishops, as Lords Spiritual, from the House of Lords.
Subsequent developments
[edit]The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict.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.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Start of session.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1863", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/26-27 c. 125
- The Law & Working of the Constitution: Documents 1660-1914, ed. W. C. Costin & J. Steven Watson. A&C Black, 1952. Vol. I (1660-1783), p. 9
External links
[edit]- Text of the Clergy Act 1661 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
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