The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1813 (53 Geo. 3. c. 128) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act allowed Irish Roman Catholics in England to be elected to all corporations; hold all civil and military offices except the very highest; to a certain extent keep arms; and were allowed to vote. This was all provided they took the Oath of Allegiance and a new oath abjuring certain doctrines. This had previously been granted to them in Ireland by the Catholic Relief Act 1793 passed by the pre-Union Parliament of Ireland.[1]
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to relieve from the Operation of the Statute of the Twenty fifth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants, all such of His Majesty's Popish or Roman Catholic Subjects of Ireland as, by virtue of the Act of Parliament of Ireland of the Thirty third Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for the Relief of His Majestys Popish or Roman Catholic Subjects of Ireland, hold, exercise or enjoy any Civil or Military Offices or Places of Trust or Profit, or any other Office whatsoever, of which His Majesty's said Subjects are by the said Act of Parliament of Ireland rendered capable. |
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| Citation | 53 Geo. 3. c. 128 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 12 July 1813 |
| Repealed | 6 August 1861 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1861 |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Act has been repealed.[2]
References
edit- "Cap. CXXVIII". Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 53 George III. London: His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers. 1813. pp. 566–8. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), pp. 645-46.
- ^ "Legislation already repealed". Statute Law Revision Project. Attorney General of Ireland. p. 22. Archived from the original (MS Word) on 11 October 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2012.