Quakers Act 1695

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Quakers Act 1695

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The Quakers Act of 1695 was an act of the Parliament of England which allowed Quakers to substitute an affirmation where the law previously required an oath. The act did not apply to the oaths required when giving evidence in a criminal case or to serve on a jury or to hold any office of profit from the crown. It allowed legal proceedings to be taken against Quakers before a Justice of the Peace for refusing to pay tithes if the amount claimed did not exceed f10.

Chapter 7 & 8 Will 3 c 34, Repeal date: 22 October 1969. Repealing legislation: Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969. Status: Repealed. Text of statute as originally enacted: The Quakers Act 1695 was an Act of the Parliament of England which allowed Quakers to substitute an affirmation where the law previously required an oath. The Act did not apply to the oaths required when giving evidence in a criminal case or to serve on a jury or to hold any office of profit from the Crown. It allowed legal proceedings to be taken against Quakers before a Justice of the Peace for refusing to pay tithes if the amount claimed did not exceed £10. The Act would have expired in seven years but, in 1702, Parliament extended it for another eleven years by the Affirmation by Quakers Act 1701. In 1715, it was made permanent and applied also to Scotland.^[1]

Repeal: The Act, except sections 3 and 4, was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.^[2] The remaining sections were repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.^[3]

Sources

• Quakers Act 1695. (2013, November 27). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 07:58, August 14, 2014, from {http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quakers_Act_1695&oldid=583535342]

• Mark A. Thomson, A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801 (London: Methuen, 1938), p. 277.

• "Statute Law Revision Act 1867". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 8-14-2014 from: {http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1867/en/act/pub/0059/print.html]

• "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969". UK Statute Law Database. Retrieved 8-14-2014 from: {http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/52/schedule/part/II/crossheading/ecclesiastical-enactments/enacted]

Footnotes:

1. ↑ Thomson 1938
2. ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1867"
3. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969"