Clergy Act 1661

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Clergy Act 1661
Act of Parliament
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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."
Citation 13 Cha. 2 St. 1. c. 2
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 30 July 1661
Commencement 8 May 1661 [a]
Repealed28 July 1863
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes Clergy Act 1640
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

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 It "repealed, annulled and made void to all intents and purposes" the Clergy Act 1640, which had prevented those in holy orders from exercising any temporal jurisdiction or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.

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Legacy

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).

Notes

  1. Start of session.

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