Corporations Act 1718

Corporations Act 1718

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for quieting and establishing Corporations.
Citation	5 Geo. 1. c. 6
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	18 February 1719
Commencement	11 November 1718 [a]
Repealed	15 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to	Corporation Act 1661
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Corporations Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 6) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The act stated that members of municipal corporations were no longer required to take the oath against resistance nor to sign the repudiation of the Solemn League and Covenant. No person would be removed or prosecuted if they failed to take the sacramental test "unless such person be removed or such prosecution be commenced within six months of such person's being placed or elected into his respective office". ^[1]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

1. Mark A. Thomson, A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801 (London: Methuen, 1938), p. 276.