Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691

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Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act against corresponding with Their Majesties Enemies.
Citation 3 Will. & Mar. c. 13
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 24 February 1692
Commencement 22 October 1691 [a]
Repealed15 July 1867
Other legislation
Amended by Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Correspondence with Enemies Act 1704
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to prevent all traiterous Correspondence with Her Majesty's Enemies.
Citation
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 14 March 1705
Commencement 25 March 1705 [d]
Repealed15 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691 (3 Will. & Mar. c. 13) was an act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to correspond with the deposed King James II. It was replaced by the Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 1) [b] .

After James's death, the Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 3) [b] and the Correspondence with Enemies Act 1704 (3 & 4 Ann. c. 13) [b] made it treason to correspond with his son, and the Treason Act 1743 (17 Geo. 2. c. 39) made it treason to correspond with his son's sons.

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  1. Start of session.
  2. 1 2 3 4 This is the citation in The Statutes of the Realm .
  3. This is the citation in The Statutes at Large .
  4. Section 1.