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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act against corresponding with the late King James and his Adherents |
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| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 January 1698 |
| Commencement | 20 October 1696 [c] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 1) [a] was an act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to correspond with the deposed King James II.
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The act replaced the earlier Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691 (3 Will. & Mar. c. 13). When James II died and his son "James III" asserted his own claim to the throne, the Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 3) was passed to replace this provision.
It was also treason under this act for a person who had been to France since 11 December 1688, or performed military service for France or for James II, to return to England without a licence to do so.