Oath of Allegiance, etc. Act 1609

Oath of Allegiance, etc. Act 1609

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for administring the oath of allegiance, and reformation of married women recusants.
Citation	7 Jas. 1. c. 6
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	23 July 1610
Commencement	9 February 1610 [a]
Repealed	18 August 1846
Other legislation
Repealed by	Religious Disabilities Act 1846
Relates to	Popish Recusants Act 1605
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Oath of Allegiance, etc. Act 1609 (7 Jas. 1. c. 6) was an act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of James I. The act ordered officers, ecclesiastical persons, Members of Parliament, lawyers and others to take the oath of allegiance or otherwise they would suffer penalties and disabilities. ^[1] The act also declared that no MP could enter the House of Commons without first taking the oath before the Lord Steward or his deputy. ^[2]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Religious Disabilities Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 59).

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

1. Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, The Law-Dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress and Present State of the British Law, Volume 2 (Payne, 1820), p. 65.
2. Tomlins, p. 87.