Oaths, Land and Sea Forces Act 1817

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Act of Parliament
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Long title Act to regulate the Administration of Oaths in certain cases to Officers in His Majesty's Land and Sea Forces.
Citation 57 Geo. 3. c. 92
Dates
Royal assent 10 July 1817
Repealed13 July 1871
Other legislation
Repealed by Promissory Oaths Act 1871
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Oaths, Land and Sea Forces Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 92) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act opened up all ranks in the Army and Navy to Roman Catholics and Dissenters. [1]

Notes

  1. Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 646.