Oaths Act 1888

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Oaths Act 1888
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation 51 & 52 Vict. c. 46
Dates
Royal assent 24 December 1888
Repealed30 July 1978
Other legislation
Repealed by Oaths Act 1978
Status: Repealed

The Oaths Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 46) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing that all required oaths (including the oath of allegiance taken to the Sovereign, required in order to sit in Parliament) may be solemnly affirmed rather than sworn to God. [1] The Act was the culmination of a campaign by the noted atheist and secularist MP Charles Bradlaugh to take his seat. [1]

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The Act was consolidated and repealed by the Oaths Act 1978. [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Church and State in 21st Century Britain: The Future of Church Establishment (ed. R.M. Morris: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), p. 21.
  2. ↑ Oaths Act 1978


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