Papists Act 1740

Papists Act 1740

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act to indemnify protestant purchasers of estates of papists, against the penalties or forfeitures papists are liable to, for not having inrolled their estates, in pursuance of an act of the third year of the reign of his late majesty King George the First, for that purpose.
Citation	14 Geo. 2. c. 21
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	21 March 1741
Commencement	18 November 1740 [a]
Repealed	15 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to	Papists Act 1716
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Papists Act 1740 (14 Geo. 2. c. 21) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the reign of George II. Its long title was "An Act to indemnify protestant purchasers of estates of papists, against the penalties or forfeitures papists are liable to, for not having inrolled their estates, in pursuance of an act of the third year of the reign of his late majesty King George the First, for that purpose". ^[1]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

1. Danby Pickering, The Statutes at Large, from the Ninth to the 15th Year of King George II: Vol. XVII (Cambridge, 1765), p. 438.