Sacrament Act 1547

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Sacrament Act 1547 [a]
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Parliament of England
Long title An Acte against suche as shall unreverentlie speake against the Sacrament of the bodie and bloude of Christe commonlie called the Sacrament of the Altar, and for the receiving thereof in bothe kyndes. [b]
Citation 1 Edw. 6. c. 1
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 24 December 1547
Commencement 4 November 1547 [c]
Other legislation
Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Sacrament Act 1547 [a] (1 Edw. 6. c. 1) is an act of the Parliament of England.

Contents

As of 2025, section 8 of the act was partly in force in Great Britain. [1]

Provisions

Section 8

Primitive Mode of receiving the Sacrament; The Sacrament shall be administered in both Kinds, Bread and Wine, to the People: After Exhortations of the Priest, the Sacrament shall not be denied. Not condemning the Usage of other Churches.

Subsequent developments

In section 1 of the act, the words from "from and after" to "nexte cominge" were repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62).

In section 2 of the act, the words to "Maie next coming" and "whereof one of them to be of the quorum" and the words "after the saide first daie of Maye" were repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62).

Section 8 of the act, in so far as it extended to Northern Ireland, was repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 5.

Section 2, 4, 5 and 7 of the act was repealed by section 10(2) of, and part I [2] of schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Section 3 of the act was repealed by section 10(3) of, and part II of schedule 2 to, the Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965. [3] [4]

The whole act, so far as unrepealed, except section 8, was repealed by section 1 of, and part II [5] of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

Notes

  1. 1 2 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ↑ These words are printed against this act in the second column of the second schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
  3. ↑ Start of session.

References

  1. ↑ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN   978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page 50, read with pages viii and x.
  2. ↑ "The Criminal Law Act 1967, Schedule 3, Part I" . Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965, §10(3)" . Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965, Schedule 2, Part II" . Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969, Schedule, Part II" . Retrieved 9 July 2012.


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