Indemnity Act 1727
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Citation | 1 Geo. 2. St. 2. c. 23 |
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 May 1728 |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Succession to the Crown Act 1707 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Indemnity Act 1727 (1 Geo. 2. St. 2. c. 23) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Great Britain during the reign of George II.
It relieved Nonconformists from the requirements in the Test Act 1673 and the Corporation Act 1661 that public office holders must have taken the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in an Anglican church.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ E. Neville Williams, The Eighteenth-Century Constitution, 1688–1815: Documents and Commentary (Cambridge University Press, 1965), pp. 341–343.