Oath of Allegiance, etc. Act 1609

Oath of Allegiance, etc. Act 1609
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of England
Citation	7 Jas. 1. c. 6
Dates
Repealed	18 August 1846
Other legislation
Repealed by	Religious Disabilities Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 59) ;
Status: Repealed

The Oath of Allegiance, etc. Act 1609 (7 Jas. 1. c. 6) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England during the reign of James I. The Act ordered officers, ecclesiastical persons, Members of Parliament, lawyers and others to take the oath of allegiance or otherwise they would suffer penalties and disabilities.^[1] The Act also declared that no MP could enter the House of Commons without first taking the oath before the Lord Steward or his deputy.^[2]

Notes

^ Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, The Law-Dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress and Present State of the British Law, Volume 2 (Payne, 1820), p. 65.
^ Tomlins, p. 87.

[1] Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, The Law-Dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress and Present State of the British Law, Volume 2 (Payne, 1820), p. 65.

[2] Tomlins, p. 87.

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