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Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691

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Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act against corresponding with Their Majesties Enemies.
Citation3 Will. & Mar. c. 13
Dates
Royal assent24 February 1692
Repealed15 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Correspondence with Enemies Act 1704
Act of Parliament
Citation3 & 4 Ann. c. 13
(Ruffhead: c. 14)
Dates
Royal assent14 March 1705
Repealed15 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1867
Status: Repealed

The Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691 (3 Will. & Mar. c. 13) was an Act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to correspond with the deposed King James II. It was replaced by the Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 1).

After James's death, the Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 3) and the Correspondence with Enemies Act 1704 (3 & 4 Ann. c. 13) made it treason to correspond with his son, and the Treason Act 1743 (17 Geo. 2. c. 39) made it treason to correspond with his son's sons.

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