Clergy Act 1661

Clergy Act 1661

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for Repeal of an Act of Parliament Entituled "An Act for disenabling all persons in Holy Orders to exercise any Temporall Jurisdiccion or Authority."
Citation	13 Cha. 2 St. 1. c. 2
Dates
Royal assent	30 July 1661
Commencement	8 May 1661
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Clergy Act 1640
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Clergy Act 1661 (13 Cha. 2 St. 1. c. 2) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England passed in 1661. It "repealed, annulled and made void to all intents and purposes" the Clergy Act 1640, which had prevented those in holy orders from exercising any temporal jurisdiction or authority and so, expelled the bishops, as Lords Spiritual, from the House of Lords. It was itself repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.

References

• The Law & Working of the Constitution: Documents 1660-1914, ed. W. C. Costin & J. Steven Watson. A&C Black, 1952. Vol. I (1660-1783), p. 9
• Text of the Clergy Act 1661 at British History Online.