Quakers Act 1695

Quakers Act 1695

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act that the Solemne Affirmation & Declaration of the People called Quakers shall be accepted instead of an Oath in the usual Forme.
Citation	7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 34
Dates
Royal assent	27 April 1696
Commencement	4 May 1696
Expired	5 April 1702
Other legislation
Amended by	Affirmation by Quakers Act 1701 Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Affirmation by Quakers Act 1701
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for continuing an act, intituled, An Act that the Solemne Affirmation & Declaration of the People called Quakers shall be accepted instead of an Oath in the usual form.
Citation	13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 4 (Ruffhead: 13 Will. c. 4)
Dates
Royal assent	2 March 1702
Expired	8 August 1713
Repealed	15 July 1867
Other legislation
Amends	Quakers Act 1695
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Tithes and Church Rates Recovery Act 1714
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for making perpetual an act of the seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late majesty King William the Third, intituled, An act that the solemn affirmation and declaration of the people called Quakers, shall be accepted instead of an oath in the usual form; and for explaining and enforcing the said act in relation to the payment of tithes and church rates; and for appointing the form of an affirmation to be taken by the said people called Quakers, instead of the oath of abjuration.
Citation	1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 6
Other legislation
Amends	Quakers Act 1695
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867 Promissory Oaths Act 1871
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Quakers Act 1695 was an Act of the Parliament of England which allowed Quakers to substitute an affirmation where the law previously required an oath. The Act did not apply to the oaths required when giving evidence in a criminal case or to serve on a jury or to hold any office of profit from the Crown. It allowed legal proceedings to be taken against Quakers before a justice of the peace for refusing to pay tithes if the amount claimed did not exceed £10.

The Act would have expired in seven years but, in 1702, Parliament extended it for another eleven years by the Affirmation by Quakers Act 1701. In 1715, it was made permanent and applied also to Scotland.^[1]

Repeal

The Act, except sections 3 and 4, was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.^[2] The remaining sections were repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.^[3]

Notes

1. Thomson, Mark A. (1938). A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801. London: Methuen. p. 277.
2. "Statute Law Revision Act 1867". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
3. "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969". UK Statute Law Database. Retrieved 27 November 2013.

External links

• Chapter XXXIV. Rot. Parl. 7 & 8 Gul. III. p.9. n.3. History of Parliament Trust