Places of Religious Worship Act 1812
| Long title | An Act to repeal certain Acts, and amend other Acts relating to Religious Worship and Assemblies and Persons teaching or preaching therein. |
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| Citation | 52 Geo. 3. c. 155 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 July 1812 |
| Commencement | 29 July 1812[b] |
| Repealed | 16 June 1977 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Toleration Act 1688] |
| Repeals/revokes | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Places of Religious Worship Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 155) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It updated the system of registration established by the Toleration Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 18) for places of worship used by Protestant Dissenters except Quakers and set up a system of punishments for offenders against the act.[1] It also repealed the Five Mile Act 1665 (17 Cha. 2. c. 2) and the Conventicles Act 1670 (16 Cha. 2. c. 4).[2][3]
Notes
- ^ The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
- ^ The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: 1812, p. 1069-1071, at Google Books
- ^ "Dissenting Academies Project-Historical Information-Legislation". Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Charles F. Mullett, 'The Legal Position of the English Protestant Dissenters, 1767-1812', Virginia Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 6 (Apr., 1939), pp. 671-697