Papists Act 1723
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1723 c. 4 |
| Year | 1723 |
(10 Geo. 1) C A P. IV. Anno Regni GEORGII Regis Magn Britanni, Franci & Hiberni, decimo.
An Act for explaining and amending an Act of the last Session of Parliament, intituled,An Act to oblige all Persons, being Papists, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, and all Persons in Great Britain, refusing or neglecting to take the Oaths appointed for the Security of his Majesty's Person and Government, by several Acts herein mentioned, to register their Names and Real Estates , and for enlarging the Time for taking the said Oaths, and making such Registers, and for allowing further Time for the Enrolment of Deeds or Wills made by Papists, which have been omitted to be enrolled, pursuant to an Act of the third Year of his Majesty's Reign; and also for giving Relief to Protestant Lessees.
'I. WHEREAS in and by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, Great Britaincalled Scotland, and all Persons in Great Britain, refusing or neglecting to take the Oaths appointed for the Security of his Majesty's Person and Government, by several Acts herein mentioned, to register their Names and Real Estates , It is (amongst other Things) enacted, That all and every Person and Persons whatsoever inhabiting that Part of Great Britain called England, Wales , or Town of Berwick upon Tweed , who should be at the Age of eighteen Years or upwards, not having, before the making of the said Act, taken the Oaths appointed to be taken in and by an Actmade in the first Year of his Majesty's Reign, intituled,An Act for the further Security of his Majesty's Person and Government, and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret Abettors , and who should neglect or refuse to take the said Oaths on or before the twenty-fifth Day of December one thousand seven hundred and twenty-three, in any of his Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster , or at the General or Quarter-Sessions for the County, City, Town, Liberty or Division where such Person or Persons should live or inhabit, should, on or before the twenty-fifth Day of March one thousand seven hundred and twenty-four, register or cause to be registred, their respective Names and Real Estates, in such and the same Manner and Form as Papists were obliged and directed to register their Namesand Real Estates, in and by an Act passed in the first Year of his Majesty's Reign, intituled, , and also by another Act made and passed in the third Year of his said Majesty's Reign, intituled,An Act for explaining an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled , An Act to oblige Papists to register their Names and Real Estates; and for enlarging the Time...
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