Quakers and Moravians Act 1833
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1833 c. 49 |
(3 & 4 Will. 4) C A P. XLIX.
[28th August 1833]
'WHEREAS it is expedient and reasonable that the solemn Affirmation of Persons of the Persuasion of the People called Quakers, and of Moravians, should be allowed in all Cases where an Oath is or shall be required;' be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That every Person of the Persuasion of the Peoplecalled Quakers, and every Moravian, be permitted to make his or her solemn Affirmation or Declaration, instead of taking an Oath, in all Places and for all Purposes whatsoever where an Oath is or shall be required either by the Common Law or by any Act of Parliament already made or hereafter to be made, which said Affirmation or Declaration shall be of the same Force and Effect as if he or she had taken an Oath in the usual Form; and if any such Person making such solemn Affirmation or Declaration shall be lawfully convicted wilfully, falsely, and corruptly to have affirmed or declared any Matter or Thing, which if the same had been in the usual Form would have amounted to wilful and corrupt Perjury, he or she shall incur the same Penalties and Forfeitures as by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm are enacted against Persons convicted of wilful and corrupt Perjury, any Law, Statute, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that every such Affirmation or Declaration shall be in the Words following; (that is to say,)
'IA. B. being one of the People called Quakers [or one of the Persuasion of the People called Quakers, or of the United Brethren called Moravians, as the Case may be ,] do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm.'
II Form of Affirmation in lieu of Oath of Abjuration.
II. And whereas some Doubts may arise as to the Form of the Affirmation to be taken in lieu of the Oath of Abjuration by Persons of the Persuasion of the People called Quakers; be it therefore enacted, That instead of the Form of Affirmation prescribed in lieu of the Abjuration Oath by an Act of the Eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the First, intituled An Act for granting the People...
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