Test Abolition Act 1867
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1867 c. 62 |
| Year | 1867 |
Test Abolition Act, 1867
(30 & 31 Vict.) C A P. LXII.
An Act to abolish a certain Declaration, commonly called the Declaration against Transubstantiation, the Invocation of the Saints, and the Sacrifice of the Mass, as practised in the Church ofRome ; and to render it unnecessary to take, make, or subscribe the same as a Qualification for the Exercise or Enjoyment of any Civil Office, Franchise, or Right.
[25th July 1867]
W HEREAS by various Acts a certain Declaration, commonly called the Declaration against Transubstantiation and the Invocation of Saints, and the Sacrifice of the Mass, as practised in the Church ofRome , and which Declaration is more fully set forth in the Schedule to this Act annexed, is required to be taken, made, and subscribed by the Subjects of Her Majesty for the Enjoyment of certain Civil Offices, Franchises, and Rights:
And whereas it is expedient to alter the Law in that respect, and to abolish the said Declaration:
Be it enacted by the Queen'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, as follows:
1 Repeal of all Provisions in recited Acts requiring said Declaration to be taken as Qualification for Office.
1. From and after the passing of this Act all such Parts of the said Acts as require the said Declaration to be taken, made, or subscribed by any of Her Majesty's Subjects as a Qualification for the Exercise or Enjoyment of any Civil Office, Franchise, or Right shall be and the same are hereby repealed, and it shall not be obligatory for any Person hereafter to take, make, or subscribe the said Declaration as a Qualification for the Exercise or Enjoyment of any Civil Office, Franchise, or Right within the Realm.
2 Nothing in this Act to enable Roman Catholics to hold Offices other than those they are now entitled to hold.
2. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to enable any Person professing the Roman Catholic Religion to exercise or enjoy any Civil Office, Franchise, or Right for the Exercise or Enjoyment of which the taking, making, or subscribing the Declaration by this Act abolished is now by Law a necessary Qualification, or any other Civil...
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