Treason Act 1766
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1766 c. 53 |
| Year | 1766 |
(6 Geo. 3) C A P. LIII.
'WHEREAS by an Act passed in the first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty KingGeorge the First, 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 ; it is, amongst other Things, enacted, That all and every Person and Persons therein mentioned, within Great Britain , and the several Islands of Jersey and Guernsey , should take and subscribe the Oath of Abjuration therein mentioned; and all and every Person and Persons therein mentioned within Scotland , should also subscribe the Assurance therein mentioned; in the Manner, at the Times and Places, and under the Pains and Penalties, in the said Actexpressed: And whereas by an Act passed in the fifth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty, intituled,An Act for making more effectual the Laws appointing the Oaths, for Security of the Government, to be taken by the Ministers and Preachers in Churches and Meeting-houses in Scotland, it is enacted, That all and every Person and Persons therein mentioned, in Scotland , should subscribe the Assurance in the above-mentioned Act contained, and also take and subscribe the Oath of Abjuration therein directed to be taken, in lieu of the Oath of Abjuration formerly required by Law, in the Manner, at the Times and Places, and under the Penalties and Disabilities, in the said Act provided: And whereas by the Death of the Person who pretended to be Prince of Wales during the Life of the late King James , and, since his Decease, pretended to be, and took upon himself the Stile and Title of King of England , by the same of James the Third, or of Scotland , by the Name of James the Eighth, or the Stile and Title of King of Great Britain , it is become necessary to make some Alteration in the Oathof Abjuration, and the Assurance, contained in the said Acts above-mentioned:' Be it therefore declared and enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and...
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