Witchcraft Act 1735
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1735 c. 5 |
| Year | 1735 |
(9 Geo. 2) C A P. V.
BE it 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 the Statute made in the first Year of the Reign of King James the First, intituled, , shall, from the twenty-fourth Day ofJune next, be repealed, and utterly void and of none Effect (except so much thereof as repeals the Statute made in the fifth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth , intituled, An Act against Conjurations, Inchantments and Witchcrafts. )
II The Act in Scotland 9 Mari also repealed.
II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the said twenty-fourth Day ofJune , the Act passed in the Parliament of Scotland in the ninth Parliament of Queen Mary , intituled, Anentis Witchcrafts , shall be and is hereby repealed.
III After 24 June 1736, no Person to be prosecuted for Witchcraft, &c.
III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said twenty-fourth Day ofJune , no Prosecution, Suit or Proceeding, shall be commenced or carried on against any Person or Persons for Witchcraft, Sorcery, Inchantment or Conjuration, or for charging another with any such Offence, in any Court whatsoever in Great Britain .
IV Persons pretending to exercise Witchcraft, tell Fortunes, or by crafty-Science to discover stolen Goods,
IV. And for the more effectual preventing and punishing any Pretences to such Arts or Powers as are before-mentioned, whereby ignorant Persons are frequently deluded and defrauded; Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any...
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