Places of Religious Worship Act 1812

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Places of Religious Worship Act 1812
Long titleAn Act to repeal certain Acts, and amend other Acts relating to Religious Worship and Assemblies and Persons teaching or preaching therein.
Citation52 Geo. 3, c. 155
Dates
Royal assent29 July 1812

The Places of Religious Worship Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3, c. 155) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It updated the 1689 Toleration Act's system of registration for places of worship used by Protestant Dissenters except Quakers and set up a system of punishments for offenders against the Act.[1] It also repealed the Five Mile Act and the Conventicle Acts.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: 1812, p. 1069-1071, at Google Books
  2. ^ "Dissenting Academies Project-Historical Information-Legislation". Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ^ Charles F. Mullett, 'The Legal Position of the English Protestant Dissenters, 1767-1812', Virginia Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 6 (Apr., 1939), pp. 671-697


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