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Oaths, Land and Sea Forces Act 1817

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Act of Parliament
Long titleAct to regulate the Administration of Oaths in certain cases to Officers in His Majesty's Land and Sea Forces.
Citation57 Geo. 3. c. 92
Dates
Royal assent10 July 1817
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Oaths, Land and Sea Forces Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 92) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act opened up all ranks in the Army and Navy to Roman Catholics and Dissenters.[1]

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  1. ^ Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 646.