Security of the Sovereign Act 1714
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | 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. |
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| Citation | 1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 13 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 August 1715 |
| Commencement | 17 March 1715[a] |
| Repealed | 13 July 1871 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
| Repealed by | Promissory Oaths Act 1871 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Security of the Sovereign Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 13) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The Act required all civil and military officers; members of colleges; teachers; preachers; and lawyers to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy and of abjuration of the Pretender.[1]
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48).
See also
Notes
- ^ Start of session.
References
- ^ Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 641.