Papists Act 1740

The Papists Act 1740 (14 Geo. 2, c. 21) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Great Britain during the reign of George II. Its long title was "An Act to indemnify protestant purchasers of estates of papists, against the penalties or forfeitures papists are liable to, for not having inrolled their estates, in pursuance of an act of the third year of the reign of his late majesty King George the First, for that purpose".[1]

Act of Parliament
Citation14 Geo. 2. c. 21
Other legislation
Relates toPapists Act 1716
Text of the Papists Act 1740 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

Notes

  1. Danby Pickering, The Statutes at Large, from the Ninth to the 15th Year of King George II: Vol. XVII (Cambridge, 1765), p. 438.
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