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Declarations by Quakers, etc., on Acceptance of Offices Act 1838

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1838 c. 15
Anno Regni VICTORI, Britanniarum Regin,Primo. An Act for the further Relief of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists.

(1 & 2 Vict.) C A P. XV.

[30th March 1838]

'WHEREAS by an Act passed in this present Session of Parliament, intituledAn Actfor the Relief of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists elected to Municipal Offices , it is enacted that every Person of the Persuasion of the People called Quakers, and every Moravian and Separatist, entertaining conscientious Scruples against making and subscribing the Declaration prescribed by the Act of the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Actfor repealing so much of several Acts as imposes the Necessity of receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper as a Qualification for certain Offices and Employments , may, on accepting Office in any Municipal Corporation as Mayor, Alderman, or Councillor, instead of making such Declaration, be permitted to make the Declaration in the said Act of this present Session mentioned: And whereas the Relief given by the said last-mentioned Act may safely be extended in manner herein-after mentioned;' be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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 every Person being of the Persuasion of the People called Quakers, or being a Moravian or Separatist, and entertaining such conscientious Scruples as aforesaid, who has been or shall be placed, elected, or chosen in or to the Office of Recorder, Bailiff, Town Clerk, or Common Councilman, or any Office of Magistracy, or Place, Trust, or Employment relating to the Government of any City, Corporation, Borough, or Cinque Port withinEngland and Wales , or the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed , or who has been or shall be admitted into any Office or Employment, or has accepted or shall accept from Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, any Patent, Grant, or Commission, may, instead of making and...

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