Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the further Security of His Majesties Person and the Succession of the Crown in the Protestant Line and for extinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and all other Pretenders and their open and secret Abettors. |
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| Citation | 13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 6 (Ruffhead: 13 Will. c. 6) |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 March 1702 |
| Commencement | 30 December 1701[a] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. ) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The act required nearly all office-holders to take the oath of abjuration against James Francis Edward Stuart, pretender to the throne, self-styled Prince of Wales and son of the former King James II.[1]
The act also made it high treason to "compass or imagine" the death of Princess Anne of Denmark, the heir apparent to the throne, with effect from 25 March 1702.[2] This clause never came into force however, since Anne became queen on 8 March 1702.
Assay of Plate Act 1702
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| Assay of Plate Act 1702 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for continuing an Act made in the Eighth Year of his late Majesty's reign,[e] for better preventing the counterfeiting the current coin of this kingdom. |
| Citation | 1 Ann. c. 3 (Ruffhead: 1 Ann. St. 1. c. 9) |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 30 March 1702 |
| Commencement | 8 March 1702[b] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1975 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Coin Act 1696 |
| Amended by | Coinage Offences Act 1832 |
| Repealed by | Hallmarking Act 1973 |
| Relates to | Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Another act, the Assay of Plate Act 1702 (1 Ann. c. 3), passed in 1702, amended the Coin Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26), which concerned treason by counterfeiting coins.
Provisions
[edit]Section 1 of the act continued the Coin Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26), as continued by the Coin (No. 2) Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 21), until the end of the next session of parliament after 25 March 1709.[3]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ E. Neville Williams, The Eighteenth-Century Constitution. 1688-1815. Documents and Commentary (Cambridge University Press, 1960), p. 340.
- ^ Section XV.
- ^ Raithby, John, ed. (1963) [1821]. "1° Annæ". Statutes of the Realm. Vol. 8: The Statutes of the First to the Sixth Years of the Reign of Queen Anne (1702–1707). London: Dawsons. p. 7 – via Hathi Trust.