Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793
 Popery Act 1704 | |
Status: Repealed | |
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The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 21 (Ir.)) was an
Roman Catholics
of certain political, educational, and economic disabilities.
The Act was introduced by the
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (the kingdoms having been joined in 1801 by the Acts of Union 1800
). Section 12 of the 1829 act had a much shorter list of excluded offices, in particular allowing Catholic MPs.
Repeal
Section 8 of the 1793 act, allowing Catholics to be professors at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, was superseded by an 1800 act allowing all Christians.[1][2] Other restrictions introduced in 1793 were virtually repealed or superseded by the 1829 act.[2] Particular sections were later explicitly repealed repealed as follows:[2]
| Sections | Repealed by |
|---|---|
| 12 | Marriages by Roman Catholics (Ireland) Act 1833[3] |
| 14 | Religious Disabilities Act 1846[4] |
| 6 (in part) | Promissory Oaths Act 1871[5] |
| 7 (in relation to Trinity College Dublin) | University of Dublin Tests Act 1873[6] |
| 1โ6, 10, 11, 13 | Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879[7] |
The whole act was repealed in
Republic of Ireland law by the Statute Law Revision Act 1983.[9]
Sources
- Bartlett, Thomas (2016). "'So many wheels within wheels': the 1793 Catholic relief Act revisited". In Hayton, David; Holmes, Andrew (eds.). Ourselves Alone? : Religion, Society and Politics in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland : essays presented to S.J. Connolly. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 126โ136. ISBN 978-1-84682-592-7– via Internet Archive.
- "Bill 2115: For the relief of his majesty's Roman Catholic subjects of Ireland". Irish Legislation Database. Queens University Belfast. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- 33 George III c.21 from The statutes at large, passed in the Parliaments held in Ireland
Citations
- ^ Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, Act 1800 [40 Geo. 3. c. 84] s. 20
- ^ a b c Cullinan, William Fitzpatrick, ed. (1885). The Irish statutes revised edition : 3 Edward II to the Union, AD 1310โ1800. By authority. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. liv.
- ^ 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 102. s. 1
- ^ 9 & 10 Vict. c. 59. s. 1
- ^ 34 & 35 Vict. c. 48. s. 1 and Schedule 3 Part II
- ^ 36 & 37 Vict. c. 21. s. 4
- ^ Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879 s. 1 and Schedule
- ^ 2 Eliz. 2 c. 5 s. 1 and Schedule 2
- ^ Statute Law Revision Act 1983 s. 1 and Schedule Part I
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