Oaths Act 1888

United Kingdom legislation
Oaths Act 1888
Citation51 & 52 Vict. c. 46
Dates
Royal assent24 December 1888
Repealed30 July 1978
Other legislation
Repealed byOaths Act 1978
Status: Repealed

The Oaths Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 46) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing that all required oaths (including the oath of allegiance taken to the Sovereign, required in order to sit in Parliament) may be solemnly affirmed rather than sworn to God.[1] The Act was the culmination of a campaign by the noted atheist and secularist MP Charles Bradlaugh to take his seat.[1]

The Act was consolidated and repealed by the Oaths Act 1978.[2]

See also

  • Oaths Act

References

  1. ^ a b Church and State in 21st Century Britain: The Future of Church Establishment (ed. R.M. Morris: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), p. 21.
  2. ^ Oaths Act 1978

External links

  • Hansard, Second Reading of the Oaths Bill, 14 March 1888
  • Hansard, Third Reading of the Oaths Bill, 9 August 1888
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