Hispanopedia WikiThe 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]
Subsequent developments
The whole act by section 7(1) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Oaths Act 1978, which came into force on 30 June 1978.[2]
See also
Notes
- ↑Section 7.
- ↑The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
- 12Church and State in 21st Century Britain: The Future of Church Establishment (ed. R. M. Morris: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), p. 21.
- ↑"Oaths Act 1978", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1978 c. 19
External links
- Text of the Oaths Act 1888 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Hansard, Second Reading of the Oaths Bill, 14 March 1888
- Hansard, Third Reading of the Oaths Bill, 9 August 1888
Categorías :
- Leyes del Parlamento del Reino Unido de 1888
- Leyes derogadas del Parlamento del Reino Unido
- Legislación antidiscriminación
- Legislación antidiscriminación en el Reino Unido
- Juramentos de lealtad
- Leyes de juramentos
- Esbozos de estatutos del Reino Unido