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ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACT 1829

ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACT 1829 - LONG TITLE

An Act for the Relief of His Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects.{1}
[13th April 1829]
Preamble rep. by SL(R) 1978

Ss.17 rep. by 1871 c.48 s.1 sch.1 Pt.II; SL(R) 1973; SL(R) 1978

ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACT 1829 - SECT 9
No Roman Catholic priest to sit in the House of Commons.

9. No person in holy orders in the Church of Rome shall be
capable of being elected to serve in Parliament as a member of the
House of Commons; and if any such person shall be elected to serve
in Parliament as aforesaid such election shall be void; and if any
person, being elected to serve in Parliament as a member of the
House of Commons shall, after his election, take or receive holy
orders in the Church of Rome, the seat of such person shall
immediately become void; and if any such person shall, in any of
the cases aforesaid, presume to sit or vote as a member of the
House of Commons, he shall be subject to the same penalties,
forfeitures, and disabilities as are enacted by the House of Commons
(Clergy Disqualification) Act, 1801; and proof of the celebration of
any religious service by such person, according to the rites of the
Church of Rome, shall be deemed and taken to be prima8 facie
evidence of the fact of such person being in holy orders within
the intent and meaning of this Act.

ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACT 1829 - SECT 10
Roman Catholics may hold civil and military offices and exercise
franchises.

10. It shall be lawful for any of His Majesty's subjects professing
the Roman Catholic religion to hold, exercise, and enjoy, all civil
and military offices and places of trust or profit under His
Majesty, and to exercise any other franchise or civil right, except
as herein-after excepted ....

S.11 rep. by SL(R) 1978

ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACT 1829 - SECT 12
This Act not to enable Roman Catholics to hold certain offices.

12. Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be
construed to extend to enable any person or persons professing the
Roman Catholic religion to hold or exercise the office of guardians
and justices of the United Kingdom, or of regent of the United
Kingdom, under whatever name, style, or title such office may be
constituted; nor to enable any person, otherwise than as he is now
by law enabled, to hold or enjoy the office of lord high
chancellor, lord keeper or lord commissioner of the great seal of
Great Britain...; ...

S.13 rep. by SLR 1891

ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACT 1829 - SECT 14
Roman Catholics may be members of lay corporations.

14. It shall be lawful for any of His Majesty's subjects professing
the Roman Catholic religion to be a member of any lay body
corporate, and to hold any civil office or place of trust or
profit therein, and to do any corporate act, or vote in any
corporate election or other proceeding... upon taking such oath or
oaths as may now by law be required to be taken by any persons
becoming members of such lay body corporate, or being admitted to
hold any office or place of trust or profit within the same.

S.15 rep. by SLR 1980

ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACT 1829 - SECT 16
This Act not to extend to offices, &c. in the universities,
colleges, or schools.

16. Provided also, that nothing in this Act contained shall be
construed ... to repeal, abrogate, or in any manner to interfere
with any local statute, ordinance, or rule, which is or shall be
established by competent authority within any university, college,
hall, or school, by which Roman Catholics shall be prevented from
being admitted thereto, or from residing or taking degrees therein:

S.17 rep. by SLR 1980

ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACT 1829 - SECT 18
No Roman Catholic to advise the Crown in the appointment to offices
in the established churches.

18. It shall not be lawful for any person professing the Roman
Catholic religion directly or indirectly to advise His Majesty, or
any person or persons holding or exercising the office of guardians
of the United Kingdom, or of regent of the United Kingdom, under
whatever name, style, or title such office may be constituted,...,
touching or concerning the appointment to or disposal of any office
or preferment in the ... Church of England..., or in the Church of
Scotland; and if any such person shall offend in the premises, he
shall, being thereof convicted by due course of law, be deemed
guilty of a high misdemeanor, and disabled for ever from holding
any office, civil or military, under the Crown.

Ss.1937 rep. by 1871 c.48 s.1 sch.1 Pt.II; SLR 1890; SLR 1953;
SL(R) 1978

ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACT 1829 - SECT 38
Penalties, how to be recovered.

38. All penalties imposed by this Act shall and may be recovered
as a debt due to His Majesty, by information to be filed in the
name of His Majesty's attorney general... for Ireland, ... in the
[High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland]...

Ss.39, 40 rep. by 1871 c.48 s.1 sch.1 Pt.II