Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536 Explained

Short Title:	Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536^[1]
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of England
Long Title:	An Acte for the release of suche as have obteyned pretended Lycences and Dispensacions from the See of Rome.^[2]
Year:	1536
Statute Book Chapter:	28 Hen. 8. c. 16
Royal Assent:	18 July 1536
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Status:	repealed

The Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 16) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

Preamble

The preamble was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Section 1

This section, from "and shall never" onwards was repealed by section 13(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 4 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Section 2

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Section 3

In this section, the words "And that all ecclesiasticall" to "their obedience and" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Section 4

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

See also

• Halsbury's Statutes
• Marriage Act 1955, a New Zealand Act of Parliament which replaced provisions of the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".