Indemnity Act 1727 Explained

Short Title:	Indemnity Act 1727
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Year:	1727
Citation:	1 Geo. 2. St. 2. c. 23
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Status:	repealed

The Indemnity Act 1727 (1 Geo. 2. St. 2. c. 23) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Great Britain during the reign of George II.

It relieved Nonconformists from the requirements in the Test Act 1673 and the Corporation Act 1661 that public office holders must have taken the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in an Anglican church.^[1]

Notes and References

1. E. Neville Williams, The Eighteenth-Century Constitution, 1688–1815: Documents and Commentary (Cambridge University Press, 1965), pp. 341–343.