| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of England |
| Long Title: | An Act for the Pacification between England and Scotland. |
| Year: | 1640 |
| Citation: | 16 Cha. 1. c. 17 |
| Royal Assent: | 10 August 1641 |
| Repeal Date: | 28 July 1863 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Statute Law Revision Act 1863 |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Original Text: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol5/pp120-128 |
The Pacification, England and Scotland Act 1640 (16 Cha. 1. c. 17) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Long Parliament. Its full title was "An Act for the Pacification between England and Scotland".
The Act declared that those who resumed fighting "ought to be punished as breakers of the peace" and that amnesty "shall not...extend to...theeves, robbers, murtherers, broaken-men [and] outlawers".[1]