| Short Title: | Papists Act 1740 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of Great Britain |
| Long Title: | An Act to indemnify protestant purchasers of estates of papists, against the penalties or forfeitures papists are liable to, for not having inrolled their estates, in pursuance of an act of the third year of the reign of his late majesty King George the First, for that purpose. |
| Year: | 1740 |
| Citation: | 14 Geo. 2. c. 21 |
| Repeal Date: | 15 July 1867 |
| Related Legislation: | Papists Act 1716 |
| Status: | Repealed |
The Papists Act 1740 (14 Geo. 2. c. 21) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Great Britain during the reign of George II. Its long title was "An Act to indemnify protestant purchasers of estates of papists, against the penalties or forfeitures papists are liable to, for not having inrolled their estates, in pursuance of an act of the third year of the reign of his late majesty King George the First, for that purpose".[1]