Simony Act 1688 Explained

Short Title:	Simony Act 1688^[1]
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of England
Long Title:	An Act that the Simoniacall Promotion of one Person may not prejudice another.^[2]
Year:	1689
Citation:	1 Will. & Mar. c. 16
Royal Assent:	11 May 1689
Status:	current
Original Text:	https://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol6/p73
Use New Uk-Leg:	yes

The Simony Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 16) is an Act of the Parliament of England.

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[3]

Section 2

This section, from "bee it" to "aforesaid that" was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1888.

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.
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".
The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. . Part I. Page 68, read with pages viii and x.