Sacrament Act 1547[1]
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Acte against suche as shall unreverentlie speake against the Sacrament of the bodie and bloude of Christe commonlie called the Sacrament of the Altar, and for the receiving thereof in bothe kyndes.[2]
Citation1 Edw. 6. c. 1
Dates
Royal assent24 December 1547
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Sacrament Act 1547 is an Act of the Parliament of England.

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

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, except section 8, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II[4] of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

Section 1

In this section, the words from "from and after" to "nexte cominge" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Section 2

In this section, the words to "Maie next coming" and "whereof one of them to be of the quorum" and the words "after the saide first daie of Maye" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

This section was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part I[5] of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Section 3

This section was repealed by section 10(3) of, and Part II of Schedule 2 to, the Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965.[6][7]

Section 4

This section was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Section 5

This section was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Section 6

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II[4] of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

Section 7

This section was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Section 8

Primitive Mode of receiving the Sacrament; The Sacrament shall be administered in both Kinds, Bread and Wine, to the People: After Exhortations of the Priest, the Sacrament shall not be denied. Not condemning the Usage of other Churches

This section, in so far as it extended to Northern Ireland, was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1953.

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".
  3. ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page 50, read with pages viii and x.
  4. ^ a b "The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969, Schedule, Part II". Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. ^ "The Criminal Law Act 1967, Schedule 3, Part I". Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  6. ^ "The Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965, §10(3)". Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  7. ^ "The Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965, Schedule 2, Part II". Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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