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| Long title | An Act to amend the Law as to Oaths. |
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| Citation | 51 & 52 Vict. c. 46 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 24 December 1888 |
| Commencement | 24 December 1888[b] |
| Repealed | 30 July 1978 |
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| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Oaths Act 1978 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
TheOaths Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 46) was anact of theParliament of the United Kingdom providing that all requiredoaths (including theoath of allegiance taken to the Sovereign, required in order to sit in Parliament) may besolemnly affirmed rather than sworn toGod.[1] The Act was the culmination of a campaign by the noted atheist and secularist MPCharles Bradlaugh to take his seat.[1]
The whole act by section 7(1) of, and part I of the schedule to, theOaths Act 1978, which consolidated the act.[2]
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