Oaths Act 1888

Oaths Act 1888[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to amend the Law as to Oaths.
Citation51 & 52 Vict. c. 46
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent24 December 1888
Commencement24 December 1888[b]
Repealed30 July 1978
Other legislation
Amends
  • Common Law Procedure Act 1854
  • Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1856
  • Criminal Law Amendment Act 1867
  • Juries Act (Ireland) 1868
  • Evidence Further Amendment Act 1869
Repeals/revokes
  • Affirmations Act 1861
  • Affirmations (Scotland) Act 1865
  • Jurors Affirmation (Scotland) Act 1868
  • Evidence Amendment Act 1870
Amended by
Repealed byOaths Act 1978
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Oaths Act 1888[a] (51 & 52 Vict. c. 46) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing that all required oaths (including the oath of allegiance taken to the Sovereign, required in order to sit in Parliament) may be solemnly affirmed rather than sworn to God.[1] The act was the culmination of a campaign by the noted atheist and secularist MP Charles Bradlaugh to take his seat.[1]

Subsequent developments

The whole act by section 7(1) of, and part I of the schedule to, the Oaths Act 1978, which consolidated the act.[2]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b Church and State in 21st Century Britain: The Future of Church Establishment (ed. R. M. Morris: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), p. 21.
  2. ^ Oaths Act 1978


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