1779年非國教徒寬免法令
《1779年非國教徒寬免法令》[1]（英語：Nonconformist Relief Act 1779；19 Geo. III c. 44）是大不列顛國會的一項法令。該法令准許非國教徒（不信奉国教者）在聲明自己是基督徒及新教徒，作出效忠宣誓及最高權威宣誓，並以《聖經》作為他信仰及實踐的準則的條件下傳道和講道。[2][3]
該法令由《1817年非國教徒（愛爾蘭）法令》（Dissenters (Ireland) Act 1817；57 Geo. 3 c. 70）引伸適用於愛爾蘭。
備註 编辑
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 650.
- ^ Mark A. Thomson, A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801 (London: Methuen, 1938), p. 406.