Licensing of the Press Act 1662

Licensing of the Press Act 1662
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses in printing seditious treasonable and unlicensed Books and Pamphlets and for regulating of Printing and Printing Presses
Citation	14 Cha. 2. c. 33; 13 & 14 Cha. 2. c. 33;
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	19 May 1662
Commencement	10 June 1662
Expired	9 June 1664
Repealed	28 July 1863
Other legislation
Amended by	Licensing of the Press Act 1664; Licensing of the Press (No. 2) Act 1664; Licensing of the Press Act 1665; Administration of Intestates' Estate Act 1685; Estreats (Personal Representatives) Act 1692;
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1863
Relates to	Statute of Anne; Newspapers Act 1855; Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1861;
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Licensing of the Press Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 33), was an act of the Parliament of England with the long title An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses in printing seditious treasonable and unlicensed Books and Pamphlets and for regulating of Printing and Printing Presses. Having expired in 1695, it was officially repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125), which repealed a large set of superseded acts.

The act was originally limited to two years but was extended until 1694. The provisions as to importation of books, the appointment of licensers, and the number of printers and founders were practically re-enactments of the similar provisions in an order of the Star Chamber of 1637 and also various ordinances and acts passed during the Interregnum.