Papists Act 1722
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to oblige all Persons being Papists, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, and all Persons in Great Britain refusing or neglecting to take the Oaths appointed for the Security of His Majesty's Person and Government, by several Acts herein mentioned, to register their Names and Real Estates. |
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| Citation | 9 Geo. 1. c. 24 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 27 May 1723 |
| Commencement | 9 October 1722 |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Papists Act 1723 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Papists Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 24) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, enacted after the discovery of the Jacobite Atterbury Plot. The act required landowners to take the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration, by 25 December 1723; those who declined were to register their estates by 25 March 1724 (N.S)/1723 (O.S).
If they failed to do so they risked forfeiting their estates.