Submission of the Clergy Act 1533
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Acte for the Submission of the Clergie to the Kynges Majestie. |
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| Citation | 25 Hen. 8 c. 19 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 30 March 1534 |
| Commencement | 15 January 1534 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Submission of the Clergy Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8 c. 19) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the laws passed by the Reformation Parliament that subjugated the Church of England to the Crown as part of Henry VIII's break with Rome.
As of 2025, sections 1 and 3 of the act are still in force. Section 1 of the act requires royal assent for the making of laws, including canon law, by the Convocations of Canterbury and York. Section 3 of the act makes laws passed by the Convocations invalid to the extent they contradict the law of the land or the royal prerogative. Section 1(3) of the Synodical Government Measure 1969 (No. 2), which established the General Synod of the Church of England, applies these sections to the General Synod.
The repeal by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 50) of section 2 of the Act of Supremacy (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1) does not affect the continued operation, so far as unrepealed, of the act.