The Oaths, Land and Sea Forces Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 92) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act opened up all ranks in the Army and Navy to Roman Catholics and Dissenters.Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 646.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and part I of schedule one to, the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48), which came into force on 13 July 1871.
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