The Pacification, England and Scotland Act 1640 (16 Cha. 1. c. 17) was an act of Parliament of England passed by the Long Parliament. Its full title was "An Act for the Pacification between England and Scotland".
The act declared that those who resumed fighting "ought to be punished as breakers of the peace" and that amnesty "shall not...extend to...theeves, robbers, murtherers, broaken-men [and] outlawers".
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125), which came into force on 28 July 1863.
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External links Full text at British History Online