The Relief of Ireland Act 1640 (16 Cha. 1. c. 30) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Long Parliament. It was the first act to be passed in relation to the Irish Rebellion of 1641.Robert Pentland (ed.), Calendar of the state papers relating to Ireland preserved in the Public Record Office. 1625- (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1900), p. vii.
The act was "for a speedy contribution and loan" towards the relief of the King's subjects in Ireland. The act empowered churchwardens and overseers to collect benevolences in their parishes that would be handed to Parliament. The act was to remain in force until 1 June 1642.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict.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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