The Papists Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 9) was an act of the Parliament of England passed during the Glorious Revolution.W. C. Costin and J. Steven Watson (eds.), The Law and Working of the Constitution: Documents 1660–1914. Vol. I: 1660–1783 (London: A. & C. Black, 1952), pp. 61–63. Its full title was "An Act for the Amoving Papists and reputed Papists from the Cityes of London and Westminster and Ten Miles distance from the same".Full text of the act on British History Online, retrieved 25 April 2019.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Roman Catholics Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 102).
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