The Places of Religious Worship Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 155) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It updated the system of registration established by the Toleration Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 18) for places of worship used by Protestant Dissenters except Quakers and set up a system of punishments for offenders against the act.
Provisions Section 1 of the act repealed the Quakers Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 1), the Five Mile Act 1665 (17 Cha. 2. c. 2) and the Conventicles Act 1670 (22 Cha. 2. c. 1).Charles F. Mullett, 'The Legal Position of the English Protestant Dissenters, 1767-1812', Virginia Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 6 (Apr., 1939), pp. 671-697
Subsequent developments The whole act, "as relates to any oaths, or to any declaration other than the declaration set forth in the part of 19 Geo. 3. c. 44. not repealed by this Act" was repealed by section 1 of, and part II of schedule one to, the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48), which came into force on 13 July 1871.
Section 18 of the act was repealed by section 2 of, and the schedule to, the Public Authorities Protection Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61), which came into force on 1 January 1894.
The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part V of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977, which came into force on 16 June 1977.
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