1779年非国教徒宽免法令
《1779年非国教徒宽免法令》[1](英语:Nonconformist Relief Act 1779;19 Geo. III c. 44)是大不列颠国会的一项法令。该法令准许非国教徒(不信奉国教者)在声明自己是基督徒及新教徒,作出效忠宣誓及最高权威宣誓,并以《圣经》作为他信仰及实践的准则的条件下传道和讲道。[2][3]
该法令由《1817年非国教徒(爱尔兰)法令》(Dissenters (Ireland) Act 1817;57 Geo. 3 c. 70)引伸适用于爱尔兰。
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- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 650.
- ^ Mark A. Thomson, A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801 (London: Methuen, 1938), p. 406.