Unlawful Oaths Act

The Unlawful Oaths Act 1797[1] (37 Geo. III, c. 123) was an Act passed by the British Parliament. The Act was passed in the aftermath of the Spithead and Nore mutinies and aimed at clandestine political associations and ad hoc agreements such as those which had bound several of the mutineers.[2] The act was repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981.[3]

The Act was used against the Tolpuddle Martyrs.[4]

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. R. A. Melikan, John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751–1838. The Duty of Loyalty (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 125.
  3. "Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [Lords]". HC Deb vol 4. 6 May 1981. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. Rodney Mace (1999). British Trade Union Posters: An Illustrated History. Sutton Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 0750921587.


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