The Sunday Observance Act 1627 ( 3 Cha. 1. c. 2) was an act of the

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The words of commencement and the words "by any constable or churchwarden" were repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the

Statute Law Revision Act 1948 The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 ( 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 5(3) of the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 provided that this act, so far as it repealed chapter 34 of the Statute of West ...

. The words from "All which forfeitures" to "forfeiture" were repealed by section 46(2) of, and Part III of Schedule 7 to, the

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. This repeal was specifically enacted through section 46(2) of the act, along with part III of schedule 7, which collectively removed these provisions from the legal framework, reflecting changes in legislative priorities or legal practices at the time. Section 3 of, and schedule 3 to, the

Statute Law Revision Act 1958 The Statute Law Revision Act 1958 ( 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 46) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The enactments which were repealed (whether for the whole or any part of the United Kingdom) by this act were repealed so far as they ...

provided that the Sunday Observance Act 1627 was to cease to have effect in so far as it entitled persons to plead the general issue in civil proceedings, and that accordingly the second proviso was repealed. The third proviso was repealed by section 87 of, and schedule 5 to, the

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(No 1). The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part IV of the Schedule to, the

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, {{Authority control Acts of the Parliament of England 1627 Acts of the Parliament of England concerning religion Repealed English legislation Sunday Sabbatarianism

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