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Popery Act 1627

The Popery Act 1627 (3 Cha. 1. c. 3) was an act of the Parliament of England. Its long title is "An Act to restrain the passing or sending of any to be Popishly bred beyond the Seas". This was the only penal law to be passed during the reign of Charles I.

The act declared:

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The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Roman Catholics Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict.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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