Blasphemy Act 1661
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | Act against the cryme of Blasphemie. |
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| Citation | 1661 c. 216 [12mo ed: c. 21] |
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| Repealed by | Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Blasphemy Act 1661 (c. 216) was an act of the Parliament of Scotland.
The act enshrined the blasphemy offence into statute. It legislated that anyone who should rail upon and curse God or the Trinity,[1] even if 'distracted', should be punished. The punishment was the death penalty.
The Act against Blasphemy 1695 further clarified the offence[2] and blasphemy was later abolished in 1813 under the Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813.
References
[edit]- ^ Levy, Leonard Williams (1995). Blasphemy: Verbal Offense Against the Sacred, from Moses to Salman Rushdie. UNC Press Books. pp. 231–232. ISBN 978-0-8078-4515-8.
- ^ "Act against blasphemy". www.rps.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
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