The Quakers and Moravians Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 49) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The act allowed Quaker and Moravian MPs to substitute an affirmation for an oath on their entrance to the House of Commons.Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 652.
Subsequent developments Section 2 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and part II of schedule one to, the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48), which came into force on 13 July 1871.
The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part XIV of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977, which came into force on 16 June 1977.
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