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Act of Supremacy 15581558 CHAPTER 1 1 Eliz 1

F1An Acte restoring to the Crowne thauncyent Jurisdiction over the State Ecclesiasticall and Spirituall, and abolyshing all Forreine Power repugnaunt to the same.X1

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X1Abbreviations or contractions in the original form of this Act have been expanded into modern lettering in the text set out below.

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F1Act repealed (N.I.) by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6) and Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)

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C1Short title given by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), Sch. 2

C2Preamble repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52)

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F2Ss. 1–3 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62) and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. II

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F3S. 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. II

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F4S. 5 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62) and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. II

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F5S. 6 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62)

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F6S. 7 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62) and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. II

VIII All Spiritual Jurisdiction united to the Crown.E+W

And That suche Jurisdictions Privileges Superiorities and Preheminences Spirituall and Ecclesiasticall, as by any Spirituall or Ecclesiasticall Power or Aucthorite hathe heretofore bene or may lawfully be exercised or used for the Visitacion of the Ecclesiasticall State and Persons, and for Reformacion Order and Correccion of the same and of all maner of Errours Heresies Scismes Abuses Offences Contemptes and Enormities, shall for ever by aucthorite of this present Parliament be united and annexed to the Imperiall Crowne of this Realme: . . . F7

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F7Words repealed by the Act 16 Car. 1 c. 11, s. 1 and confirmed by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1661 (c. 12), s. 3

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F8S. 9 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (c. 125)

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F9Ss. 10–13 repealed by Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (c. 48), Sch. 1 Pt. II

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F10S. 14 repealed by Religious Disabilities Act 1846 (c. 59), s. 1, Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62) and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52)

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F11S. 15 repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. I

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F12S. 16 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62)

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F13S. 17 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (c. 125)

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F14S. 18 repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 81, Sch. 10 Pt. III

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F15S. 19 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. II

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F16S. 20 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (c. 125)

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F17Ss. 21, 22 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. II

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F18Ss. 23, 24 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (c. 125)

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