Places of Religious Worship Act 1812

{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of England}}

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| short_title = Places of Religious Worship Act 1812{{efn|The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.}}

| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom

| long_title = An Act to repeal certain Acts, and amend other Acts relating to Religious Worship and Assemblies and Persons teaching or preaching therein.

| citation = 52 Geo. 3. c. 155

| territorial_extent = United Kingdom

| royal_assent = 29 July 1812

| commencement = 29 July 1812{{efn|The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.}}

| repeal_date = 16 June 1977

| amends = Toleration Act 1688]

| replaces = {{ubli|Quakers Act 1662|Five Mile Act 1665|Conventicles Act 1670}}

| amendments = {{ubli|Promissory Oaths Act 1871|Statute Law Revision Act 1873|Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884|Statute Law Revision Act 1887|Statute Law Revision Act 1888}}

| related_legislation=

| repealing_legislation = Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977

| status = Repealed

| original_text = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bLQuAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA871

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The Places of Religious Worship Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 155) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It updated the system of registration established by the Toleration Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 18) for places of worship used by Protestant Dissenters except Quakers and set up a system of punishments for offenders against the act.{{Google books|8adFAAAAcAAJ|The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: 1812|page=1069-1071|keywords=|text=|plainurl=}} It also repealed the Five Mile Act 1665 (17 Cha. 2. c. 2) and the Conventicles Act 1670 (16 Cha. 2. c. 4).{{Cite web|url=https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/religionandliterature/dissenting-academies/historical-information/legislation/#|title=Dissenting Academies Project-Historical Information-Legislation|publisher=Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English|access-date=31 January 2021}}Charles F. Mullett, 'The Legal Position of the English Protestant Dissenters, 1767-1812', Virginia Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 6 (Apr., 1939), pp. 671-697