Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697

The Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697 (9 Will. 3. c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to correspond with the deposed King James II.

Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act against corresponding with the late King James and his Adherents
Citation9 Will. 3. c. 1
(Ruffhead: 9 & 10 Will. 3. c. 1)
Dates
Royal assent14 January 1698
Repealed15 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1867
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

This Act replaced the earlier Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691. When James II died and his son "James III" asserted his own claim to the throne, the Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701 was passed to replace this provision.

It was also treason under this Act for a person who had been to France since 11 December 1688, or performed military service for France or for James II, to return to England without a licence to do so.

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