Conventicles Act 1670

1. Introductory Text

2. Persons of the Age of 16 Years and upwards being present at any Conventicle.

3. II. Penalty for further Offence.

4. III. Preaching, &c. in a Conventicle; Penalty, First Offence, £20.

5. IV. Persons suffering Conventicles in their Houses, &c. Penalty £20.

6. V. No Person to pay more than £10. on account of Poverty of other Persons.

7. VI. Proviso for Appeals, and to whom, and in what Cases.

8. VII. Appellant to enter into a Recognizance or Appeal void.

9. VIII. Justices of Peace, Constables, &c. may break open Doors.

10. IX. Proviso as to searching Dwelling Houses of Peers of the Realm.

11. X. Constables, and other Officers, omitting their Duty;

12. XI. In Action for executing Act,

13. XII. Act to be interpreted most beneficially for suppressing Conventicles.

14. XIII. Limitation of Prosecution.

15. XIV. Aldermen within London to have the same Power there, and subject to the same Penalties, as Justice of Peace elsewhere.

16. XV. Penalty on Feme Covert to be levied on Husband.

17. XVI. Proviso respecting Imprisonment, &c. of Peers.

18. XVII. Proviso for the King's Supremacy in Ecclesiastical Affaires.