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Continuance of Laws Act 1694
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W. & M. c. 9. made perpetual.
4 & 5 W. & M. c. 24; 4 & 5 W. & M. c. 24. § 13..
Whereas divers temporary laws which by experience have been found beneficial and useful are neare expireing therefore for continuing the same bee it enacted by the Kings most excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Co[m]mons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same That the Act made in the Third yeare of the reigne of King William and Queen Mary intituled An Act to take away. Clergy from some offenders and to bring others to punishment which by [X1an] Act made in the Fourth and Fifth yeares of the X2 said King and Queen intituled An Act for reviving continuing and explaining several Laws therein mentioned which are expired and neare expireing was explained & was to continue and bee in force for Three yeares from the Thirteenth day of February One thousand six hundred ninety two and from thence to the end of the next Session of Parliament and noe longer [X3together with the explanation thereof in the said Act made in the said Fourth and Fifth yeares] shall bee and the same is and are hereby continued and shall bee in force and bee made perpetual.
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: another O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
X2Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: of the O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
X3annexed to the Original Act in a separate Schedule.
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