Poor Relief Act 1691 facts for kids
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| Long title | An Act for the better explanation and supplying the defects of the former laws for the settlement of the poor. |
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| Citation | 3 Will. & Mar. c. 11 |
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| Royal assent | 24 February 1692 |
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| Repealed by | Poor Law Act 1927 |
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Status: Repealed
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Poor Relief Act 1691 (3 Will. & Mar. c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of England.
The whole Act was repealed by section 245(1) of, and Schedule 11 to, the Poor Law Act 1927.
Sections 1 to 4 (which are sections 2 to 5 in Ruffhead's Edition of the Statutes, by Serjeant Runnington, 1786) were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.
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Section 5
This section (which is section 6 in Ruffhead's Edition) was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.
Section 6
This section (which is section 7 in Ruffhead's Edition) was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.
Section 8
An attorney's clerk, articled by indenture, was an apprentice within the meaning of section 8 of the 3 & 4 Will & Mary c 11, and, as such, gained a settlement under this Act in the parish in which he inhabited while serving under his articles.
Section 11
This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.
Section 12
This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.
