# Oaths of Supremacy, etc., Ireland Act 1691, Section IV: No Member of either House of Parliament shall sit before he has taken the new Oath and Declaration.


And for as much as great disquiet and many dangerous attempts have been made to deprive their Majesties and their Royall p[re]decessors of the said Realme of Ireland by the lib[er]ty which the Popish Recusants there have had and taken to sit & vote in Parliament Bee it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from & after the last day of January next no p[er]son that now is or shall be hereafter a Peer of that Realme or Member of the House of Peers there shall vote or make his Proxy in the said House of Peers or sit there during any Debate in the said House nor any p[er]son that after the said last day of January shall be a Member of the House of Com[m]ons shall be capable to Vote in the said House or Sit there during any debate in the same after their Speaker is chosen until hee first take the Oaths herein and hereafter menc[i]oned and exp[re]ssed and make subscribe and audibly repeat this Declarac[i]on following

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/3/2/section/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/oaths-of-supremacy-etc-ireland-act-1691/section-IV
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