1821: 1 & 2 George 4 c.17: Repeal of the Irish Witchcraft Act

1821: 1 & 2 George 4 c.17: An Act to repeal an Act, made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Twenty eighth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, against Witchcraft and Sorcery.

[6th April 1821.]

WHEREAS an Act was made in the Parliament of Ireland, in the Twenty eighth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, intituled An Act against Witchcraft and Sorcery: And Whereas it is expedient that the said Act should be repealed; Be it therefore enacted by The King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act the said recited Act against Witchcraft and Sorcery shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

Source: The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Butterworths, 1821.