Editing Act of Uniformity 1662 (section)

== Quakers Act 1662 ==
{{seealso|History of the Religious Society of Friends}}
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Quakers Act 1662
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of England
| long_title            = An Act for preventing the Mischiefs and Dangers that may arise, by certain Persons called Quakers, and others, refusing to take lawful Oaths.
| year                  = 1662
| citation              = 14 Cha. 2. c. 1{{br}}(Ruffhead: {{nowrap|13 & 14 Cha. 2. c. 1}}
| territorial_extent    = [[England and Wales]]
| royal_assent          = 2 May 1662
| commencement          = 24 March 1661{{efn|Section 1.}}
| repeal_date           = 29 July 1812
| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = 
| repealing_legislation = [[Places of Religious Worship Act 1812]]
| related_legislation   = 
| status                = Repealed
| original_text         = https://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol5/pp350-351
}}

Another Act, the '''Quaker Act 1662''', required subjects to swear an oath of allegiance to the king, which [[Quakers]] did not do out of religious conviction. It set out specific penalties for first (a fine of up to £5, or three months' imprisonment with hard labour), second (a fine of up to £10, or six months imprisonment with hard labour), and third (transportation) offence. It also allowed that should the defendant subsequently agree to swear oaths and not attend unlawful assemblies (as defined by the Act) then all penalties would be cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles II, 1662: An Act for preventing the Mischeifs and Dangers that may arise by certaine Persons called Quakers and others refusing to take lawfull Oaths. {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol5/pp350-351 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |publisher=British History Online |access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref>