Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701

Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for the further Security of His Majesties Person and the Succession of the Crown in the Protestant Line and for extinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and all other Pretenders and their open and secret Abettors.
Citation	13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 6; (Ruffhead: 13 Will. c. 6)
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	7 March 1702
Commencement	30 December 1701
Repealed	15 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Relates to	Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691; Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697; Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701; Assay of Plate Act 1702; Treason Act 1708; Treason Act 1743;
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. ) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The act required nearly all office-holders to take the oath of abjuration against James Francis Edward Stuart, pretender to the throne, self-styled Prince of Wales and son of the former King James II.

The act also made it high treason to "compass or imagine" the death of Princess Anne of Denmark, the heir apparent to the throne, with effect from 25 March 1702. This clause never came into force however, since Anne became queen on 8 March 1702.