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Citation
  
3 Will & Mary c 11

Poor Relief Act 1691

Long title
  
An Act for the better explanation and supplying the defects of the former laws for the settlement of the poor.

The Poor Relief Act 1691 (3 Will & Mary c 11) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

Contents

The whole Act was repealed by section 245(1) of, and Schedule 11 to, the Poor Law Act 1927.

Sections 1 to 4 (which are sections 2 to 5 in Ruffhead's Edition of the Statutes, by Serjeant Runnington, 1786) were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.

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This section (which is section 6 in Ruffhead's Edition) was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.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This section (which is section 7 in Ruffhead's Edition) was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.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This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.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This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.

References

Poor Relief Act 1691 Wikipedia