Parliament of the United Kingdom

“ An Act for allowing further Time to Persons on board the Fleet, or beyond the Seas in his Majesty's Service, to qualify themselves for the legal Enjoyment of Offices and Employments, and for indemnifying such Persons as have omitted to qualify themselves within the Time limited for that Purpose, and for the better ascertaining such Time. ”

“ V. Provided always, That this Act, or any Thing herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to extend, to restore or intitle any Person or Persons to any Office, Employment, Benefice, Matter or Thing whatsoever, already actually avoided by Judgment of any of his Majesty's, Courts of Record, or already filled up or enjoyed by another Person, but that such Office, Employment, Benefice, Matter or Thing so avoided or filled up, or enjoyed as aforesaid, shall be and remain in and unto the Person or Persons who is or are now intitled by Law to the same, as if this Act had never been made. ”

“ IV. And it is hereby declared and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Space of three Months, in and by the said Acts herein before particularly mentioned, or either of them, or any other Act or Acts of Parliament, limited for receiving the said Sacrament, taking and subscribing the said Oaths, or making and subscribing the said Declaration, was meant and intended, and shall be construed, deemed and taken to be three Kalendar Month, and that the same ought at all Times to have been so construed, deemed and taken. ”