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Bill Number	0235	Session	1703
Title	For suppressing blasphemy and profaneness.
Heads of Bill Stages
Originating Body		Commons
Leave or Order		25 Sep 1703	Leave or Order to	Mr Tenison	[2053]
Read & Committed		2 Oct 1703	Presented by	Mr Tenison	[2053]
Reported		—
Sent to Chief Governor		—
Privy Council Stages
Decision of the Irish Privy Council		Amended
Received & Referred to Law Officers		26 Dec 1703
Petition to English Privy Council		None
Decision of the English Privy Council		Amended
Engrossed		20 Jan 1704
Returned Bill Stages
House Presented		Commons
Presented		21 Feb 1704
Sent to Other House		—
Royal Assent		—
Statute Number
[+] Further Details
Privy Council Notes: Southwell to Nottingham, 26 Feb. 1704: ‘The bill against blasphemy and profaneness had £1,000 penalty added to it, which was added on this side; and the greatness of it will obstruct the bill.’ (SP 63/364, f. 80.) ‘Bills dropped this session’, 4 Mar. 1704: ‘This bill had a penalty of £1,000 added to it at our council board, which has been a fine often imposed in courts of law; but they thought it too high, especially the informer having the encouragement of half the penalty.’ (SP 63/364, f. 107.) Subject: [300] Law And Order - Law - Criminal law Committee: Committee of the Whole House Procedural Features: Recommitt Comments on Procedural Features: Recommitted: 11 Oct. & 20 Nov. 1703.