Indemnity and Oblivion Act

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act of Free and Generall Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion.
Citation	12 Cha. 2. c. 11
Dates
Royal assent	29 August 1660
Commencement	25 April 1660
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1948
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

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An act of free and general pardon, indemnity and oblivion

The Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660 was an Act of the Parliament of England (12 Cha. 2. c. 11), the long title of which is "An Act of Free and Generall Pardon, Indempnity, and Oblivion".^[1] This act was a general pardon for everyone who had committed crimes during the English Civil War and subsequent Commonwealth period, with the exception of certain crimes such as murder (without a licence granted by King or Parliament), piracy, buggery, rape and witchcraft, and people named in the act such as those involved in the regicide of Charles I. It also said that no action was to be taken against those involved at any later time, and that the Interregnum was to be legally forgotten.^[2]