Licensing of the Press Act 1662
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Licensing of the Press Act 1662
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The Licensing of the Press Act 1662 was an Act of the Parliament of England with the long title An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses in printing seditious treasonable and unlicensed Books and Pamphlets and for regulating of Printing and Printing Presses. Having expired in 1695, it was officially repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863, which repealed a large set of superseded acts. The Act was originally limited to two years. The provisions as to importation of books, the appointment
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United Kingdom legislation
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2023-11-21T10:16:14Z
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