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Poor Relief Act 1597 information


Act of Parliament
Poor Relief Act 1597
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Act for the Relief of the Poor.
Citation39 Eliz. 1. c. 3
Dates
Royal assent9 February 1598
Commencement24 October 1597
Other legislation
Amended byPoor Relief Act 1601

The Act for the Relief of the Poor 1597 was a piece of poor law legislation in England and Wales. It provided the first complete code of poor relief and was later amended by the Poor Relief Act 1601, which formed the basis of poor relief for the next two centuries.

The Act established overseers of the poor.[1]

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