United Kingdom and preceding states The United Kingdom has three legal jurisdictions. Those acts passed during the
Interregnum (1649–1660) were themselves rendered null and void with the
Restoration of the monarchy in England, Scotland and Ireland in 1660.
England and Wales •
Act of General Pardon and Oblivion 1652, passed by the Rump Parliament during the First Commonwealth •
Act of Indemnity and Free Pardon 1659, during the Second Commonwealth •
Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660 (
12 Cha. 2. c. 11) (or Act of Indemnity 1660), •
Camberwell, Bristol and Nottingham Elections (Validation) Act 1946 (
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 43) •
House of Commons (Indemnification of Certain Members) Act 1949 (
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 46) •
Reverend J. G. MacManaway's Indemnity Act 1951 (
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 29) •
Price Control and other Orders (Indemnity) Act 1951 (
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 59) •
Niall Macpherson Indemnity Act 1954 (
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 29) •
Validation of Elections Act 1955 (
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 10) •
Validation of Elections (No. 2) Act 1955 (
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 12) •
Validation of Elections (No. 3) Act 1955 (
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 13) •
Charles Beattie Indemnity Act 1956 (
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 27) •
Town and Country Planning Regulations (London) (Indemnity) Act 1970 (c. 57)
Scotland • Act of Pardon and Grace to the People of Scotland 1654 (
Cromwell's Act of Grace) •
Pardon Act 1662 (c. 71 (S)) (Act of indemnity and oblivion)
Ireland prior to 1921 and Northern Ireland • Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion [for Ireland] 1664–1665? •
Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (c. 35) see also
Sentence Review Commission Bangladesh •
Indemnity Act, Bangladesh, which gave immunity from legal action to the persons involved in the assassination of president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
South Africa •
Indemnity Act, 1961, which gave immunity to the government in relation to the Sharpeville massacre •
Indemnity Act, 1977, which gave immunity to the government in relation to the Soweto uprising ==Notes==