In legal terms, an Act of Indemnity is a statute passed to protect people who have committed some illegal act which would otherwise cause them to be subjected to legal penalties. International treaties may contain articles that bind states to abide by similar terms which may involve the parties to the treaty passing domestic legislation to implement the indemnity laid out in the treaty.
International treaties
- Treaty of Westphalia 1648 (Art 2)
- Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca 1774 (Art I)
Domestic laws
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)