3. c. ) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

The Act required nearly all office-holders to take the oath of abjuration against James Francis Edward Stuart, pretender to the throne, self-styled Prince of Wales and son of the former King James II.

[1] The Act also made it high treason to "compass or imagine" the death of Princess Anne of Denmark, the heir apparent to the throne, with effect from 25 March 1702.

[2] This clause never came into force however, since Anne became queen on 8 March 1702.

c. 3), passed in 1702, amended the Coin Act 1696, which concerned treason by counterfeiting coins.