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The Act enshrined the blasphemy offence into statute. It legislated that anyone who should rail upon and curse God or the Trinity, even if 'distracted', should be punished. The punishment was the death penalty.
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further clarified the offence and blasphemy was later abolished in 1813 under the
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Blasphemy: Verbal Offense Against the Sacred, from Moses to Salman Rushdie
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