0 5 ▁Japanese ▁television ▁seasons ▁Category : 2 0 0 6 ▁Japanese ▁television ▁seasons ▁Be ast <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Test ▁Act s ▁were ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁English ▁pen al ▁laws ▁that ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁religious ▁test ▁for ▁public ▁office ▁and ▁im posed ▁various ▁civil ▁dis abilities ▁on ▁Roman ▁C athol ics ▁and ▁non con form ists . ▁The ▁underlying ▁principle ▁was ▁that ▁only ▁people ▁taking ▁commun ion ▁in ▁the ▁established ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁were ▁el ig ible ▁for ▁public ▁employ ment , ▁and ▁the ▁severe ▁pen alt ies ▁pron ounced ▁against ▁rec us ants , ▁whether ▁Catholic ▁or ▁non con form ist , ▁were ▁aff irm ations ▁of ▁this ▁principle . ▁ ▁In ▁practice ▁non con form ists ▁were ▁often ▁ex empt ed ▁from ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁laws ▁through ▁the ▁regular ▁passage ▁of ▁Act s ▁of ▁Ind em n ity . ▁After ▁ 1 8 0 0 ▁they ▁were ▁s eld om ▁enfor ced , ▁except ▁at ▁Ox bridge , ▁where ▁non con form ists ▁and ▁C athol ics ▁could ▁not ▁mat ric ulate ▁( O x ford ) ▁or ▁gradu ate ▁( C amb ridge ). ▁The ▁Conserv ative ▁government ▁repe aled ▁them ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 8 ▁with ▁little ▁controvers y . ▁ ▁Corporation ▁Act ▁ 1 6 6 1 ▁ ▁The ▁Corporation ▁Act ▁of ▁James ▁I ▁provided ▁that ▁all ▁such ▁as ▁were ▁natural ized ▁or ▁restored ▁in ▁blood ▁should ▁receive ▁the ▁sacr ament ▁of ▁the ▁Lord ' s ▁Su pper . ▁It ▁was ▁not , ▁however , ▁until ▁the