# Clergy (Ordination and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1964, Section 8: Illegitimacy no impediment to orders.


No person shall be refused ordination as deacon or priest or consecration as bishop on the ground that he was born out of lawful wedlock.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1964/6/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-ordination-and-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-1964/section-8
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