{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-jurisdiction-measure-1963/section-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-jurisdiction-measure-1963/section-47.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/1963/1",
  "legislation_title": "Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-jurisdiction-measure-1963",
  "path": "section/47",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Proceedings in Arches and Chancery Courts.",
  "text": "(1) Proceedings in the Arches Court of Canterbury or the Chancery Court of York under this Measure shall be heard and disposed of by the Dean of the Arches and Auditor and two diocesan chancellors designated by him for the purposes of the case.\n(1A) The Dean of the Arches and Auditor sitting alone in either of the said Courts has jurisdiction to make interlocutory orders... .\n(2) Proceedings under this Measure in the said Court shall be instituted and conducted in such manner as may be prescribed.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 47(1) substituted (1.3.1993) by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (No. 1, SIF 21:8), s. 8(1), Sch. 4, para. 8(1) (with s. 31(6));Instrument dated 16.2.1993 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 47(1) substituted (1.1.2006) by Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 (No. 3), s. 48(2), Sch. 1 para. 6(a) (with s. 47); S.I. 2005/6, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 47(1A) inserted (1.4.2015) by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 2015 (No. 1), ss. 10, 11(2); S.I. 2015/593, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 47(1A) repealed (1.9.2018) by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (No. 3), s. 99(2), Sch. 1 para. 17, Sch. 5 (with Sch. 4 Pt. 1); S.I. 2018/720, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 47(2) substituted (1.1.2006) by Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 (No. 3), s. 48(2), Sch. 1 para. 6(b) (with s. 47); S.I. 2005/6, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1963/1/section/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:23:39.589550+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}