{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-parishes-scotland-act-1844/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-parishes-scotland-act-1844/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/7-8/44",
  "legislation_title": "New Parishes (Scotland) Act 1844",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-parishes-scotland-act-1844",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "A separate parish may be formed for that purpose.",
  "text": "Where a separate church shall have been erected for any such Gaelic congregation, and a permanent endowment shall have been secured for the same, either from teinds or otherwise, to the satisfaction of the said lords of council and session, it shall and may be lawful to erect such church and the congregation thereof into a separate parish, although the members of such congregation may be scattered, and no territorial district may be assigned to such parish exclusively; and it shall and may be lawful for the minister or ministers and elders of such parish to have and enjoy the status and all the powers, rights, and privileges of a parish minister or parish ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as giving to the minister or ministers and elders of any such Gaelic congregation right to exercise pastoral superintendence and discipline over persons who are not either members of such Gaelic congregation, or of the families of such members, or resident within the territorial district, if any, which may be assigned to such parish exclusively.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/7-8/44/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:35:25.296854+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."
}