# Overseas and Other Clergy (Ministry and Ordination) Measure 1967, Section 2: Dispensing with oath of allegiance on admission of overseas clergymen.


Where any overseas clergyman to whom permission has been granted under section 1 of this Measure is not a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, and he is to be admitted to a benefice or other office to which section 5 of the Clerical Subscription Act 1865 applies, the bishop by whom he is to be admitted may dispense with the taking of the oath of allegiance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1967/3/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-and-other-clergy-ministry-and-ordination-measure-1967/section-2
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