Section 15 Such members of corporations not to vote in ecclesiastical appointments.F1F2
Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall extend to authorise or empower any of his Majesty’s subjects professing the Roman Catholic religion, and being a member of any lay body corporate, to give any vote at or in any manner to join in the election, presentation, or appointment of any person to any ecclesiastical benefice whatsoever, or any office or place belonging to or connected with the F3Church of England, or the Church of Scotland, being in the gift, patronage, or disposal of such lay corporate body.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 15 repealed (N.I.) by Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c.59), Sch. Pt. XIV
- F2
S. 15 repealed (provinces of Canterbury and York) insofar as it relates to ecclesiastical benefices by Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (No. 3, SIF 21:4), ss. 30(2), 41, Sch. 5
- F3
Words substituted from 1.8.1871 by virtue of Irish Church Act 1869 (c. 42), s. 69 and Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 59), Sch. Pt. XIV