# Universities Tests Act 1871, Section 6: Morning and Evening Prayer to be used as heretofore, but an abridgment may be used on week days on request of governing body.


The Morning and Evening Prayer according to the Order of the Book of Common Prayer shall continue to be used daily as heretofore in the chapel of every college subsisting at the time of the passing of this Act in any of the said universities; but . . . it shall be lawful for the visitor of any such college, on the request of the governing body thereof, to authorize from time to time, in writing, the use . . . of any abridgement or adaptation of the said Morning and Evening Prayer in the chapel of such college instead of the Order set forth in the Book of Common Prayer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/34-35/26/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universities-tests-act-1871/section-6
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