Church Discipline Act 1840

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Church Discipline Act 1840[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for better enforcing Church Discipline.
Citation3 & 4 Vict. c. 86
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent7 August 1840
Commencement7 August 1840[b]
Repealed1 March 1965
Other legislation
Repeals/revokesClergy Act 1485
Amended by
Repealed byEcclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Church Discipline Act 1840[a] (3 & 4 Vict. c. 86) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The act provided a new procedure for the hearing of complaints against clergy.[1]

Provisions

Section 1 of the act repealed the Clergy Act 1485 (1 Hen. 7. c. 4).[2]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 87 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No. 1), which came into force on 1 March 1965.[3]

Notes

  1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

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