Ordination of Ministers Act 1571

The Ordination of Ministers Act 1571[1]

Long title An Acte to refourme certayne Dysorders touching Ministers of the Churche.[2]
Citation 13 Eliz 1 c 12
Status: Repealed

The Ordination of Ministers Act 1571 (13 Eliz 1 c 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its principal provision was to require clergy of the Church of England to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion.

The whole Act, so far as it extended to Northern Ireland, was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1953.

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

Section 1

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.

Section 2

In this section, the words from "or before" to "causes ecclesiasticall" and the words "or the said commissioners" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

This section was repealed by section 87 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.

Section 3

This section, from "And that no pson nowe" to the end of the section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.

The whole of section 3, except the words "No Person shall hereafter be admitted to any Benefice with Cure, except he then be of the Age of Three-and-twenty Years at least, and a Deacon" was, and all enactments amending, confirming or continuing the same were, repealed by section 15 of, and the Schedule to, the Clerical Subscription Act 1865.

Section 4

"So much of section Five as provides that no one shall be admitted to the Order of Deacon or Ministry unless he shall first subscribe to the said articles" was, and all enactments amending, confirming or continuing the same were, repealed by section 15 of, and the Schedule to, the Clerical Subscription Act 1865. The third revised edition of the statutes has this as part of section 4 of the Ordination of Ministers Act 1571.[3]

In section 4, the words "being under thage of foure and twenty yeres, nor" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Section 4 was repealed by section 1(2) of the Clergy (Ordination and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1964 (No 6).

Section 5

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

References

  1. ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ↑ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
  3. ↑ The Statutes Revised. Third Edition. HMSO. 1950. Volume I. Page 325.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.