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ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS JURISDICTION ACT 1860

ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS JURISDICTION ACT 1860 - LONG TITLE

An Act to abolish the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts . .
.{1} in . . . Ireland in certain Cases of Brawling.{2}
[3rd July 1860]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1892

S.1 rep. by SLR 1875

ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS JURISDICTION ACT 1860 - SECT 2
Penalty on persons guilty of riotous behaviour, &c. in churches,
chapels, churchyards, or burial grounds.

2. Any person who shall be guilty of riotous, violent, or indecent
behaviour in... Ireland in any cathedral church, parish or district
church or chapel of the Church of England and Ireland, or in any
chapel of any religious denomination, ... whether during the
celebration of divine service or at any other time, or in any
churchyard or burial ground, or who shall molest, let, disturb, vex,
or trouble, or by any other unlawful means disquiet or misuse any
preacher duly authorized to preach therein, or any clergyman in holy
orders ministering or celebrating any sacrament, or any divine
service, rite, or office, in any cathedral, church, or chapel, or
in any churchyard or burial ground, shall, on conviction thereof
before two justices of the peace, be liable to a penalty of not
more than [#100] for every such offence, or may, if the justices
before whom he shall be convicted think fit, instead of being
subjected to any pecuniary penalty, be committed to prison for any
time not exceeding two months.

ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS JURISDICTION ACT 1860 - SECT 3
Offenders may be apprehended, &c. immediately after offence committed.

3. Every such offender in the premises after the said misdemeanour
so committed immediately and forthwith may be apprehended and taken
by any constable or churchwarden of the parish or place where the
said offence shall be committed, and taken before a justice of the
peace of the county or place where the said offence shall have
been so committed, to be dealt with according to law.

S.4 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954. S.5 rep. by SLR 1875. S.6 rep. by SLR
(NI) 1954

ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS JURISDICTION ACT 1860 - SECT 7
Act not to limit power of ordinary over fabrics of churches, &c.

7. Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall limit,
restrain, or abolish the power possessed by the ordinary over the
fabric of any church or over the churchyard or burial ground
connected therewith.