Title and introductory text
Colonial Clergy Act 1874 1874 c.77 An Act respecting Colonial and certain other Clergy. [7th August 1874]
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Colonial Clergy Act 1874
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Contents: 8 provisions
- Title and introductory text
- 1 Short title.
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- 12 Archbishops may dispense with oath of due obedience.
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- SCHEDULE A
- SCHEDULE B
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8 provisions
1 Short title.
This Act may be cited as “The Colonial Clergy Act, 1874.”]
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Propose a change12 Archbishops may dispense with oath of due obedience.
It shall be lawful for the archbishop of Canterbury or the archbishop of York for the time being, in consecrating any person to the office of bishop for the purpose of exercising episcopal functions elsewhere than in England, to dispense, if he think fit, with the oath of due obedience to the archbishop.
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Propose a changeSCHEDULE A
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Propose a changeSCHEDULE B
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