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| Long title | A Measure passed by The National Assembly of the Church of England to reform and reconstruct the system of ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England, to replace with new provisions the existing enactments relating to ecclesiastical discipline, to abolish certain obsolete jurisdictions and fees, and for purposes connected therewith. |
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| Citation | 1963, No. 1 |
| Territorial extent | England |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 July 1963 |
| Commencement | 1 March 1965[a] |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | The Statute of Circumspecte Agatis,Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562,Abolition of High Commission Court Act 1640,Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1677 |
| Amended by | Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974,Clergy Discipline Measure 2003,Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, fromlegislation.gov.uk. | |
TheEcclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963[1] (No. 1) is aChurch of England measure simplifyingecclesiastical law as it applied to theChurch of England, following the recommendations of the 1954 Archbishops' Commission on Ecclesiastical Courts. Superseding theEcclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1677, otheracts of Parliament it repealed included theChurch Discipline Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 86), thePublic Worship Regulation Act 1874, theClergy Discipline Act 1892, and theIncumbents (Discipline) Measure 1947.[2]
The first person to be prosecuted under the new measure wasMichael Bland in 1969. The charges against him related to neglect of his duties, and included leaving church services early, refusing to baptise a baby, preventing one of his parishioners from entering the church to object to the marriage of his son when thebanns were published, and disallowing another parishioner from receivingHoly Communion without just cause.[3]
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