Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963

19 Persons by whom proceedings against a priest or deacon may be instituted.E

Proceedings against a priest or deacon may be instituted by the following persons, that is to say:—

(a)in all cases by an authorised complainant; or

(b)in the case of any priest or deacon who is an incumbent of a parochial benefice, a stipendiary curate licensed to a benefice or a curate in charge of a conventional district, by six or more persons of full age whose names are on the electoral roll either of the parish of that benefice or of the district as the case may be; or

(c)in the case of a stipendiary curate licensed to a benefice, by the incumbent of that benefice.