Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1860

XXVIII Extending Powers of Apportionment of Rent, under Sect. 2. of 14 & 15 Vict. c. 104. and Sect. 2. of 17 & 18 Vict. c. 116. on Surrender, Sale, or Exchange of Part of Lands comprised in Lease held under the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.

The Powers and Provisions contained in the Section Two of the said Act of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty, and the Section Two of the said Act of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty, shall extend to authorize the Apportionment of Fines certain and Heriots, and also to authorize the Substitution of Money Payments in lieu of Heriots, and the Apportionment of such Money Payments, and shall be applicable as well to Cases under those Acts as to Cases under this Act; and the Powers and Provisions so extended shall apply to all Cases of the Surrender, Conveyance, or Assignment to or in trust for the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners of the Estate or Interest in a Part only of the Lands comprised in any Lease, Grant, or Copy, the Reversionary or Freehold Estate in which is or shall be vested in the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and also to all Cases of the Sale, Exchange, or Enfranchisement by the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners of a Part only of the Lands comprised in any such Lease, Grant, or Copy; and the Enfranchisement or Surrender under the said Acts or either of them, or this Act, of a Part only of any Copyhold or Customary Lands held under a Grant or Copy, shall not affect, in other .respects than the Apportionment of the Rents, Fines, and Heriots, any Custom by or under which the Remainder of the Land comprised in such Grant or Copy is held, or the demiseable Quality of the Remainder of such Land.