An Act to promote the building, repairing, or otherwise providing of Churches and Chapels, and of Houses for the Residence of Ministers, and the providing of Church Yards and Glebes.
[27th July 1803]
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C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Act repealed (N.I.) by the Act 14 & 15 Vict. c. 71
C3Preamble not relevant to unrepealed provisions of the Act
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1–3 repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. II
And whereas it often happens that small plots of land held in mortmain lie convenient to be annexed to some such church or chapel, or house of residence as aforesaid, or to some churchyard or curtilage thereto belonging or convenient to be employed as the scite of some such church or chapel or house to be hereafter erected, and for the necessary and commodious use and enjoyment thereof, and that they might be so employed to the advantage of the publick, and without detriment to the proprietors thereof, if they were enabled to give and grant the same for the purposes aforesaid: It shall be lawful for every body politick or corporate, sole or aggregate, by deed inrolled as aforesaid, with or without confirmation, as the law may require, to give and grant, either by way of exchange or benefaction, any such small plot of land, not exceeding one acre, to any person or persons, body politick or corporate, his and their heirs and successors respectively, to be held, used, and applied for the purposes aforesaid; . . . F2
Textual Amendments
F2Words repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. II.
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C4Power of dealing with land granted under s. 4 extended by Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960 (No. 1), s. 7(1)
Provided also that in every parochial church or chapel hereafter to be errected ample provision shall be made for the decent and suitable accommodation of all persons, of what rank or degree soever, who may be entitled to resort to the same, and whose circumstances may render them unable to pay for such accommodations.
Provided also, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to take away or abridge any right of giving or devising which already exists in any person whatsoever.