Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860
IJurisdiction of Ecclesiastical Courts in Suits for Defamation and Brawling abolished as against Persons not in Holy Orders. Persons in Custody for Defamation &c. under Order of Ecclesiastical Courts to be discharged. Order for Discharge not to be made until Costs lawfully incurred are paid.
IIPenalty on Persons found guilty of making a Disturbance in Churches', Chapels, Churchyards, or Burial Grounds.
IIIOffenders may be, immediately after Offence committed, apprehended, &c.
IVPersons aggrieved may appeal against Conviction.
VChapter 4 of Statute 5 & 6 Edw. 6 repealed.
VIAct not to affect Statutes of 1 Mar. Sess. 2 c.3, 1 Eliz. c.2, or Sect. 18 of 1W. & M. c.18.
VIINothing to limit Power of Ordinary over Fabric of Churches, &c.

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Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860

1860 CHAPTER 32

An Act to abolish the Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in Ireland in Cases of Defamation, and in England and Ireland in certain Cases of Brawling.

WHEREAS it is expedient to abolish the Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts of England and Ireland over Persons not in Holy Orders in Suits for Brawling, and to abolish the Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts of Ireland in Suits for Defamation, as hath already been done with respect to the like Jurisdiction in England:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same: