The Augmentation of Benefices Act 1665 (17 Cha. 2. c. 3) was an Act of the Parliament of England.
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for uniting Churches in Cittyes and Townes Corporate.[2] |
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| Citation | 17 Cha. 2. c. 3 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 October 1665 |
| Commencement | 9 October 1665 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Charities Act 1960 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Augmentation of Benefices Act 1665 was repealed by section 15[3] of the Pluralities Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 106).
So much of the Augmentation of Benefices Act 1665 as enabled any owner or proprietor of any impropriation, tithes or portion of tithes, to annex the same or any part thereof unto the parsonage, vicarage or curacy of the parish church or chapel where the same lay or arose, or to settle the same in trust for the benefit of such parsonage, vicarage or curacy, and authorized parsons, vicars or incumbents to receive lands, tithes or other hereditaments without licence of mortmain, was revived by section 25[4] of the New Parishes Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 37), which further provided that all augmentations and grants at any time theretofore made according to the Augmentation of Benefices Act 1665 were as good and effectual as if the same had never been repealed.
The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 48(2) of, and Part II of Schedule 7 to, the Charities Act 1960.
References
edit- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
- ^ The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1 & 2 Victoriae. 1838. Printed by Her Majesty's Printers. London. 1838. Vol XIV - Part III. Page 904.
- ^ The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 & 7 Victoria. 1843. Printed by Her Majesty's Printers. London. 1843. Page 209.
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