Act of Uniformity 1662

1662 CHAPTER 4 14 Cha 2

An Act for the Uniformity of Publique Prayers and Administration of Sacraments & other Rites & Ceremonies and for establishing the Form of making ordaining and consecrating Bishops Preists and Deacons in the Church of England.F1

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C1Act confirmed by The Act of 6 Anne (1706 c. 8, SIF 21:1), s. 1

C3Preamble omitted as not relevant to unrepealed provisions of the Act

[I.]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2E+W

II, III.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3E+W

IV—IX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4E+W

X Persons administering the Sacrament before they are ordained Priests;E+W

No person whatsoever shall thenceforth be capable to bee admitted to any Parsonage Vicarage Benefice or other Ecclesiastical Promotion or Dignity whatsoever . . . F5 before such time as he shall be ordained Preist according to the forme and manner in and by the said Booke prescribed unlesse he have formerly beene made Preist by Episcopall Ordination . . . F6

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C4S. 10 excluded (Provinces of Canterbury and York except Channel Islands and Isle of Man) (1.6.1992) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 (No. 1), s.14;Instrument dated 27.5.1992 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

S. 10 excluded (Provinces of Canterbury and York except Channel Islands and Isle of Man) (11.7.1992) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 (No. 1), s.15;Instrument dated 11.7.1992 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

S. 10 excluded (Provinces of Canterbury and York except Channel Islands and Isle of Man) (1.6.1992) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 (No. 1), s.16;Instrument dated 27.5.1992 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

XI—XIV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7E+W

[X1XVX2Lecturer to read the 39 Articles of 13 Eliz. c. 12. and declare his Assent thereto;E+W

No person shall be or be received as a Lecturer or permitted suffered or allowed to preach as a Lecturer or to preach or read any Sermon or Lecture in any Church Chappell or other place of Publique Worshipp within this Realme of England or the Dominion of Wales and Towne of Berwick upon Tweed unlesse he be first approved and thereunto licensed by the Archbishopp of the Province or Bishopp of the Diocesse or (in case the See be void) by the Guardian of the Spiritualties under his Seale . . . F8]

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X1annexed to the Original Act in a separate Schedule

X2Unreliable marginal note

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XVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9E+W

XVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10E+W

XVIII—XXVII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11E+W