12 Savings.
1
Subject to the provisions of section ten of this Measure, nothing in this Measure shall be deemed to amend, repeal or affect any local act or any scheme made under any enactment affecting the churchwardens of a parish:
Provided that for the purposes of this Measure the M1Parish of Manchester Division Act, 1850, shall be deemed to be a general act.
2
In the case of any parish where there is an existing custom which regulates the number of churchwardens or the manner in which the churchwardens are chosen, nothing in this Measure shall affect that custom:
Provided that in the case of any parish where in accordance with that custom any churchwarden is chosen by the vestry of that parish either alone or jointly with any other person or persons that churchwarden shall be chosen by the meeting of the parishioners, either alone or jointly with the other person or persons, as the case may be.
3
Nothing in this Measure shall affect a churchwarden in office before the passing of this Measure during the period for which he was chosen.
4
Nothing in this Measure shall be deemed to authorise the choice of any person as churchwarden who under the existing law is disqualified from being chosen for that office.