IRISH CHURCH ACT 1869 - SECT 20 Existing law to subsist by contract.

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IRISH CHURCH ACT 1869 - SECT 20

Existing law to subsist by contract.

20. The present ecclesiastical law of Ireland, and the present articles,
doctrines, rites, rules, discipline, and ordinances of the said Church, with
and subject to such (if any) modification or alteration as may be duly made
therein according to the constitution of the said Church for the time being,
shall be deemed to be binding on the members for the time being thereof in the
same manner as if such members had mutually contracted and agreed to abide by
and observe the same, and shall be capable of being enforced in the temporal
courts in relation to any property which under and by virtue of this Act is
reserved or given to or taken and enjoyed by the said Church or any members
thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as if such property had
been expressly given, granted, or conveyed upon trust to be held, occupied,
and enjoyed by persons who should observe and keep and be in all respects
bound by the said ecclesiastical law, and the said articles, doctrines, rites,
rules, discipline, and ordinances of the said Church, subject as aforesaid;
but nothing herein contained shall be construed to confer on any archbishop,
bishop, or other ecclesiastical person any coercive jurisdiction
whatsoever:.....

S.21 rep. by SLR 1893 (No.2)

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IRISH CHURCH ACT 1869 - SECT 20