Part I

The Ecclesiastical Judicial System

Jurisdiction of the Courts

Jurisdiction of Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved.
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The Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved has original jurisdiction to hear and determine—
a
proceedings upon articles charging an offence against the laws ecclesiastical involving matter of doctrine ritual or ceremonial committed by—
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a priest or deacon who when the offence was alleged to have been committed or when the proceedings were instituted, held preferment in a diocese or resided therein;
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an archbishop or a bishop who, at one of those times, was a diocesan or a suffragan commissioned by a diocesan or (not being either a diocesan or a suffragan) held preferment in a diocese or resided therein
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Words in s. 10(1) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 2015 (No. 1), ss. 7(5), 11(2); S.I. 2015/593, art. 2 (with Sch. para. 4)
S. 10(1)(b) repealed (1.9.2018) by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (No. 3), s. 99(2), Sch. 1 para. 12, Sch. 5 (with Sch. 4 Pt. 1); S.I. 2018/720, art. 2
S. 10(A1) repealed (1.9.2018) by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (No. 3), s. 99(2), Sch. 1 para. 12, Sch. 5 (with Sch. 4 Pt. 1); S.I. 2018/720, art. 2
S. 10(2)-(6) repealed (1.9.2018) by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (No. 3), s. 99(2), Sch. 1 para. 12, Sch. 5 (with Sch. 4 Pt. 1); S.I. 2018/720, art. 2