Jews Relief Act 1858

1858 CHAPTER 49 21 and 22 Vict

An Act to provide for the Relief of Her Majesty’s Subjects professing the Jewish Religion.

[23rd July 1858]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)

1—3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1—3. repealed by Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (c. 48), Sch. 1 Pt. II

4 Rights of Presentation to any Ecclesiastical Benefice possessed by Persons professing the Jewish Religion to devolve upon the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Time being. U.K.

[F2 Where any right of presentation to any ecclesiastical benefice shall belong to any office in the gift or appointment of Her Majesty, and such office shall be held by a person professing the Jewish religion, the right of presentation shall devolve upon and be exercised by the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being; and] it shall not be lawful for any person professing the Jewish religion, directly or indirectly, to advise Her Majesty, or any person or persons holding or exercising the office of guardians of the United Kingdom, or of Regent of the United Kingdom, under whatever name, style, or title such office may be constituted, [F3 or the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland], touching or concerning the appointment to or disposal of any office or preferment in the Church of England or in the Church of Scotland; and if such person shall offend in the premises, he shall, being thereof convicted by due course of law, be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and disabled for ever from holding any office, civil or military, under the Crown.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words repealed (N.I.) by Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 59), Sch. Pt. XIV and (provinces of Canterbury and York) by Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (No. 3, SIF 21:4), ss. 30(3), 41, Sch. 5

F3 Words repealed (N.I.) by Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 59), Sch. Pt. XIV

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Reference to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to be construed as reference to Secretary of State: Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922 (13 Geo. 5. Sess. 2 c. 2), Sch. 1 para. 1(1) and Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 4(1)