Nonconformists' Chapels Act 1844
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1844 c. 45 |
| Year | 1844 |
(7 & 8 Vict.) C A P. XLV.
[19th July 1844]
'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the First Session of the First Year of the Reign of KingWilliam and Queen Mary , intituled An Act for exempting Their Majesties Protestant Subjectsdissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws : And whereas an Act was passed in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Actfor the further Relief of Protestant Dissenting Ministers and Schoolmasters : And whereas an Act was passed in the Fifty-third Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Actto relieve Persons who impugn the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity from certain Penalties : And whereas an Act was passed by the Parliament of Ireland in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the First, intituled An Act for exempting the Protestant Dissenters of this Kingdomfrom certain Penalties to which they are now subject : And whereas an Act was passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Reignof KingGeorge the Third, intituled An Act to relieve Persons impugning the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity from certain Penalties in Ireland: And whereas prior to the passing of the said recited Acts respectively, as well as subsequently thereto, certain Meeting Houses for the Worship of God, and Sunday or Day Schools (not being Grammar Schools), and other charitable Foundations, were founded or used in England and Wales and Ireland respectively for Purposes beneficial to Persons dissenting from the Church of England and the Church of Ireland and the United Church of England and Ireland respectively, which were unlawful prior to the passing of those Acts respectively, but which by those Actsrespectively were made no longer unlawful:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That with respect to the Meeting Houses, Schools, and other charitable Foundations so founded or used as aforesaid, and the Persons holding or enjoying the Benefit thereof respectively, such Acts, and all Deeds or Documents relating to such charitable Foundations, shall be construed as if...
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