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Nothing in this Measure or in any Act of Parliament shall","box":{"x":185,"y":271,"width":873,"height":32}},{"text":"prevent any person who is or has been Bishop of any diocese in","box":{"x":139,"y":298,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"India from performing episcopal functions, not extending to the","box":{"x":143,"y":326,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"exercise of jurisdiction, in any diocese or reputed diocese at the","box":{"x":143,"y":354,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"request of the Bishop thereof.","box":{"x":146,"y":384,"width":445,"height":31}},{"text":"7. This Measure shall come into operation on a date to be","box":{"x":186,"y":429,"width":875,"height":35}},{"text":"fixed by His Majesty in Council, but no date shall be so fixed unless","box":{"x":146,"y":457,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"and until an Act of Parliament is passed providing for the repeal of","box":{"x":143,"y":487,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"Part X of the Government of India Act so far as it relates to the","box":{"x":141,"y":513,"width":922,"height":28}},{"text":"Church of England.","box":{"x":143,"y":545,"width":295,"height":31}},{"text":"8. This Measure may be cited as the Indian Church Measure,","box":{"x":190,"y":588,"width":872,"height":32}},{"text":"1927.","box":{"x":146,"y":627,"width":71,"height":21}},{"text":"163. INDIAN CHURCH ACT (1927 A.D.)","box":{"x":291,"y":701,"width":620,"height":28}},{"text":"On 22nd December 1927, the British Parliament acted in conse-","box":{"x":231,"y":751,"width":782,"height":27}},{"text":"quence of the Indian Church Measure already passed by the National","box":{"x":193,"y":776,"width":820,"height":29}},{"text":"Assembly of the Church of England. Some of the provisions of the","box":{"x":190,"y":803,"width":826,"height":27}},{"text":"Indian Church Act are reproduced here. Cited in C. J. Grimes,","box":{"x":195,"y":827,"width":820,"height":28}},{"text":"Towards an Indian Church, pp. 209-218.","box":{"x":195,"y":855,"width":481,"height":25}},{"text":"An Act to make provision incidental to and consequential on","box":{"x":189,"y":903,"width":878,"height":34}},{"text":"the dissolution of the legal union between the Church of England","box":{"x":147,"y":931,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"and the Church of England in India. (22nd December 1927).","box":{"x":147,"y":960,"width":864,"height":32}},{"text":"Whereas by the Indian Church Measure, 1927, provision is","box":{"x":188,"y":1004,"width":880,"height":35}},{"text":"made for the dissolution of the legal union between the Church","box":{"x":144,"y":1032,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"of England and the Church of England in India:","box":{"x":144,"y":1062,"width":733,"height":32}},{"text":"And whereas for the purpose of giving effect to certain changes","box":{"x":186,"y":1105,"width":878,"height":35}},{"text":"consequential on the said Measure it is expedient that the provi-","box":{"x":146,"y":1134,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"sions hereinafter contained should be enacted by Parliament:","box":{"x":146,"y":1162,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty,","box":{"x":186,"y":1205,"width":879,"height":35}},{"text":"by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and","box":{"x":146,"y":1233,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,","box":{"x":146,"y":1261,"width":919,"height":38}},{"text":"and by the authority of the same, as follows:","box":{"x":147,"y":1293,"width":638,"height":31}},{"text":"2. As from the date of severance-","box":{"x":191,"y":1347,"width":532,"height":29}},{"text":"(iii) No person shall be appointed or nominated by His","box":{"x":220,"y":1382,"width":845,"height":36}},{"text":"Majesty by virtue of any any existing right of patronage, appointment","box":{"x":143,"y":1413,"width":922,"height":39}},{"text":"or nomination to any bishopric in the Indian Church;","box":{"x":143,"y":1440,"width":799,"height":35}},{"text":"(iv) Every ecclesiastical corporation of the Indian Church","box":{"x":224,"y":1477,"width":845,"height":36}},{"text":"whether sole or aggregate shall be dissolved...","box":{"x":143,"y":1509,"width":689,"height":35}},{"text":"H.C.I.-22","box":{"x":242,"y":1555,"width":125,"height":27}}]},"338":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00362-2b0e5be5870dd4eb423b.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"338","box":{"x":126,"y":143,"width":55,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":351,"y":148,"width":479,"height":18}},{"text":"3. Save as expressly provided in this Act or in rules made","box":{"x":172,"y":196,"width":869,"height":31}},{"text":"thereunder:","box":{"x":125,"y":223,"width":168,"height":24}},{"text":"(i) Notwithstanding any defects or informalities in the","box":{"x":246,"y":263,"width":798,"height":31}},{"text":"documents or proceedings, it is declared that where any church or","box":{"x":120,"y":289,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"burial ground has been consecrated before the commencement of","box":{"x":125,"y":317,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"this Act with the approval or at the request of a competent civil","box":{"x":127,"y":342,"width":915,"height":38}},{"text":"authority and the site thereof was at the date of the sentence of","box":{"x":127,"y":374,"width":918,"height":28}},{"text":"consecration and has ever since remained vested in the Crown","box":{"x":127,"y":400,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"such consecration shall be deemed to have conferred upon the","box":{"x":127,"y":429,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"Indian Church and upon its officials and members respectively such","box":{"x":127,"y":457,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"rights of possession, control, and user of the site and buildings","box":{"x":127,"y":484,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"(if any) as they respectively would have had if prior to the pronoun-","box":{"x":126,"y":512,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"cing of the sentence of consecration the site and buildings had been","box":{"x":126,"y":540,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"conveyed or assured to a person or persons who hold the same","box":{"x":126,"y":568,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"on behalf or in trust for the Indian Church:","box":{"x":125,"y":595,"width":613,"height":27}},{"text":"(ii) The Indian Church and the officials and members","box":{"x":229,"y":634,"width":808,"height":32}},{"text":"thereof respectively shall have and be entitled to exercise, after","box":{"x":119,"y":660,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"the date of severance, all such rights of possession, control and user","box":{"x":120,"y":690,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"of the site and buildings (if any) of any consecrated church or","box":{"x":119,"y":715,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"burial ground as the Indian Church and the officials and members","box":{"x":118,"y":743,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"thereof respectively had immediately prior to that date and all","box":{"x":118,"y":771,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"references to the United Church of England and Ireland', 'the","box":{"x":122,"y":799,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"Church of England' or 'the Church of England in India' (whether","box":{"x":115,"y":827,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"such terms are used with or without the addition of the words","box":{"x":119,"y":854,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"'as by law established') in any petition or sentence of consecra-","box":{"x":113,"y":881,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"tion or in any conveyance or declaration of dedication of the site","box":{"x":116,"y":910,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"of any such church or burial ground shall be construed as refe-","box":{"x":118,"y":937,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"rences to the Indian Church...","box":{"x":120,"y":966,"width":424,"height":24}},{"text":"5. 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