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Provisions

Section 1 of the act repealed section 5 of the

Continuance of Laws Act 1571 The Continuance of Laws Act 1571 ( 13 Eliz. 1. c. 25) was an act of the Parliament of England that continued and revived various older acts. Provisions Revived and continued enactments Section 1 of the act revived and made perpetual 5 ena ...

( 13 Eliz. 1. c. 25), which had provided that the

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( 5 Eliz. 1. c. 7) would not affect intercourse under treaties signed by the Queen. Section 2 of the act repealed the words "so soone as it or any part thereof shall come to any Possession or Use above forbydden, or" in the

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( 13 Eliz. 1. c. 20). Section 3 of the act provided that all future bonds, contracts, promises, and covenants enabling persons to enjoy ecclesiastical promotions or their profits would be legally treated as leases with the same force and validity as if they were formal leases of such benefices. Section 4 of the act declared that any leases, bonds, promises, and covenants concerning benefices and ecclesiastical livings with cure made by curates would have no greater force, validity, or continuance than if they had been made by the beneficed person himself. Section 5 of the act provided that section 2 of the

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( 13 Eliz. 1. c. 10) would not extend to houses in cities or towns corporate. Section 6 of the act provided that all money recovered for dilapidations must be used within two years for buildings and repairs related to those dilapidations, with a penalty of double the amount forfeited to the Queen for non-compliance. Section 7 of the act provided that no lease shall be made in reversion, without reserving customary yearly rent, without charging the lessee with repairs, for longer than forty years, nor shall houses be alienated without providing equivalent land of equal value to the colleges, houses, or corporate bodies involved.

Revived and continued enactments

Section 8 of the act continued 13 enactments until the end of the next session of parliament.

Legacy

The act was continued until the end of the next session of parliament by the

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( 27 Eliz. 1. c. 11), the

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(

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. c. 5), the

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( 31 Eliz. 1. c. 10), the

Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1592 The Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1592 ( 35 Eliz. 1. c. 7) was an act of the Parliament of England that revived, continued, amended and repealed various older acts. Provisions Section 4 of the act decreased the penalty under section 12 of t ...

( 35 Eliz. 1. c. 7) and the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1623 ( 21 Jas. 1. c. 28). Sections one to four, and section eight, of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the

Statute Law Revision Act 1863 A statute is a law or formal written enactment of a legislature. Statutes typically declare, command or prohibit something. Statutes are distinguished from court law and unwritten law (also known as common law) in that they are the expressed wil ...

( 26 & 27 Vict. c. 125). The words "masters or guardians of any hospital" and the words "and hospitals" were repealed (by virtue of section 48(2)) under schedule 7 to the

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( 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 58)). The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Group 1 o
Part II
of schedule 1 to, the

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided reform to the statute law in the areas of administration of justice, ecclesiastical law, education, finance, Hereford and Worcester, in ...

(c. 43).

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