The Ordination of Ministers Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of England that required clergy of the Church of England to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion.
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Subsequent developments Section 1 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).
Section 1, and section 3 of from "And that no pson nowe" to the end, of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125), which came into force on 28 July 1863.
Section 3 of the act, except the words "No Person shall hereafter be admitted to any Benefice with Cure, except he then be of the Age of Three-and-twenty Years at least, and a Deacon" was, and all enactments amending, confirming or continuing the same were, repealed by section 15 of, and the Schedule to, the Clerical Subscription Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 122).
"So much of section Five as provides that no one shall be admitted to the Order of Deacon or Ministry unless he shall first subscribe to the said articles" was, and all enactments amending, confirming or continuing the same were, repealed by section 15 of, and the Schedule to, the Clerical Subscription Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 122). The third revised edition of the statutes has this as part of section 4 of the Ordination of Ministers Act 1571.The Statutes Revised. Third Edition. HMSO. 1950. Volume I. Page 325.
In section 2 of the act, the words from "or before" to "causes ecclesiasticall" and the words "or the said commissioners", in section 4 of the act, the words "being under thage of foure and twenty yeres, nor", and section 5 of the act, was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62), which came into force on 30 July 1948.
The whole act was repealed for Northern Ireland by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 5), which came into force on 18 December 1953.
Section 2 of the act was repealed by section 87 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No. 1), which came into force on 1 March 1965.
Section 4 of the act was repealed by section 1(2) of the Clergy (Ordination and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1964 (No. 6).
The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and part II of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969, which came into force on 1 January 1970.
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References Halsbury's Statutes,