Ecclesiastical - Clergy Discipline Measure
Here you can browse the measure which was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 3 April 2003.
CONTENTS
Introductory
1 Duty to have regard to bishop's role
2 Disciplinary tribunals
3 Clergy Discipline Commission
4 President of tribunals
5 Registrar of tribunals
6 Jurisdiction in disciplinary proceedings
Disciplinary proceedings concerning matters
not involving doctrine, ritual or ceremonial
7 Application
8 Misconduct
9 Limitation of time for institution of proceedings
10 Institution of proceedings
11 Preliminary scrutiny of complaint
12 Courses available to bishop
13 No further action
14 Conditional deferral
15 Conciliation
16 Penalty by consent
17 Formal investigation
18 Conduct of proceedings
19 Imposition of penalty
20 Right of appeal
Composition of tribunal and Vicar-General's
court
21 Provincial panels
22 Disciplinary tribunals
23 Vicar-General's court
Penalties
24 Types of penalty
25 Conditional discharge
26 Removal of prohibition for life or deposition
27 Removal of limited probation
28 Restoration on pardon
29 Disobedience to penalty etc.
Proceedings in secular courts
30 Sentences of imprisonment and matrimonial
orders: priests and deacons
31 Sentences of imprisonment and matrimonial
orders: bishops and archbishops
32 Consequences of penalties imposed under
section 30 or 31
33 Duty to disclose criminal convictions
and arrests
34 Duty to disclose divorce and separation
orders
Miscellaneous
35 Application of 1963 Measure's provisions
36 Suspension of priest or deacon during
proceedings
37 Suspension of bishop or archbishop during
proceedings
38 Archbishop's list
39 Code of Practice
40 When convictions etc. are to be deemed
conclusive
41 Compensation
42 Application of Measure in special cases
43 Interpretation
44 Amendment of Measures
45 Rules
46 Repeals
47 Transitional provisions
48 Citation, commencement and extent
Schedule 1 - Amendment of Ecclesiastical
Jurisdiction Measure 1963
Schedule 2 - Repeals
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