Church Rates
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Church-rates, tributes by which the expenses of the church are to be defrayed; made by the parishioners at large, that is, by the majority of those present at a vestry summoned for that purpose by the church-wardens, formerly recoverable in the Ecclesiastical Court or, if the arrears did not exceed 10l. and no questions were raised as to the legal liability, before two justices of the peace.
Compulsory church-rates were abolished by the Compulsory Church Rate Abolition Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 109), except so far as partly applicable to any secular purpose.
The Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, No. 1), gave to Parochial Church Councils power to levy a voluntary church-rate.
Compulsory church-rates were abolished by the Compulsory Church Rate Abolition Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 109), except so far as partly applicable to any secular purpose.
The Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, No. 1), gave to Parochial Church Councils power to levy a voluntary church-rate.
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