The Church Discipline Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 86) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The act provided a new procedure for the hearing of complaints against clergy.
Provisions Section 1 of the act repealed the Clergy Act 1485 (1 Hen. 7. c. 4).
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 87 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No. 1), which came into force on 1 March 1965.
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