HL Deb 12 April 1886 vol 304 cc1285-6

House in Committee (according to Order).

Clause 1 (Hours for solemnization of marriages).

LORD MONK BRETTON

said, that in order to meet a suggestion made by the noble and learned Lord (Lord Halsbury) on the second reading of the Bill, he would move, as an Amendment, to insert words providing that no person in Holy Orders should be subject to penalty or censure for solemnizing marriage beyond the canonical hours.

Amendment moved, At end of the clause, add ("and no minister in holy orders of the Church of England shall be subject to any censure or penalty for solemnizing matrimony between the aforesaid hours of eight in the forenoon, and three in the afternoon.")—(The Lord Monk Bretton.)

LORD HALSBURY

suggested the more general word "proceedings" in place of "censure."

Amendment moved, To said proposed Amendment, to leave out from ("minister") to ("penalty"), and insert ("person shall be subject to any proceedings in any court, ecclesiastical or temporal") instead thereof.—(The Lord Halsbury.)

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

supported the Amendment.

LORD GRIMTHORPE

said, the Amendment, as amended, was greatly improved, and he therefore hoped his noble Friend would accept it.

LORD MONK BRETTON

said, he was quite willing to do so.

Amendment, as amended, agreed to.

The Report of the Amendment to be received To-morrow; and Bill to be printed as amended. (No. 73.)