§ Read 3a (according to Order).
§ Clause 24:
§ Definitions.
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24.—(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires,—
The expression "total income" in relation to a benefice means the total income of the incumbent arising from the benefice estimated in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Acts for the preceding Income Tax year, but so that where the incumbent of a benefice holds more than one benefice (whether united for ecclesiastical purposes or not so united) it shall mean the sum of the total incomes, estimated as aforesaid, arising from the several benefices.
§ LORD BLEDISLOE moved. in the definition of "total income," to leave out "of the incumbent." The noble Lord said: I have been asked to move this small drafting Amendment on behalf of Queen Anne's Bounty.
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Amendment moved—
Clause 24, page 16, line 32, leave out ("of the incumbent").—(Lord Bledisloe.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
1578§ Bill passed, with the Amendments, and returned to the Commons.