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As to Nonresidence.
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XXV. That if the Incumbent, Minister, or Curate of any such Proprietary Church or Chapel, or Parochial Chapel of Ease, or District Church or Chapel, or Perpetual Curacy, erected, constituted, or endowed under the Provisions of this or any other Act, shall be absent from his Cure for above the Space of Sixtyone Days in any One Year, without the Licence of the Bishop of the Diocese having Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction over the said Church or Chapel first had and obtained for that Purpose, such Church or Chapel or Curacy from thenceforth shall be deemed in Law to be actually avoided, and such Incumbent, Minister, or Curate from thenceforth for ever after shall be disabled to hold and enjoy the same: Provided always, that no Lapse shall incur in respect of such Non-residence until Six Months after Notice thereof in Writing given by the Ordinary of the Diocese to the Patron or Patrons having the Right of Nomination in such Case.
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