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ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS JURISDICTION ACT 1860 - SECT 2

Penalty on persons guilty of riotous behaviour, &c. in churches, chapels, churchyards, or burial grounds.

2. Any person who shall be guilty of riotous, violent, or indecent behaviour
in... Ireland in any cathedral church, parish or district church or chapel of
the Church of England and Ireland, or in any chapel of any religious
denomination, ... whether during the celebration of divine service or at any
other time, or in any churchyard or burial ground, or who shall molest, let,
disturb, vex, or trouble, or by any other unlawful means disquiet or misuse
any preacher duly authorized to preach therein, or any clergyman in holy
orders ministering or celebrating any sacrament, or any divine service, rite,
or office, in any cathedral, church, or chapel, or in any churchyard or burial
ground, shall, on conviction thereof before two justices of the peace, be
liable to a penalty of not more than [#100] for every such offence, or may, if
the justices before whom he shall be convicted think fit, instead of being
subjected to any pecuniary penalty, be committed to prison for any time not
exceeding two months.

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