Church Temporalities Act, 1834

Compensation for malicious Injuries to Churches may be recovered either at the next or at the second Assizes after Commission of the Injury.

XX. And be it further enacted, That in case any such wanton and malicious Injury or Damage as in the said recited Act mentioned shall be committed in or to any Church, Chapel, or other Building used for Religious Worship according to the Usage of the United Church of England and Ireland, it shall and may be lawful for the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, or any Person or Persons to be by them deputed in that Behalf, by Writing under their Common Seal, to sue for and recover Satisfaction and Amends, pursuant to the Provisions of the said recited Act, for such wanton and malicious Injury or Damage, either at such Period or Periods as in and by the said recited Act for that Purpose provided, or at the Second Assizes to be held after the Commission of such Injury or Damage for the County in which such Church, Chapel, or other Building may be situate; or if in the County of Dublin, at the Second Presenting Term; or if in the City of Dublin, at the Second Quarter Sessions respectively after the Commission of such Injury; and that all Powers and Provisions contained in the said recited Act, applicable to the suing for or Recovery of such Satisfaction at the next Assizes, Presenting Term, or Quarter Sessions respectively, shall extend and be applicable to the suing for and Recovery of such Satisfaction and Amends at such Second Assizes, Presenting Term, or Quarter Sessions respectively.