 ANGLICAN CHURCH (PROPERTY)  [ CAP. 19.  1
CHAPTER 19
ANGLICAN CHURCH (PROPERTY) ORDINANCE
To make some provisions concerning certain property destined for
Divine Service according to the rites of the Anglican Church, and other
property connected therewith.
(21st June, 1876) *
Enacted by ORDINANCE VI of 1876 as amended by Ordinance XIV of
1895 and Act XXXIX of 1972.
Short title.
Amended by:
XXXIX.1972.2.
l. This Ordinance may be cited as the Anglican Church
(Property) Ordinance.
Property in 
Valletta vested in 
the Anglican 
Church as now 
established. 
Amended by: 
XIV.1895.1; 
XXXIX.1972.3.
2. (1) The right of ownership over the church situate in
Valletta, between Piazza Celsi, Strada Ponente, and Strada Teatro † ,
built at the expense of Her late Majesty Queen Adelaide, on a site
granted by the Government of Malta, and destined for Divine
Service according to the rites of the Anglican Church, is, by virtue
of this Ordinance, transferred to this church as now established.
(2) The ownership of the registers, library, plate and furniture
appertaining to the said church, are hereby vested in the said
Anglican Church.
Property in Sliema 
vested in the 
Anglican Church.
3. The said Anglican Church is in virtue of this Ordinance
also vested with the right of ownership over the tenement situate in
Ridolfo Street, within the limits of Sliema, of which Jane Trower,
by a deed dated the seventh of April eighteen hundred and sixty-
six, received by Notary George Domenico Page, had made a
donation to the Episcopal See of Gibraltar and, for that See, to the
Anglican Bishops who would successively occupy the said See; and
the said Anglican Church is moreover vested with the right of
ownership over the church which, on a portion of the said
tenement, has since, at the expense, wholly or partly, of the said
Jane Trower, or of Bishop Dr. Walter John Trower, then in
possession of the See of Gibraltar, been erected for Divine Service
according to the rites of the said Anglican Church.
Other property in 
Sliema vested in 
the Anglican 
Church.
4. The said Anglican Church is, in virtue of this Ordinance,
likewise vested with the right of ownership over a portion, and the
dominium utile  over the other portion, of the lands situate in
Sliema, between the said Ridolfo Street and Tonna Street, which,
by a deed dated the eighteenth of February eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, received by the said Notary George Domenico Page,
the late Bishop Charles Amyand Harris, then in possession of the
said See of Gibraltar, had purchased with his own money and of
which he had made a donation to the same See.
* See  Proclamation No. 11 of 1876.
†Now Independence Square, West Street, and Old Theatre Street, respectively.
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Exemption from 
operation of 
Mortmain Law.  
Amended by: 
XXXIX.1972.4. 
Cap. 201 .
5. The said Anglican Church is in virtue of this Ordinance
authorized to hold and enjoy the immovable property mentioned in
the foregoing sections, without being bound to sell or transfer the
same, notwithstanding any provision of the Mortmain Act.
Powers vested in 
Bishop of Gibraltar 
exercisable by 
Anglican Bishop.
6. Any right or power which, by virtue of either of the deeds
of donation mentioned in sections 3 and 4, was vested in or granted
to the Bishop of Gibraltar for the time being, is hereby transferred
to the Anglican Bishop for the time being, who by mandate or other
act of the competent authority, may be authorized to exercise
episcopal functions within buildings situate in Malta and destined
for Divine Service according to the rites of the Anglican Church.
Saving clause. 7. Saving the provisions of sections 3, 4 and 6, nothing in this
Ordinance contained shall affect any disposition expressed in any
of the deeds of donation mentioned in those sections where such
disposition, independently of this Ordinance, would be valid
according to law.
