New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (CORPORATIONS) ACT 1995 - SECT 21

21 By-laws

(1) The General Assembly may make by-laws for or with respect to the following matters:

(a) the control, management and administration of, and dealings with, property vested in a corporation,

(b) the manner in which a corporation is constituted,

(c) the affairs of the corporation.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the General Assembly may make by-laws:

(a) to change the name of the corporation, and

(b) to fix the number of members of the corporation, and

(c) to prescribe the methods of election, appointment and retirement of such members, and

(d) to prescribe the circumstances in which a vacancy in the office of any such member is taken to occur and how it is to be filled.

(3) A by-law must be consistent with this Act.

(4) A certificate under the seal of the corporation to the effect that a by-law specified in the certificate was in force on a day specified in the certificate is prima facie evidence that the by-law was in force on that day.

(5) A by-law may be amended or repealed by a subsequent by-law made under this section.