Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Church of England Act 1854 - SECT 13

Synod may make regulations etc.

13. Synod may make regulations etc.

It shall be lawful for the first or any future Synod as aforesaid to make such
regulations acts or resolutions as it may deem fit for altering the
constitution of such Synod with respect to the number election and
qualification of the lay members thereof the manner in which the votes of the
Clergy and Laity may be taken and the declarations to be signed by the
electors or lay members as aforesaid (provided that every such lay member
shall declare himself a communicant of such Church) and also for determining
the mode in and the conditions under which such advowson or right of patronage
as aforesaid may be exercised for the licensing of Clergymen by the Bishop for
the adjournment and prorogation of such Synods and the calling of future
Synods and the mode of election of the lay members thereof and every such
Synod may repeal alter or vary such regulations acts or resolutions.