Victorian Consolidated Legislation

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES ACT 1837

Act No. 7/1837
Version as at 3 March 2003

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   2.      Officiating minister entitled to be present at all meetings concerning affairs of the church
   3.      Person nominated or appointed as trustee shall be member of congregation of church or chapel
   4.      Manner of selecting replacement for ill or missing trustee
   5.      Provisions for nominating and appointing new trustees
   6.      Public notice to be given of meeting for filling of vacancies
   7.      Responsibilities of new, continuing or surviving trustees
   8.      Definition of duties of trustees of Presbyterian churches
   9.      Officiating minister free to exercise spiritual functions of any church property
   10.     Raising of revenue by improvement of glebe or land belonging
           to church or chapel
   11.     Appointed trustees may collect sums of money for
           administration
   12.     Trustees to furnish accounts of all receipts and disbursements
           of money
   13.     Governor may nominate pew-holders to be trustees
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           ENDNOTES
   1.      General Information
   2.      Table of Amendments
   3.      Explanatory Details