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The Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions Act, 1899

Section 2Scotch Kirk Sessions to be bodies corporate

In force

s. 2

2. Scotch Kirk Sessions to be bodies corporate (1) Every Kirk Session which has been, or may hereafter be, duly constituted to be a Church Court for ecclesiastical purposes in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, is hereby declared to be, and the same shall be, a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal. (2) A notification by the [Government] in the official Gazette that a Kirk Session has been duly constituted in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland shall be conclusive proof that it has been so constituted.

  1. 3. The word "Government" was substituted, for the words "Central Government" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

End of s. 2.

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