Act Number: 23

Act Name: The Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions Act, 1899

Year: 1899

Enactment Date: 1899-09-27

Long Title: An Act to provide for the Incorporation of Kirk Sessions of the Church of Scotland in India.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 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 Central Government in the Official Gazette that a Kirk Session has been duly constituted1in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland shall be conclusive proof that it has been so constituted.
Notes:
1. For notification declaring the Kirk Sessions at Calcutta, Madras, Bombay and Allahabad to be duly constituted, see Gazette of India, 1900, Pt. I, p. 484; for similar notifications in respect of the Kirk Session at Simla and the Kirk Session at Poona, see ibid., 1904, Pt. I. p. 831. and ibid., 1905. Pt. 1, p. 706, respectively.
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