Tasmanian Legislation
Baptist Union Incorporation Act 1902
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Baptist Union of Tasmania, and concerning the trusts of certain real and personal property [Royal Assent 20 December 1902]
Whereas by the Baptist Union Incorporation Act 1888 the Baptist Union of Tasmania was incorporated, and provision was made concerning the trusts of certain real and personal property: And whereas it has become desirable and expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the said Union, and concerning the said trusts and property:
Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Baptist Union Incorporation Act 1902 .
2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Assembly means the representative Assembly of officers and members elective or otherwise of the Union, however designated, as the same Assembly shall be from time to time constituted in accordance with the internal constitution and by-laws of the Union; by-law means and includes law, rule, regulation, act, or resolution of the Assembly duly passed in accordance with the constitution thereof; church means a congregation anywhere within Tasmania that – (a) is known as, or styled as, a Baptist Church; and (b) is admitted to the Union in accordance with the constitution; constitution means the constitution specified in section 4 , as amended, altered, repealed or substituted from time to time; Council means the executive body of the Union as the same Council shall be from time to time constituted in accordance with the internal constitution and by-laws of the Union; the said Act means the Baptist Union Incorporation Act 1888 ; Union means the Baptist Union of Tasmania; Union Doctrines means the doctrinal beliefs of the Union set out in the constitution; Union Trusts means the trusts of the Union set out in the constitution.
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