6No conveyance to be made until consent, &c., of majority of church members obtained

6 No conveyance to be made until consent, &c., of majority of church members obtained

(1)  *[Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 1958, s. 4 and Sched. 3 ]*When there is an existing church interested in any real or personal property, then such trustees shall not make any such conveyance or transfer as aforesaid of the said real or personal property to the Union, nor shall the said deed poll be executed until there has been first obtained the consent and direction of the majority, as hereinafter defined, of the church members in trust for whom such property is held present at a meeting duly convened, as hereinafter mentioned, for that object.

(2)  *[Section 6 Subsection (2) amended by No. 36 of 1958, s. 4 and Sched. 3 ]*The meeting referred to in subsection (1) shall be called by a notice stating the object of such meeting, together with the day, hour, and place of holding such meeting, which notice shall be signed by the pastor for the time being, or in case of his neglect for 14 days or refusal after request in writing made by 5 members of the church to sign such notice, or in case of there being no pastor, then by the same number of members, and such notice shall be posted on the door of the church building used for public worship or in connection with the said property at least two consecutive Sundays immediately preceding the day on which such meeting shall be appointed to take place, and shall, if practicable, be read during some part of each of the public services held on the same two Sundays in such church building; and no direction or consent shall be considered to have been given until such meeting shall have been called in the way prescribed, and a two-thirds majority of the church members present and voting at such meeting shall have passed a resolution directing such conveyance to be made.

(3)  *[Section 6 Subsection (3) amended by No. 36 of 1958, s. 4 and Sched. 3 ]*The said direction and consent shall be signed by the chairman of the said meeting, or by some other person deputed by the said meeting for such purpose, and when so signed shall be irrevocable.