7Incorporation of churches to be formed

7 Incorporation of churches to be formed

7 Incorporation of churches to be formed

If and when any number of persons not less than sixteen and including at least four members of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States of America, accepting and holding the said principles, faith and doctrines and adhering to the said tenets and acknowledging and adopting the principles of church organisation, discipline, teaching, worship, service, procedure and practice laid down in the Manual shall form themselves into a body or association to be known as a Church of Christ, Scientist, such body or association may subject to the conditions stated in section 8 become a body corporate and shall have mutatis mutandis the same rights, powers, privileges, duties and liabilities as those provided in this Act in respect of First Church.