4Rules of congregation

4 Rules of congregation

(1)  The members of the congregation, or a majority of them present at a meeting convened in that behalf according to the rules of the congregation, and entitled under those rules to vote at the meeting, may make rules with respect to the following matters:

(a) The appointment or election of the governing body and officers of the congregation;

(b) The functions and proceedings of the governing body and officers of the congregation;

(c) The management and superintendence of the affairs and business of the congregation and the regulation of matters concerning the property of the congregation;

(d) The election, admission, and expulsion of members of the congregation; and

(e) The meetings of the congregation.

(2)  Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (1) the rules made thereunder may –

(a) authorize the governing body constituted in accordance with those rules to make rules with respect to any of the matters referred to in that subsection; and

(b) provide that any rules made under that subsection shall be of no effect in so far as they are inconsistent with any rules made by the governing body under this subsection.