6General meetings of the congregation

6 General meetings of the congregation

6 General meetings of the congregation

General meetings of the congregation shall be held so often as may be prescribed by the rules, and shall be held at least once in each year for the election of officers of the church, and once in every three years for the election of Trustees or appointment of a Trustee Company or the Public Trustee as a Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Act. General meetings shall be convened by notice given publicly from the pulpit and posted upon the notice board of the church premises for the time being in use. Such notice shall be signed by the president, or in his absence, by the vice-president or other member appointed by the committee in that behalf, and shall state in general terms the nature of the business of the meeting. A meeting shall not proceed to the transaction of business unless a quorum of at least fifteen members of the congregation or one-fifth of the number of members of the congregation included in the register referred to in section 5, whichever is the lesser, be present, but such meeting shall stand adjourned to such date not earlier than seven days as the members present shall decide and at any such adjourned meeting such quorum as may be prescribed by the Rules may transmit business.

s 6: Am 1984 No 153, Sch 15 (4).