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Appeals.
Church of England Trust.
REGULATIONS FOR CHURCH COUNCILS-cont.
(d) Where an equality of votes renders a casting vote necessary to decide the election it shall be given by the person presiding over the election.
(e) The result of an election shall be forthwith announced by the person presiding over the election and a notice of the result shall be affixed at or near the principal door of the church and the notice shall be left so affixed for not less than fourteen days following the date of election.
Appeals.
18. Any appeal against the allowance or disallowance of enrolment on the electoral roll or of a vote or against the report of the result of the election shall be made in writing to the incumbent within seven days after the date of publication of such allowance or disallowance or the publication of such result as the case may be. A commission shall be constituted by the church council and any appeal shall be considered and decided by such two or more members of the commission as the commission shall appoint and their decision shall be final.
Meetings
of church council.
Power to call meetings.
Notice of meeting.
Notice of motion.
Quorum and agenda.
Order of business.
APPENDIX.
Rules of procedure for church councils.
[regs. 6, 8.]
1. Every church council shall hold not less than four meetings in each year. Meetings shall be convened by the chairman and if not more than four meetings are held they shall be at quarterly intervals as far as possible.
2. The chairman may at any time convene a meeting of the church council. If he refuses or neglects to do so within seven days after a requisition for that purpose signed by not less than one-third of the members of the church council has been presented to him those members may forthwith convene a meeting.
3. Except as provided in rule 7, at least ten clear days before any meeting of a church council notice thereof specifying the time and place of the intended meeting, and signed by or on behalf of the chairman of the church council or the persons convening the meeting, shall be posted at or near the principal door of the church.
4. Notices of motion may be sent in writing to the secretary by any member of the church council at any time. Not less than seven days before the meeting a notice thereof specifying the time and place of the meeting signed by or on behalf of the secretary shall be sent to every member of the church council. Such notice shall contain the agenda of the meeting including any motion of which notice has been received by the secretary.
5. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of a church council unless at least one-third of the full number of members are present thereat, and no business which is not specified in the agenda shall be transacted at any meeting except by the consent of three-quarters of the members present at the meeting.
6. The business of a meeting of a church council shall be transacted in the order set forth in the agenda unless the church council by resolution otherwise determines.
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