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CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACT 1854 - SECT 7

Mode of summoning a Synod

Where any Bishop of the said United Church in Victoria shall see fit to convene a Synod as aforesaid such Bishop shall at such time as to him may seem meet previous to the first Synod in his diocese summon thereto the Clergy being Incumbents or licensed by the Bishop within such diocese and the lay representatives of the diocese elected as hereinafter provided and for electing such representatives shall require each clergyman instituted or licensed to a separate cure of souls to summon a meeting of the laymen of the Church of the age of twenty-one years and upwards resident within his parish and at such time (within limits which may be prescribed by such Bishop) and at such place within the parish or district as to such clergyman may seem convenient and every such lay member as aforesaid shall be entitled to vote at such election.



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