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BILL No.

1 OF 1973 SATURDAY, 20TH JANUARY, 1913 PARLIAMENT OFFICE, Buildings, Public Georgetown, Guyana.

16th January, 1973 The following Private Assembly by Mr. N. J. Bissember, Bill which will be introduced for general M.P., is published in the National information.

F. A. NARAIN.

Clerk of the National Assembly.

GUYANA BILL NO.

1 of 1973 ASSEMBLIES OF GOD (INCORPORATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1973 Arrangement of Sections.

Section 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6. of section of section of section Short title.


Amendment Amendment Amendment Repeal of sections insertion General of new section amendment 6.

2 of the Principal Ordinance.

3 of the Principal Ordinance .

5 of the Principal 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Principal Ordinance.

and Ordinance of the Principal Ordinance.

... 2 A BILL Intituled An Act to amend the Assemblies of God (Incorporation) Ordi· nance, 1958.

A.O.

1973 Enacted by the Parliament of Guyana:- Short title.

No.

18 of 1958.
No.

18 of 1958.

1.This Act may be cited as the Assemblies Act 1973, and amends the Assemblies 1958, hereinafter of God (Incorpora­ of God to as the referred tion) (Amendment) (Incorporation) Ordinance.

Principal Ordinance, u Amendment 2.

Section �i U;� ��i;ci-the substitution rclln.

cil" of the following for the definition definition:- 2 of the Principal Ordinance by Coun­ of the words "the General is hereby amended };��e? "
"the Council" means the Guyana Council of the Assemblies of God in Guyana referred 3;".

to in section • Amendment 3.Section of section 3 or the P!inci-the deletion pal Ordm- G 1 S ance.

enera ecretary Ordinance f an t e ore1gn 1ss10ns 3 of the Principal amended ent, t e there rom of the words "General Supennten by • d h or t e time ecretary shall be deemed to be in Briti&h therefor d h F .

M. .

S f h .

of the words "Superinten­ Council is hereby being of the General Guiana" dent and General be".
and the substitution Secretary for the time being of the Council shall 4.Section 5 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the substitution Secretary General".

for the words "General Missions" or Foreign Superintendent, General of the words "Superintendent or Amendment of section 5 of the Princi­ pal Ordin­ ance.

Repeal of sections 7, 8 and 9 of the Principal Ordinance and insertion or new sec­ tion 6.
6, 5.Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Principal Ordinance as section are here­ by repealed and the following section inserted 6:- .

"Proceed­ ings by or against the Guyana Mis­ sion.

6.
6.

In all legal proceedings in Guyana service against the Guyana Mission or General upon the Superintendent of process Secretary 3 or, if there is no Superintendent Secretary, of the Council the process or General s ·on a conspicuous part of any of the building or churches in situate of the Guyana Mission shall be good and the City of Georgetown, service."

sufficient by affixing 6.l'he Principal Ordinance is hereby amended in the following ��ii�ent of the Prln.

respects - clpal Ordin- ance.


(a)by the substitution of the word "Council" words "General Council" wherever for the they appear; (b)by renumbering sections 10 and 11 as sections 7 and 8, respectively.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM Under the provisions of the Assemblies of God (Incorpora­ .

It has be�n decided 1958, the General tion) Ordinance, Missouri, God in Springfield, whose officers the Assemblies porate.

body should corporate and that the body in Springfield, trol the Mission changes.
Council of the Assemblies of is the body through which and by of God in Guyana are a body cor­ that the controlling authority for the the body that the officers constituting of God in Guyana con-- no longer for these of the Assemblies Missouri, be in Guyana, be members in Guyana.

This Bill seeks to provide should should (Bill No .

.1 /1973)