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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 24', '§ 25', '§ 29', '§ 18', '§ 441']

2002. Churches and congregations Act of 12 February 2002, as (...) - Legirel
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Mots-clés : Assistance spirituelle · Biens ecclésiastiques · Enregistrement des cultes · Financement du culte · Liberté de religion · Ministre du culte · Organisation religieuse · Personnalité juridique · Protection des données · Relations Etat-religions · Secret professionnel · 2002 · Estonie
Riigi Teataja I 2002, 24, 135
§ 1. Scope of application of Act (amended by 19.06.2002, RT I 2002, 61, 375)
2. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (RT I 2001, 58, 354 ; 2002, 53, 336 ; 61, 375 ; 2003, 20, 117 ; 78, 527) apply to administrative proceedings prescribed in this Act, taking account of the specifications provided for in this Act.
2. A religious society shall be entered in the non-profit associations and foundations register pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the Non-profit Associations Act (RT I 1996, 42, 811 ; 1998, 96, 1515 ; 1999, 10, 155 ; 23, 355 ; 67, 658 ; 2000, 55, 365 ; 88, 576 ; 2001, 56, 336 ; 93, 565 ; 2002, 53, 336 ; 2003, 88, 591). In order to determine compliance of the statutes of a religious society with the requirements provided by law, the chief judge of the county or city court which maintains the register may suspend proceedings for entry in the register for two months and request the opinion of the ministry whose area of government includes management of issues relating to religious associations or request an expert opinion of a competent agency.
1. The seat of a church, congregation or association of congregations is the place where the management board of the church, congregation or association of congregations is located unless the statutes prescribe otherwise. The seat of a monastery is the place where the building or complex of buildings of the monastery is located.
Chapter 2 - Freedom of Religion of Individual
Chapter 3 - Foundation, Registration, Merger, Division and Dissolution of Religious Associations
2. A memorandum of association shall set out :
1) the name, seat, address and objectives of the activities of the church, congregation, association of congregations being founded or monastery which does not belong to a church and which is being founded ;
2) the names and residences or seats, and the personal identification codes or registry codes of the founders ;
3) the obligations of the founders ;
6. The memorandum of association of a church or association of congregations and the statutes approved thereby shall be notarially certified ; a representative of a founder may sign the memorandum of association.
1. The statutes of a religious association shall contain the following information :
1) the name and seat ;
2) the objective and doctrinal bases of the activities ;
3) obligatory religious rites ;
4) the structure of management bodies and supervisory bodies and the procedure for the foundation, competence and terms of authority thereof ;
5) the procedure for the election or appointment of members of the management board and restrictions on the right of representation ;
6) the status, hierarchy, service relationships and professional attire of the ministers of religion ;
7) the procedure for the formation, use and disposal of assets ;
8) the bases and procedure for the adoption and amendment of the statutes ;
9) the bases and procedure for termination of activities ;
10) the conditions of and procedure for membership in the religious association and for leaving and exclusion from the religious association ;
3. The following shall be appended to the application :
1) the memorandum of association and the statutes approved thereby, or the minutes of the foundation meeting and the statutes approved by the management board of the corresponding church or association of congregations ;
2) the notarially authenticated specimen signatures of the members of the management board ;
3) telecommunications numbers (telephone, facsimile, etc) ;
2. A registrar shall not enter a religious association in the register if :
1) the statutes or other documents submitted by the religious association are not in compliance with the requirements of law ;
1. The following shall be entered in the register :
1) the name of the religious association ;
2) the seat and address of the religious association ;
3) the date of the first mention or foundation of the religious association ;
4) the date of adoption of the statutes ;
5) the names, personal identification codes and residences of the members of the management board ;
6) the specifications for the right of representation of the management board pursuant to § 24 of this Act ;
2. A religious association shall be dissolved and liquidated :
1) on the bases and pursuant to the procedure prescribed in the statutes ;
2) if the number of congregations or members of the religious association falls below the number specified by this Act or the statutes ;
3) upon the declaration of bankruptcy of the religious association ;
3. The minister whose area of government includes management of issues relating to religious associations shall request compulsory dissolution of a religious association from a court if :
1) the activities or statutes of the religious association are contrary to law or the Constitution ;
2) facts specified in clause 14 (2) 2) of this Act become evident in the activities of the religious association ;
3) the activities of the religious association are not in compliance with the objectives set out in the statutes ;
Chapter 4 - Register of Religious Associations
2. A registry file of a religious association may be examined by a person with a legitimate interest. Documents containing sensitive personal data may be examined pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the Personal Data Protection Act (RT I 1996, 48, 944 ; 1998, 59, 941 ; 111, 1833 ; 2000, 50, 317 ; 92, 597 ; 104, 685 ; 2001, 50, 283).
2. The following information shall be entered on a registry card :
1) the registry code and consecutive numbers of registry entries ;
2) the name ;
3) the seat and address ;
4) the date of the first mention or foundation ;
5) the date of adoption and amendment of the statutes ;
6) information on the members of the management board ;
7) the right of representation of the members of the management board and the liquidators if such right differs from the general rule prescribed by law ;
8) the merger or division ;
9) the dissolution ;
10) information on the liquidators ;
11) information on the trustee in bankruptcy ;
12) the declaration of bankruptcy and termination of bankruptcy proceedings ;
13) the deletion from the register ;
14) information on the depositary of documents of a liquidated religious association ;
15) the date of entry, and the signature, name and title of the person executing the judgment on entry and of the person competent to make the judgment on entry ;
Chapter 5 - Minister of Religion and Management Board
2. The management board of a religious association has the right to invite a minister of religion from outside Estonia and apply for a work and residence permit for the minister of religion who is an alien pursuant to the provisions of the Aliens Act (RT I 1993, 44, 637 ; 1999, 50, 548 ; 54, 582 ; 71, 686 ; 88, 808 ; 101, 900 ; 2000, 25, 148 ; 33, 197 ; 40, 254 ; 2001, 16, 68 ; RT III 2001, 7, 75 ; RT I 2001, 58, 352 ; 68, 407 ; 2002, 56, 351 ; 63, 387 ; 90, 521 ; 102, 599 ; 2003, 4, 20 ; 88, 594 ; 2004, 2, 2 ; 19, 134) and other legislation.
Chapter 6 - Assets of Religious Association
§ 25. Proprietary rights and obligations (amended by 19.06.2002, RT I 2002, 61, 375)
3. A religious association may pledge, grant use of or transfer cultural monuments which belong to the assets of the religious association on the basis of a resolution of the management board, having regard to the requirements established by the Heritage Conservation Act (RT I 2002, 27, 153 ; 47, 297 ; 53, 336 ; 63, 387). Congregations which belong to a church or association of congregations shall exercise such right with the permission of the management board of the church or association of congregations pursuant to the procedure prescribed in or established on the basis of the statutes.
5. A religious association shall organise the accounting pursuant to the provisions of the Accounting Act (RT I 1994, 48, 790 ; 1995, 26-28, 355 ; 92, 1604 ; 1996, 40, 773 ; 42, 811 ; 49, 953 ; 1998, 59, 941 ; 1999, 55, 584 ; 101, 903 ; 2001, 87, 527 ; 2002, 23, 131 ; 53, 336 ; 57, 355) and its statutes.
Chapter 7 - Implementation of Act
§ 29. Application for entry in register (amended by 25.02.2004, RT I 2004, 14, 91)
4. An application for entry in the register shall be reviewed within two months as of submission of the application and all other prescribed documents.
The State Fees Act (RT I 1997, 80, 1344 ; RT I 2001, 55, 331 ; 56, 332 ; 64, 367 ; 65, 377 ; 85, 512 ; 88, 531 ; 91, 543 ; 93, 565 ; 2002, 1, 1 ; 18, 97 ; 23, 131 ; 24, 135 ; 27, 151 and 153 ; 30, 178 ; 35, 214 ; 44, 281 ; 47, 297 ; 51, 316 ; 57, 358 ; 58, 361 ; 61, 375 ; 62, 377 ; 82, 477 ; 90, 519 ; 102, 599 ; 105, 610 ; 2003, 4, 20 ; 13, 68 ; 15, 84 ; 85 ; 20, 118 ; 21, 128 ; 23, 146 ; 25, 153 ; 154 ; 26, 156 ; 160 ; 51, 352 ; 66, 449 ; 68, 461 ; 71, 471 ; 78, 527 ; 79, 530 ; 81, 545 ; 88, 589 ; 591 ; 2004, 2, 7 ; 6, 31 ; 9, 52 ; 53 ; 14, 91 ; 92) is amended as follows :
1) clause 31) is added to subsection 3 (2) worded as follows :
"31) acts of the register of religious associations ;" ;
2) subsection (9) is added to § 18 worded as follows :
"(9) A religious association which has been registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs before 1 July 2002 is exempt from payment of state fees upon entry of the religious association in the register of religious associations." ;
3) sections 441 and 451 are added to Division 2 of Chapter 6 worded as follows :
"§ 441. Entries in register of religious associations
1. A state fee of 100 kroons shall be paid for the entry of a religious association in the register.
2. A state fee of 50 kroons shall be paid for the amendment of data entered in the register of religious associations.
1. A state fee of 10 kroons shall be paid for a certified copy of a registry card from the register of religious associations.
2. A state fee of 5 kroons per page shall be paid for a certified copy of any other document from the register of religious associations."
The Churches and Congregations Act (RT I 1993, 30, 510 ; 44, 637 ; 1994, 28, 425) is repealed.
(Translation : Estonian Legal Language Centre )