Portal:Parliament of South Africa

“ No coloured person, being a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of the Colony or Province of the Cape of Good Hope, shall be entitled, by reason of such membership or of the passing of this Act or of the union brought about thereby, to claim membership of the united church in the event of his finding himself, or of his being or becoming resident, in any of the adjacent Provinces and so long as he shall remain without the boundaries of the Province of the Cape of Good Hope ”

“ The term “property” or “properties” shall include all buildings, lands, funds, moneys, goods, effects, assets, or claims to property, or rights of action, of what kind soever, whether in possession, or expectancy, nothing excepted ”

“ And whereas it is expedient to confer on the Synod or General Assembly of the united church, to be composed of the several aforesaid churches or any two or more of them, after the union as aforesaid, the right, title, and authority at any time hereafter and from time to time to regulate, alter or contract the constitution and composition of the said Synod, and to establish Provincial Synods, subject to the authority of the General Synod or Assembly ”