Procedure of Diocesan Synods
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1
In rule 28(1)(e) for the word “two”
there shall be substituted “three”
and for the words “the bishop”
where first occuring there shall be substituted “(except a matter referred to the diocesan synod by the General Synod under the provisions of Article 8 of the Constitution) the diocesan bishop”
and for the words “the bishop”
at the end of the subparagraph there shall be substituted the words “the diocesan bishop”
2
In rule 28(1)(f) all words after “voting”
shall be omitted.
3
After rule 28(1)(f) there shall be inserted a new subparagraph—
g
that every other question shall be decided by the votes of all the members of the diocesan synod present and voting, the assent of the three Houses being presumed, unless the diocesan bishop (if present) requires or any ten members require that a separate vote of each House be taken.
4
The present sub-paragraphs “(g)”
to “(j)”
of rule 28(1) shall be re-lettered “(h)”
to “(k)”
and in sub-paragraph (i) as re-lettered for the words “the bishop”
there shall be substituted the words “the diocesan bishop”
5
In Rule 28(1)(j) as re-lettered for the words “the bishop”
there shall be substituted the words “the diocesan bishop”
.