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Methodist Trust Association Of Ceylon (Amendment) Act (No. 17 of 1966) - Sect 2

Replacement of section 2 of Chapter 336

2. Section 2 of the Methodist Trust Association of Ceylon Ordinance (hereafter in this Act referred to as the " principal enactment") is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :-
2. Unless anything shall appear in the context or subject repugnant thereto or inconsistent therewith, the expression-
(a) " the said church" shall mean the church or Christian society in Ceylon called the Methodist Church, Ceylon, composed of Christians in the connexion established by the late Reverend John Wesley A. M. of England and shall include all members thereof at present in the Island of Ceylon ;
(b) " the said association" shall mean the members of the Methodist Trust Association of Ceylon appointed by the Conference of the Methodist Church, Ceylon, in the manner hereinafter set out;
(c) " the Conference" shall mean the annual Conference composed of Ministers and lay representatives held at present in Ceylon in accordance with the law, constitution, and custom of the said church ;
(d) " the President" shall mean the President of the Conference appointed in accordance with the law, constitution and custom of the said church ;
(e) " the three District Synods " shall mean the Northern, Central and Southern District Synods composed of Ministers and lay representatives and held in accordance with the law, constitution and custom of the said church ;
(f) " the Standing Committee " shall mean the Committee appointed by the Conference to act for the Conference between two sessions of the annual Conference.'.

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