Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions Act, 1899

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THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND KIRK SESSIONS ACT, 1899 
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
1.  Short title and extent 
2.  Scotch Kirk Sessions to be bodie corporate 
3.  Power to hold and dispose of property 
 
 
 
 

 
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THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND KIRK SESSIONS ACT, 1899 
1ACT NO. XXIII OF 1899 
[27th  September, 1899] 
 
An Act to provide for the Incorporation of Kirk Sessions of the Church of Scotland in 2[Pakistan]. 
 
 WHEREAS there are in 2[Pakistan] Kirk Sessions of the Church of Scotland which have been 
duly constituted to be Chur ch Courts for ecclesiastical purposes in pursuance of Acts of the General 
Assembly of the Church of Scotland; 
 
 And whereas it is expedient that such Kirk Sessions and any others which may hereafter be so 
constituted, should be incorporated with the powers hereinafter provided; 
 
 It is hereby enacted as follows:– 
 
 1. Short title and extent.___ (1) This Act may be called the Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions 
Act, 1899 ; 
 
 3[(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan] ; 4* 
 
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 2. Scotch Kirk Sessions to be bodie corporate.___ (1) Every Kirk Session which has been or 
may hereafter be, duly constituted to be a Church Court for ecclesiastical purposes in pursuance of 
an Act of the General Assembly of the Church of Sco tland, is hereby declared to be, and the same 
shall be, a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal. 
 
 (2) A notification by the 5[Federal Government] in the 6[official Gazette] that a Kirk Session 
has been duly constituted7 in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 
shall be conclusive proof that it has been so constituted. 
 
 3. Power to hold and dispose of property.___ (1) Every Kirk Session constituted as aforesaid 
shall, as a body corporate, have power to  acquire and hold any pro perty which has been, or may 
hereafter be, vested in it for the purposes of the Congregation for which it has been, or may here after 
be, constituted, or of any trust which may have been or may hereafter be, accepted by it, to tra nsfer 
the same, to contract and to do all other things necessary for, or incidental to, the purposes of its 
constitution or of any such trust as aforesaid.  
 
 (2) The signature of the Moderator and Treasurer or Ses sion-clerk for the time being of a 
Kirk Session constituted as aforesaid shall, if affixed on behalf and by order of the Kirk Session, be 
sufficient for all purposes for which the signature of the Kirk Session is required. 
 
 Date: 11-09-2024 
1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of India, 1899, Pt. V. p.79 ; for Proceedings in Council, see ibid., Pt. VI, pp. 181, 212 and 213. 
2Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. ( with effect from the 14th October, 1955),  for  “the 
Provinces and the Capital of the Federation” which had been subs. by A.O., 1949, Arts. 3(2) and 4, for “British India”. 
3Subs. by Ordinance 21 of 1960, s. 3 and 2nd Sch. ( with  effect from the 14th  October, 1955),  for the original sub -section (2) as amended by A.O., 
1949, Arts. 3(2) and 4. 
4The word “and” and sub-section (3) rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914), s. 3 and Sch. II. 
5Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”, which had been subs. by A.O.,1937, for “G. G. in C”. 
6Subs. ibid., for “Gazette of India”. 
7For notification declaring the Kirk Sessions at Rawalpindi and Karachi to be duly constituted, see Gazette of India, 1917, Pt. I, p. 1097, and ibid., 
1921, Pt. I. p. 856, respectively.