General Synod 2007

 

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Resolution Number: A061 

Subject: Amendment to Rules of Order and Procedure re Notices of Motion to amend Declaration Of Principles, the Constitution, etc.

Moved by: Robert Falby from the Diocese of Toronto

Seconded By: Archbishop Caleb Lawrence from the Diocese of Moosonee

Note: The mover and the seconder must be members of the General Synod and be present in the House when the resolution is before the synod for debate.

BE IT RESOLVED:

That section 13 of the Rules of Order and Procedure be amended to read as follows:

13. Notice of Motion

No amendment to the Declaration of Principles, no amendment to the Constitution, no Canon, and no amendment to any existing Canon, shall be proposed to, or enacted by, the General Synod unless notice has been transmitted by the General Secretary of the General Synod to the members of the General Synod at least 90 days before the meeting of the General Synod, or unless it has been left over as unfinished business and printed in the journal of the previous session of the General Synod.

EXPLANATORY NOTE/BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

This is a companion to Resolution A022 - refer to the sixth paragraph of the Explanatory Note with that Resolution.

Source: The Council of the General Synod
(name of committee, diocese, etc.)

Submitted by: The General Secretary

A) Does this motion contain within it any financial implications?

Yes ______ No ______

B) If yes, has the General Synod Expenditures Committee considered the implications?

Yes ______ No ___X__


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