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Religious Bodies Registration Act - Religious Bodies Registration Order

LAWS OF TUVALU
2008 Revised Edition


RELIGIOUS BODIES REGISTRATION ORDER


CAP. 54.15.1


MADE UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE RELIGIOUS BODIES REGISTRATION ACT 1


Commencement [1st January 2006]


1 Short title


This Order may be cited as the Religious Bodies Registration Order.


2 Interpretation


For the purpose of this Order unless otherwise specified — "Act" means the Religious Bodies Registration Act;2 "census" means the current census of the population of Tuvalu made in accordance with the Census Act.3


3 Application


The Minister hereby specifies that the number of persons of the age of 18 years and above required to constitute a religious body, within the meaning of section 2 of the Act, shall not be less than two per cent of the total population of Tuvalu at the last census.


4 Exemption


For the avoidance of doubt the religious bodies already registered under the Act are exempt from this Order.


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ENDNOTES
1 LN 6/2005
2 Cap. 54.15
3 Cap. 22.05


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