Governance – procedures for enactment of Canons and amendment of the Declaration of Principles, the Constitution, and the Canons respecting worship and discipline
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- Date
- 2007 June 19-25
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 48
- Mover
- Bishop William Anderson
- Seconder
- Mr. George Power
- Prologue
- Moved by: Canon Robert Falby
- Seconded by: Archbishop Caleb Lawrence
- The revised resolution was presented.
- That first reading be given to the Resolution that section 11of the Declaration of Principles be amended to read as follows:
- 11. Amendments; Enactment of Canons
- a) Amendments to the Declaration of Principles
- - i) The Solemn Declaration of the Declaration of Principles belongs in a particular historic context and therefore cannot be altered or amended.
- - ii) An amendment to the Declaration of Principles can be considered only when a majority of each Order is present at the session of the General Synod.
- - iii) Subject to subsection iv), an amendment to the Declaration of Principles shall take effect when passed by a two-thirds majority in each Order.
- - iv) An amendment to sections 6, 7 and 8 of the Declaration of Principles shall take effect only when the General Synod has adopted it in the manner prescribed in subsection iii), and the synods of each of the ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada have consented to it.
- - v) The synod of an ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Church of Canada shall be deemed to have consented to an amendment to section 6, 7 or 8 of the Declaration of Principles adopted by the General Synod if no resolution proposing consent to the amendment has been voted upon in the provincial synod before the expiration of 3 years from the date the amendment was passed by the General Synod.
- - vi) Where a proposed amendment to the Declaration of Principles has been defeated by the General Synod, or where an amendment to section 6, 7 or 8 of the Declaration of Principles passed by the General Synod has not taken effect pursuant to subsection iv), the proposed amendment may be introduced again at any subsequent session of the General Synod.
- b) Amendments to the Constitution
- - i) An amendment to a section of the Constitution which has its origin in the Declaration of Principles must be consistent with the Principle concerned.
- - ii) An amendment to the Constitution of the General Synod shall take effect when passed by a two-thirds majority of each Order voting at a session of the General Synod.
- c) Canons and Amendments to Canons
- - i) All Canons dealing with doctrine, and amendments to such Canons, shall take effect when passed by a two-thirds majority in each Order at two successive sessions of the General Synod, the Canon or amendment proposed having been referred for consideration to diocesan and provincial synods, following the first approval of the General Synod.
- - ii) All Canons dealing with matters other than doctrine or amendments to such Canons, shall take effect when passed by a two-thirds majority of the Order of Bishops, and of the Orders of Clergy and Laity voting together.
- d) Amendments to the Rules of Order and Procedure
- - An amendment to the Rules of Order and Procedure shall take effect when passed by a two-thirds majority of the Order of Bishops, and of the Orders of Clergy and Laity voting together.
- e) Amendments on Second Reading at Synod
- - i) Where a resolution proposing a Canon dealing with doctrine or an amendment to such a Canon has been:
- -- a) passed at one session of the General Synod,
- -- b) referred for consideration to all diocesan and provincial synods, and
- -- c) brought before a second session of the General Synod,
- -- it shall be in order for the General Synod to adopt any amendment to the resolution which does not alter the resolution in any substantive way but which merely improves the clarity or form of the resolution.
- - ii) A resolution amended pursuant to subsection i) shall take effect if passed by the required majority at the second session notwithstanding the amendment.
- Motion to Refer
- Text of motion
- That this resolution be referred to the Council of General Synod for further work and consultation. CARRIED Act 48
- Notes
- Note – Resolution A061 (a companion to A022) was withdrawn.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Declaration of Principles
- Solemn Declaration (1893)
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Rules and practice
- Anglican Church of Canada - Doctrines
- Worship - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Council of General Synod