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Assented to April 6, 1968
| Contents | ||
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| 1 | Short title | |
| 2 | Power to grant degrees | |
| 3 | Power of directors to make regulations | |
| 4 | Applicability of Societies Act | |
| 5 | Amendment of constitution | |
| 6 | Commencement | |
WHEREAS Vancouver Bible Institute, a society duly incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia on the twenty-seventh day of October, 1925, has represented that it desires to have conferred upon it power to provide for the granting of and to grant degrees in theology and religious education, including honorary degrees and certificates of proficiency in these disciplines:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the said power should be conferred:
THEREFORE, HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:—
2 Notwithstanding anything contained in the Societies Act, Vancouver Bible Institute shall have and is hereby given full power and authority to provide for the granting of and to grant degrees in theology and religious education only, including honorary degrees and certificates of proficiency in these disciplines as the directors of Vancouver Bible Institute may determine.
1968-70-2.
3 The directors of Vancouver Bible Institute shall have power to make regulations touching any matter or thing pertaining to the conditions on which degrees may be conferred, whether said degrees be such as are granted in course or by examination, or such as are honorary, or whether they be conferred upon matriculants of Vancouver Bible Institute or other persons and to amend such regulations when the directors see fit.
1968-70-3.
4 Vancouver Bible Institute shall continue as a society and shall continue to be subject to the provisions of the Societies Act and any amendments thereto, except such provisions as are repugnant to the power and authority by this Act conferred upon Vancouver Bible Institute and the directors thereof.
1968-70-4.
5 For greater certainty it is hereby declared that Vancouver Bible Institute shall have power to amend its constitution so as to include amongst the objects of Vancouver Bible Institute the granting and conferring of degrees in theology and religious education, including honorary degrees and certificates of proficiency in these disciplines. Such amendment may be effected by extraordinary resolution, and the provisions of section 15 of the Societies Act shall not apply thereto.
1968-70-5.
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