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legal and church purposes be the name of the said united church.

Provided always that it shall not be incumbent on the said Moderator and Scriba, or the person or persons for the time being acting as such, to transmit such signed copy of the said resolution to the Governor-General, until they are satisfied that a similar confirming resolution has been duly adopted by the Synod of at least one other of the said other churches, nor shall any such proclamation as aforesaid issue until there be proof laid before the Governor-General that the Synod of at least one other of the said churches shall likewise have duly transmitted for publication in manner aforesaid, a copy duly certified as aforesaid of a similar resolution passed by such Synod.

4. (a) On and after the aforesaid publication by the Governor-General and in the event of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Province of the Cape of Good Hope being one of the uniting Churches embraced in the proclamation of the Governor-General, Ordinance No. 7 of 1843 (of the Cape of Good Hope) entitled “An Ordinance for repealing the Church Regulations of the 25th July, 1804, and enacting others in their stead”, and “The Dutch Reformed Church Ordinances Amendment Act, 1898, and Ordinance No. 16 of 1845” entitled “An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 7 of 1843”, shall become and be repealed, except as to acts done, rights acquired or liabilities incurred before the date of such Proclamation. Provided, however, that section two of the said Ordinance No. 7 of 1843 shall not be hereby repealed. Provided that in the event of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Province of Natal being one of the uniting Churches embraced in the proclamation of the Governor-General Act No. 36 of 1909 of the Colony of Natal shall be taken to be and is hereby repealed.

(b) The laws, rules, and regulations, other than the aforesaid Ordinance and Act, duly and severally in force at the taking effect of this Act in each of the said uniting churces shall, save in so far as they may be opposed to or inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act, remain in force in and for the churches thereby respectively affected, until other provision has been duly made by the said united church in lieu thereof.

(c) All the civil rights theretofore possessed by and pertaining to each of the said Dutch Reformed Churches entering into union, and, as regards the Dutch Reformed Church of the Cape Colony, inter alia, defined and secured