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