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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Legislative acts: 1929 to 2010

The acts of the General Assembly are available below as downloads in both Microsoft Word [.doc] rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats. Subjects can be found by first downloading the alphabetical index in pdf format*, then cross referencing with the acts listed by year. This information will be updated as soon as possible following the end of each annual General Assembly in May.

Downloads

Acts index (combined with regulations)
Download zip file of all acts and regulations

Acts:

1931
1932
1933
1935
1936
1952
1959

1964
1966
1968
1969
1970
1977
1978

1979
1984
1986
1988
1989
1992
1994

1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

2010

Index of Acts and Regulations

(revised to 2009)

[.pdf]
(64KB)

	[.doc]	[.rtf]	[.txt]
1931 Act 16 Act 20	(19KB) (28KB)	(7KB) (35KB)	(1KB) (1KB)
1932 Act 10 Act 11 Act 18	(40KB) (34KB) (29KB)	(43KB) (46KB) (16KB)	(19KB) (5KB) (5KB)
1933 Act 26	(29KB)	(34KB)	(1KB)
1935 Act 8	(20KB)	(8KB)	(1KB)
1936 Act 8	(29KB)	(35KB)	(1KB)
1952 Act 8	(23KB)	(13KB)	(4KB)
1959 Act 26 Act 27	(27KB) (29KB)	(11KB) (35KB)	(3KB) (1KB)
1964 Act 19	(27KB)	(16KB)	(5KB)
1966 Act 28	(19KB)	(8KB)	(1KB)
1968 Act 25	(20KB)	(9KB)	(1KB)
1969 Act 23	(25KB)	(11KB)	(2KB)
1970 Act 1	(19KB)	(9KB)	(1KB)
1977 Act 1	(25KB)	(10KB)	(1KB)
1978 Act 3	(20KB)	(10KB)	(1KB)
1979 Act 8	(30KB)	(21KB)	(5KB)
1984 Act 2 Quinquennial visitation form Act 4 Act 6	(41KB) (56KB) (42KB) (45KB)	(27KB) (57KB) (50KB) (41KB)	(12KB) (15KB) (5KB) (11KB)
1986 Act 5	(23KB)	(20KB)	(1KB)
1988 Act 1 Act 2	(56KB) (49KB)	(71KB) (31KB)	(15KB) (12KB)
1989 Act 5	(30KB)	(14KB)	(5KB)
1992 Act 17	(47KB)	(46KB)	(16KB)
1994 Act 2 Act 3 Act 11	(54KB) (32KB) (41KB)	(40KB) (21KB) (46KB)	(20KB) (3KB) (6KB)
1995 Act 7	(32KB)	(28KB)	(7KB)
1996 Act 12	(26KB)	(25KB)	(2KB)
1997 Act 6	(35KB)	(30KB)	(12KB)
1998 Act 9	(26KB)	(29KB)	(1KB)
1999 Act 4	(30KB)	(38KB)	(1KB)
2000 Act 2 Act 3 Act 5 Act 6 Act 13	(53KB) (54KB) (35KB) (29KB) (72KB)	(44KB) (48KB) (23KB) (20KB) (116KB)	(18KB) (21KB) (10KB) (7KB) (27KB)
2001 Act 3 Act 4 Act 5 Act 6	(79KB) (119KB (20KB) (40KB)	(88KB) (48KB) (6KB) (27KB)	(38KB) (5KB) (1KB) (11KB)
2002 Act 6 Act 9 Act 15	(25KB) (36KB) (40KB)	(9KB) (31KB) (30KB)	(2KB) (11KB) (10KB)
2003 Act 7 Act 8 Act 13 Act 15	(73KB) (120KB (38KB) (29KB)	(63KB) (119KB (39KB) (12KB)	(31KB) (67KB) (12KB) (5KB)
2004 Act 3 Act 5 Act 6 Act 10	(26KB) (26KB) (35KB) (73KB)	(9KB) (9KB) (29KB) (76KB)	(1KB) (2KB) (8KB) (33KB)
2005 Act 5	(24KB)	(7KB)	(1KB)
2006 Act 1	(24KB)	(6KB)	(1KB)
2007 Act 4 Act 5 Act 6 Act 8 Act 12	(37KB) (42KB) (24KB) (58KB) (41KB)	(30KB) (40KB) (13KB) (41KB) (39KB)	(10KB) (13KB) (4KB) (19KB) (11KB)
2008 Act 2	(29KB)	(10KB)	(3KB)
2009 There are no new Acts for 2009
2010 Act 1 Act 5 Act 7 Act 8	(48KB) (25KB) (26KB) (71KB)	(69KB) (7KB) (12KB) (121KB)	(14KB) (2KB) (2KB) (22KB)

Download all Acts and Regulations

For users wishing to download an entire copy of all the acts and regulations to their computers, a zip file is available below.

To use this version, you will need Microsoft Word (or compatible) and zip extraction software. If your computer does not have Microsoft Word, you can download a free Microsoft Word viewer here (this link will take you of the Church's website and open a new browser window.)

Click on the link and save to your computer, then extract the contents. A copy of the index of acts and regulations is included.

[.zip]
(739KB)

* To view PDF documents we recommend using Adobe Reader software, which is available to download for free from the Adobe website.

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The Barrier Act 1697
A fundamental Act requiring the General Assembly to consult the Church widely when innovating core areas

Westminster Confession of Faith
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Church constitution
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An introduction to practice and procedure
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