New York Religious Corporations Law Article 23 - ORGANIZATIONS OF THE SIKH FAITH

• 470 - Application.
  1. This article applies to any unincorporated church affiliated with the Sikh faith, and to any heretofore incorporated church or body, so affiliated, which desires...
• 471 - Application for Incorporation.
  Any unincorporated church or any heretofore incorporated church wishing to incorporate under this article shall execute, acknowledge and file a certificate of incorporation as hereinafter
• 472 - Qualification of Voters.
  The following parties and no others shall be qualified voters for all purposes under this article: all persons eighteen years of age or over who...
• 473 - Notice of Meeting for Incorporation.
  Notice of a meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated church shall be given as follows: 1. The notice shall be in writing and...
• 474 - Meeting for Incorporation.
  1. At the meeting for incorporation held in pursuance of such notice, only qualified voters shall be eligible to vote. 2. The presence of one-third...
• 475 - Church Governance.
  1. A church incorporated under this section shall provide in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws for trustees to be elected or appointed at large,...
• 476 - Certificate of Incorporation.
  1. If at the meeting for incorporation it shall be decided that such unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the presiding officer of the meeting and...
• 477 - Reincorporation of Present Incorporated Churches.
  1. Any church heretofore incorporated may, subject to restrictions and limitations of existing laws, reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by filing in the...
• 478 - Time, Place and Notice of Corporate Meetings.
  1. The by-laws shall make provision for an annual corporate meeting and for giving appropriate notice to each voting member of the date and place...
• 479 - Corporate Meetings.
  1. Each church shall determine the requirements for a quorum in their by-laws that shall not exceed fifty percent of the members. 2. The action...

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