31st Year No. 6
Addis Ababa, 5th January, 1972
Legal Notice No. 415 of 1972 Church Development Commission
CONTENTS
LEGAL NOTICE No. 415 OF 1972 REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE CHURCH ADMINISTRATION ORDER, 1967
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1. Issuing Authority
These Regulations are issued by the Ecclesiastical Coun. cil pursuant to authority vested in it by Article 4 of the
2. Short Title
These Regulations may be cited as the " Church Develop ment Commission, 1972 ".
3. Establishment of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Deve lopment Commission
There is hereby established an Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development Commission as an autonomous body under the Church Administration.
4. Purposes
The purposes of the Ethiopian Orthodox Development Commission shall be to:
(1) encourage and aid young people to get training in vocational education ;
(2) help the poor; and
(3) generally participate and aid in the national endea vour for educational, economic and cultural deve lopment.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development Commis sion shall (in accordance with the law) have the following powers and duties:
(1) With the approval of the Ecclesiastical Council: (a) to buy, sell and own immovable property as its activities require; and