Section 5-334 - Regulation of affairs. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-334. Regulation of affairs.
 

(a)  Bylaws.-  

(1) Each religious corporation subject to this part may adopt bylaws to govern its corporate and temporal affairs, including the qualifications of voters at congregational meetings and the establishment of a minimum voting age of not less than 16. 

(2) Bylaws may be adopted if approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at a regular or special congregational meeting called for that purpose. 

(b)  Discipline of church.- Each religious corporation subject to this part is subject at all times to: 

(1) The organization, government, and discipline of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; and 

(2) The constitution and canons of that church and of the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Maryland. 
 

[1976, ch. 487, § 5.]