Monday 20 July 2009

Sub-section Of The Week

Charities Act, 2006

Section 2, Meaning of “charitable purpose”:
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(3) In subsection (2)—
(a) in paragraph (c) “religion” includes—
(i) a religion which involves belief in more than one god, and
(ii) a religion which does not involve belief in a god;

3 comments:

neil craig said...

(1) Hinduism
(2) Bhuddism in its pure form

Anonymous said...

So, global "warming" would definitely qualify as a religion, then?

Thought so.

Mark Wadsworth said...

NC, Anon, excactly.

Further, if you read my next post, you can easily imagine that the pro-fox hunting lobby would qualify under (f) the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science; and (g) the advancement of amateur sport;

... but that the anti-hunting lobby would qualify under k) the advancement of animal welfare;

and so on.