Decision Number 9

Decision

The ruling in the above case being regularly before the Judicial Council for review, the Council affirms the same, and adopts as its opinion in said case the foregoing statement and Ruling of the Bishop.

Attention should be called, however, to the reference in said statement to "Judicial Decisions," Paragraph 1337 of the Discipline, followed by this sentence, "These Decisions are at present before the Judicial Council for consideration and may or may not be operative." The portions of the Discipline which appeared as Paragraphs 1337 and 1341 of the 1939 Discipline are interpretations of law by what were the authentic judicial bodies prior to 1939. These provisions were re-enacted by the General Conference of 1940, but with the direction that the Judicial Council review and edit the same for publication. The Council did review and edit the same and so reported as to Paragraph 1337, so that Discipline of 1940 contains the provisions correctly as enacted and approved. Accordingly these provisions have the force of law until and unless declared unconstitutional by the Judicial Council on appeal, or until repealed or amended by later action of the General Conference.