Article 23. Religious Rites and Ceremonies

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 611.

Chapter 4. Right of Religious Organisations and Citizens Bound with the Freedom of Religions

Article 22. Disposal of the Property of the Religious Organisations Which Terminated Their Activities

After the termination of the activities of the religious organisations the property given them in use by the state or other organisations shall be returned to the former owners.

In case of termination of activities of the religious organisations the property owned by them shall be disposed of in accordance with their statutes (regulations) and legislation in force.

The property of cult purpose owned by the religious organisations is not subject to the creditors claims.

Should there be no successors, the property shall be transferred into ownership of the state.

Religious organisations are entitled to found and maintain the freely accessible places of divine services or religious meetings as well as the places revered in particular religion (places of pilgrimage).

The divine services, religious rites and ceremonies shall be held in praying houses and of the adjacent territory, at the pilgrimage places, the institutions of the religious organisations, the cemeteries and crematoria, in the apartments and houses of the citizens.

Servicemen shall solemnise religious rites and ceremonies at the time free of service.

The divine services and religious rites in clinics, hospitals, houses for aged and disabled persons, at the places of preliminary confinement and service of sentences shall be solemnised on the requests of the peoples being in such institutions. The administration of such institutions shall promote the solemnisation of the divine service, rite or ceremony.

In other cases the public divine services, religious rites and ceremonies shall be solemnised in the order established for holding assemblies, meetings, demonstrations and processions.

Religious organisations are entitled to appeal to the citizens in clinics, hospitals, houses for aged and disabled persons, institution of confinement as well as to the administration of such institutions with the offer the divine services. The persons in such institutions are entitled to have, receive, acquire and use the religious literature and cult articles unless such use cause damage to their health.

The disclosure of the secret of confession is not allowed.

The religious rites in relation to the persons less than 15 years old shall be solemnised with the consent of their parents or persons replacing them according to the Law.