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(2)
If the parent of any pupil attending a public
educational institution requests that such pupil be excused from
attendance at any religious observance or any instruction in
religious subjects at such institution or elsewhere, then, until
such request is withdrawn, the pupil shall be excused from such
attendance without forfeiting any of the other benefits of such
institution.
(3)
Where the parent of any pupil who is a boarder at a
public educational institution requests that the pupil be permitted
to attend worship in accordance with the tenets of a particular
religious denomination on Sundays or other days exclusively set
apart for religious observance by the religious body to which his
parent belongs, or to receive religious instruction in accordance
with such tenets outside school hours, the Managers or Governors of
the institution shall make arrangements for affording to the pupil
reasonable opportunities for so however, that such arrangements
shall not entail expenditure by the Minister of the Managers or
Governors.
(4)
Subject to the provisions of this section, the school
day in every public educational institution shall include time for
collective worship on the part of all pupils in attendance at the
institution, and the arrangements made therefore shall provide for
a single act of worship attended by all such pupils unless, in the
opinion of the Managers or Governors, the premises of the
institution are such as to make it impracticable to assemble the
pupils for such purpose.
(5)
A copy of this section printed in large type shall be
kept posted up in a conspicuous place in every public educational
institution.’
Section 2 of the Disabilities Removal (Jews) Law 1830 which:
’All persons professing the Jewish religion are entitled to
exercise and enjoy the same rights, privileges, immunities and
advantages to which Her Majesty’s other natural born subjects are
entitled within this island, any law, custom or usage to the
contrary notwithstanding. Provided always that nothing in this law
contained shall be construed to impeach or affect any title to real
estate or other right or title whatsoever or of any person being of
the Jewish religion or persons claiming under persons of the Jewish
religion.’
Section 5 (h) of the Towns and Communities Act states that it is an
offence if any person
’shall wilfully disturb any meeting or assembly, or any
congregation assembled for religious worship, or for any religious
service or rite in any burial ground, or disturb or molest any
person thereat.’