E/CN.4/1995/91/Add.1 page 83 (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observance or any instruction in religious subjects at such institution or elsewhere, then, until such request is withdrawn, the pupil shall be excused from such attendance without forfeiting any of the other benefits of such institution.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.’

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