Petition

To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria (or Commission of Assembly).

This petition shows that:

(here state the grounds on which the petition is made, or the matters leading up to the petition, each one in a separate paragraph)

a)

b)

c)

etc. ...

Now therefore ...........................................................

(insert the name of the court, congregation, committee or person petitioning, or, if by a group of people the names of representatives)

humbly petition(s) the Assembly to take these premises into consideration and .....................................................................

(insert, in brief and general terms only, the substance of what the petition seeks to address or achieve)

or do otherwise as in their wisdom they may consider appropriate.

Signed: (by persons concerned)

Dated:

Because petitioners are placed at the bar of the court, they take no part in the deliberation of the matter, and nor do they present any notices of motion relating to it. They wait for the court to provide some, none or all of their requests.

Note: When a petition is forwarded by a court of the church to a higher court, the following extract should be attached to the petition:

Extracted from the minutes of the meeting of ..............................
on ................................ by me: ............................... , Clerk.

Also, provide the names of persons appointed to present the petition.