No. VIIL 
PROVISIONAL CHURCH REGULATIONS FOR THE BA- 
TAVIAN COLONY AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE * 
July Q5thy 1804. 
GENERAL PRINCIPLE AND REGULATIONS. 
Article I. 
ALL communities worshipping a Supreme Being for the 
promotion of virtue and good morals, shall enjoy in this 
colony an equal protection of the laws. 
IL 
Every community shall confess its persuasion openly with- 
out improperly taxing that of another, and shall permit every 
one free access to its meetings. 
IIL 
No exclusive privileges are attached to any religious con- 
fession in society. 
IV. 
None shall be permitted to perform any divine service, 
nor keep public meetings, except with the perfect knowledge 
of the Governor for the time being. 
* These regulations were made by the Dutch Government, in the 
interval between the restoration and recapture of the Colony by the 
English. 
