Memorandum
and Articles of Association
Election
In the election
of members of the Committee:
- Nominations
for elections shall be made in writing and shall be duly proposed
and seconded by two members of the Association. The nominee shall
signify his or her consent to such nomination in writing. Such
nominations shall be in the hands of the Secretary ninety (90)
days before the annual general meeting of the Association and
election will be made by postal ballot by the financial members
of the Association;
- A list of
the candidates' names in alphabetical order with the proposers'
and seconders' names shall be posted in a conspicuous place in
the registered office of the Association for at least twenty-eight
(28) days immediately preceding the annual general meeting;
- Balloting
lists shall be prepared (if necessary) containing the names of
the candidates only in alphabetical order and shall be forwarded
to the members of the Association by the Secretary not less than
twenty-eight (28) days immediately preceding the annual general
meeting and each member of the Association shall be entitled to
vote for any number of such candidates not exceeding the number
of vacancies;
- In case
there shall not be sufficient numbers of candidates nominated
and Committee may fill up the remaining vacancy or vacancies.
The Association
may from time to time by resolution passed at a general meeting
increase or reduce the number of office bearers or other members
of the Committee.
The Committee
shall have power at any time and from time to time to appoint any
member to the Committee either to fill a casual vacancy or as an
addition to the existing office bearers or other members of the
Committee but so that the total number of office bearers or other
members of the Committee shall not at any time exceed the number
fixed in accordance with these Articles. Any office bearer or other
member of the Committee so appointed shall hold office only until
the next following annual general meeting.
Disqualification
of Committee
The Association may by resolution of which special notice has been
given remove any office bearer or other member of the Committee
before the expiration of his period of office and may by a resolution
appoint another person in his or her stead; the person so appointed
shall hold office only until the next following annual general meeting.
The office
of a member of the Committee shall become vacant if the member:
- becomes
bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his or her
creditors generally;
- becomes
prohibited from being a director of a company by reason of any
order made under the Code;
- ceases to
be a member of the Committee by operation of Section 226 of the
Code;
- becomes
of unsound mind or a person whose person or estate is liable to
be dealt within any way under the law relating to mental health;
- resigns his
or her office by notice in writing to the Association;
- for more
than six (6) months is absent without permission of the Committee
from meeting of the Committee held during that period;
- holds any
office of profit under the Association;
- ceases to
be a member of the Association; or
- is directly
or indirectly interested in any contract or proposed contract
with the Association. Provided Always that nothing in this paragraph
shall effect the operation of Clause 3 of the Memorandum of Association
of the Association.
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