温哥华老年华人协会章程

一，释义 （Interpretation）

1 (1) 除非本文中另有要求，此法规的有关释义如下：

“法人”：指目前社团协会的主管们 (Directors)

“社团法”：系指BC省社团法，它是长期以来实施的，并经过修改的。

“注册地址”： 系指社团会员注册时使用的地址。

（2）社团法中的这些定义，自本法规生效之日起适用。

2．文中表示单数的词包括复数，反之也成立，男性词也包括女性和社团。

 

二．会员资格（Membership）

3. 社团会员包括原先申请成立社团的人们以及随后相继根据本法规入会的会员们在未终止会员资格之前均有会员资格。

4，个人可以向社团法人们申请入会在被法人们接受之后即可成为一名会员。

5．每个会员皆应支持协会会章并遵守此法规。

6．第一届的会员年会费，由法人们决定，之后，会员会费应由社团全体会员年会来决定。

7．个人终止成为会员。

（a）需本人将书面退会报告送交社团秘书或邮寄或送到社团地址；

（b）由于本人死亡或社团的解散；

（c）被开除；                                            

（d）该会员连续12个月不遵守会章，法规（not in good standing）。

8．（1）由会员大会通过专门的决定开除一个会员。

（2）在专门决定开除某人的通知书内，必须附有一个建议开除原因的简短陈述。

（3）被建议开除的人，在做出开除决定的会员大会投票之前，应有出席会员大会来被听取陈述的机会。

9．会员们都具有良好记录。除非某个会员不付会费，或拖欠社团的钱物，及其它应付的认捐的款项。在债务不还清给社团之前，该会员就是处于不遵守会章法规的非良好的记录状态。(not in good standing)

 

三．会员大会。（Meetings of Members）

10. 根据社团法，由法人们决定会员大会必须在何时何地举行。

11．除了一次全体会员的年会，每一次会员大会，都是一次特别会员大会。

12．法人们认为合适时，可以召开特别会员大会。

13．（1）会员大会的通知书必须说明会议的地点、日期和时间，如果是针对某一特定事务时还需说明该特定事务的概况。

（2）因偶然意外的原因，而没有送会议通知书给某些会员，或没有收到会员接到通知书的收条，而这些会员都是应该收到通知书的，这些意外不能使会议进程无效。

14。社团成为法人组织15个月内必须举行第一次会员年度大会，此后，每个日历年内必须举行一次会员年会，两次会员年度大会之间不得超过15个月。

 

四．会员大会程序（Proceedings at General Meetings）

15．特别的事務是指：

（a）除了通过采纳某些程序规则之外，在会员特别大会中所有事务；以及

（b）除了以下事项之外在会员年度大会中所进行的一切事务，

（i）对会议程序规则的采纳。

（ii）对财政报告的审核

（iii）法人们的报告。

（iv）审计员的报告。（如果有）

（v）法人们的选举。

（vi）聘任审计员。（如果需要）

（vii）根据此法规应该在年度会员大会上进行的其他事务，或是在召集会议的通知中由法人们提请大会考虑的一些事务。

16（1）除了会议主席的选举，会议的休会和终止这些事以外，当会员大会法定人数不够时，其他事务在会员大会上就不能进行讨论。

（2）在会员大会期间的任何时间，如果法定人数不足时，在进行中的事务必须暂停，直到法定人数出现在大会上，或者直到会议休会或结束。

（3）一个法定人数是3个或3个以上会员，这个数目可以在会员大会上做出决定。                                          

17．假如会员大会在规定时间30分钟之内，法定人数未到，这个会假如是由会员要求召开的，则必须停止。在任何其它情况下，它必须休会，待到下星期的同一天，同一时间和同一地点再开，假如在休会后的再次会议上，法定人数在指定会议时间的30分钟内仍不到，那么出席的会员人数就构成了法定人数。

18．根据法规19，主席或副主席未出席，或二者均未出席，则出席的法人之一须担任大会主席。

19．假如在会员大会上：

（a）在会议召开的指定时间15分钟之内，主席、副主席及其他法人都未出现。或

（b）主席及其他法人出席了会议，但都不愿主持会议，

则到会会员必须选出一个会员做主席来主持会议。

20. (1) 会员大会可以根据情况随时随地休会，但在休会后的会议中只能对在休会时没能研讨完的事务继续进行研究。

（2）当会议休会10天或10天以上时，休会复会时必须发出通知，就像开始召开这样的会议一样。

（3）除了本法规规定的情况外，没有必要发出关于休会或在休会后会议上要进行的事务的通知。

21．（1）会上所提出的决议案，不需要附议，会议主席可以提出或推荐一个决议案。

（2）在投票平局（tie vote）的情况下，会议主席没有决定票也没有他（或她）作为会员的一票以外的第二票，该提出的决议没有通过。

22．（1）一个合格的会员出席会员会议时，有权取得一张选票。

（2）选举可以举手通过。

（3）选举不允许由代理人投票。

23．团体会员可以是由他们授权的代表来投票，该代表是有权发言及选举以及在一切其他方面行使会员的权利。这个代表必须是从各方面被认为社团大会的一个会员。

 

五．法人们和社团职员 （Directors and Officers）

24．（1）法人们有权做社团可以做的事和从事社团可以从事的活动，也可以做那些不是由此法规规定的，但是是合法的，是会员大会上要求社团去做的事。但必须遵守：

（a）所有影响社团法的法律。

（b）本法规。

（c）适时地由社团在会员大会上提出的规则，但与本法规并不矛盾的。

（2）社团在会员大会上作出的一个裁决，不能使法人们较早的决定无效，若是那个裁决没有作出的话，那个先前的决定本来应该是已经生效的。

25．（1）主席、副主席、秘书（长）、财务和1个或其它几个人是社团的法人们。

  （2）法人数目必须是5个或5个以上，由会员大会适时决定的。

26．（1）法人们在每个年会员大会上，选出继承人之后就必须退休。

（2）对每个职务要进行分开的选举。

（3）选举可以是经由鼓掌，一致通过，否则必须是用投票选举。

（4）假如继承者未被选出，以前选出的或是指定的人应继续担任职务。

27．（1）法人们可在任何时间，或适时地去指定一个会员作为一个法人去填补空缺。

（2）这样被指定担任职务的领导人（法人），其任期到下一次社团年会闭会为止，但是他有资格在该年会上重新参选。

28．（1）假如一个法人辞职或停止工作，其他的法人们要指定一个会员去顶替其职。

（2）仅仅因为规定的在职法人人数不足这一点，那麽法人们的行动仍是有效的。

29．会员们可以通过专门决议，免除一个法人，当该法人任期未到时，也可选举一个继承者去完成其职务。

30，法人不能因为是一个法人或作一个法人的工作而取得报酬，但是法人由于从事社团工作而引起的必要的及合理的开支是应该得到补偿的。

 

六．法人们的活动

31．（1）法人们可在他们认为合适的地方开会办事活动、休会、或调整他们的会议和活动，只要他们认为合适。                                

（2）法人们可以随时确定为执行一项事务所需的法定人数，但这样确定的法定人数，须是当时在职法人多数。

（3）主席是所有法人会议的主持人，假如在规定的会议时间30分钟后，主席没有出席，副主席必须主持会议，假如两者都缺席，所出席的法人们可以选举其中之一为会议主席。

（4）在任何时候，一个法人和在法人要求下的秘书，可以召开

法人会议。

32．（1）法人们可以托付一部份的权利，而不是所有的权力，给由法人或法人们组成的委员会，只要他们认为是合适的。

（2）如此形成的委员会在执行被委派的权力时，必须遵守法人们加给他们的一切规则。并且要在最近召开的一次法人会议上彙报运用这些权力所办的每件事及行为。

33．委员会必须选举他们的会议主席，但若没有选举主席，或者这个主席在会议确定的时间30分钟内没有出席，则出席的法人们同时也是委员会之成员的，必须在他们当中选出一人作为会议主席。

34．委员会成员们可以在他们认为恰当时召开会议或休会。

35．当在一次年会或其他会员大会选一个或一些法人后立即召开的首次法人会议时，或者是在一次法人会议指定某法人来填补某空缺时，如果所出席法人已达到一个法定的人数，那么就没有必要去通知该新当选的或指定的法人出席会议。

36．一个法人可以暂时离开BC省，可以送一个弃权通知书到社团办公室，可以是信、电报，传真或电传，表示放弃参加法人会议，也可以在任何时候收回弃权书，在弃权书撤回之前，

（a）法人会议通知书，可以不必要送给该法人。

（b）社团法人会议只要出席者符合法人会议的法定人数，会议就是有效的，即使所有的法人会议通知书都没有发给该法人。

37．（1）在法人会上和法人委员会的会上，有争议的问题，必须由大多数选票来决定。

（2）在投票平局（tie vote）的情况下，主席没有决定权票和第二次投票权。

38．在法人会议或法人委员会的会议上，所提出的决议案不需要附议或支持动议。会议主席可以动议或提出一个决议案。

39．一个书面的决议，经由所有法人签字，并与法人会议记录放在一起，是和通常在法人会议上正式通过的决议一样有效和起作用的。

七．领导者们的职责。(Duties of Officers)

40. (1) 主席主持社团及法人们的所有会议。

（2）主席是社团主要执行领导，并要对其他领导成员进行督导，管理，使他们执行他们的职责。

41．副主席在主席缺席期间，执行主席的职责。

42．秘书（长）必须做下述工作：

（a）负责协会的通信联络；

（b）发布社团会议和领导集团会议的通知、通告；

（c）保存所有社团会议及领导集团的会议记录，文件；        

（d）保管协会的所有记录和文件，除了需要由财务保管的之外；

（e）保管协会的公章；

（f）保管会员登记表。

43．财务必须：

（a）保管财务记录，包括账本，必须遵守社团法；

（b）需要时，给领导集团，会员及其他人做出财务报告。

44．（1）秘书（长）和财务可以是一个人，称之为秘书财务。

（2）假如设有秘书财务之职，则法人们的数量也必须不少5人或5人以上，这可按法规25(2) 确定。

45．在会议上，如果秘书（长）缺席，则法人必须指定另外一个人担任此会议的秘书（长）。

 

八．图章(Seal)

46. 法人集团可以提供一个协会公章，也可以毁弃一个公章，并用一个新公章来代替它。

47．只有在法人集团做出决定授权时才盖公章，而且必须有在决定中指定的人员在场，如果没有人被指定，则应有主席和秘书（长）在场，或主席和秘书财务在场，才能盖章。

 

九．借贷（Borrowing）（ ）

 

十．审计员（Auditor）（ ）

 

十一．给会员的通知书（Notices of Members）

58．协会通知可以直接给会员，或是邮寄到会员登记的地址。

59．邮寄给会员的通知是认为去邮寄之后的第二天可以收到，为了证明通知书确已发出，只要证明通知书的收件人地址正确，并已投入加拿大邮政局的信箱中，就可以了。

60．（1）会员大会通知书必须发给下列人员：

（a）在发出通知书的那天，每个登记在册的会员。          

（b）如果按照第十章确定有审计员，通知也应发给审计员。

（2）没有其它人有权收到大会通知。

 

十二． 法规（Bylaws）

61.承认是会员关系后，每个会员都有权从协会免费得到一份协会章程和法规。

62．没有专门的决议此法规不得更改或增加。

 

（仅供内部参考，以英文版为准）

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

九．借贷（Borrowing）（ ）

48．为了开展协会的工作，法人们可以代表协会，并以协会名义去集资以确保资金支付，其方式应由法人集团做所决定的，特别是以发行债券的方式集资，但这种权力不受限止                        10

49．没有一个授权的特殊的专门授权的决议是不能发行债券的。

50．会员们通过专门的决议，可以约束法人集团借贷的权利，但是这个约束到下一个年会为止。

 

十．审计员（Auditor）（ ）

51．这一部分仅适用于一个协会需要一个审计员或已个决定应该有一位审计员。

52．第一个审计员必须由法人集团委任来填补审计员办公室的所有空缺。

53．每次协会年度大会上都要指定一个审计员（长）管理（审计）工作，直到该审计员当选或在下一次年会上选出新的审计员（长）为止。

54．审计员可以由一个常规决议来免除职务。

55．审计员的委任或免职。必须以书面形式迅速通知本人。

56．协会的法人和雇员不可以做审计员。

57．审计员可以参加大会。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                 Schedules                                1

Schedule A

[Schedule repealed 2004-27-23.]

Schedule B

SOCIETY ACT

Bylaws of ....................................................... (Name of Society)

Part 1 — Interpretation

1 

(1) 

In these bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

 

"directors" means the directors of the society for the time being;

 

 

"Society Act" means the Society Act of British Columbia from time to time in force and all amendments to it;

 

 

"registered address" of a member means the member's address as recorded in the register of members.

 

(2) 

The definitions in the Society Act on the date these bylaws become effective apply to these bylaws.

2 

Words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, and words importing a male person include a female person and a corporation.

Part 2 — Membership

3 

The members of the society are the applicants for incorporation of the society, and those persons who subsequently become members, in accordance with these bylaws and, in either case, have not ceased to be members.

4 

A person may apply to the directors for membership in the society and on acceptance by the directors is a member.                                                 2

5 

Every member must uphold the constitution and comply with these bylaws.

6 

The amount of the first annual membership dues must be determined by the directors and after that the annual membership dues must be determined at the annual general meeting of the society.

7 

A person ceases to be a member of the society

 

 

(a) 

by delivering his or her resignation in writing to the secretary of the society or by mailing or delivering it to the address of the society,

 

 

(b) 

on his or her death or, in the case of a corporation, on dissolution,

 

 

(c) 

on being expelled, or

 

 

(d) 

on having been a member not in good standing for 12 consecutive months.

8 

(1) 

A member may be expelled by a special resolution of the members passed at a general meeting.

 

(2) 

The notice of special resolution for expulsion must be accompanied by a brief statement of the reasons for the proposed expulsion.

 

(3) 

The person who is the subject of the proposed resolution for expulsion must be given an opportunity to be heard at the general meeting before the special resolution is put to a vote.

 

9 

All members are in good standing except a member who has failed to pay his or her current annual membership fee, or any other subscription or debt due and owing by the member to the society, and the member is not in good standing so long as the debt remains unpaid.

 

Part 3 — Meetings of Members                                             3

10 

General meetings of the society must be held at the time and place, in accordance with the Society Act, that the directors decide.

11 

Every general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, is an extraordinary general meeting.

12 

The directors may, when they think fit, convene an extraordinary general meeting.

13 

(1) 

Notice of a general meeting must specify the place, day and hour of the meeting, and, in case of special business, the general nature of that business.

 

(2) 

The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non-receipt of a notice by, any of the members entitled to receive notice does not invalidate proceedings at that meeting.

14 

The first annual general meeting of the society must be held not more than 15 months after the date of incorporation and after that an annual general meeting must be held at least once in every calendar year and not more than 15 months after the holding of the last preceding annual general meeting.

Part 4 — Proceedings at General Meetings

15 

Special business is

 

 

(a) 

all business at an extraordinary general meeting except the adoption of rules of order, and

 

 

(b) 

all business conducted at an annual general meeting, except the following:

 

 

 

(i) 

the adoption of rules of order;

 

 

 

(ii) 

the consideration of the financial statements;               4

 

 

 

(iii) 

the report of the directors;

 

 

 

(iv) 

the report of the auditor, if any;

 

 

 

(v) 

the election of directors;

 

 

 

(vi) 

the appointment of the auditor, if required;

 

 

 

(vii) 

the other business that, under these bylaws, ought to be conducted at an annual general meeting, or business that is brought under consideration by the report of the directors issued with the notice convening the meeting.

16 

(1) 

Business, other than the election of a chair and the adjournment or termination of the meeting, must not be conducted at a general meeting at a time when a quorum is not present.

 

(2) 

If at any time during a general meeting there ceases to be a quorum present, business then in progress must be suspended until there is a quorum present or until the meeting is adjourned or terminated.

 

(3) 

A quorum is 3 members present or a greater number that the members may determine at a general meeting.

17 

If within 30 minutes from the time appointed for a general meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members, must be terminated, but in any other case, it must stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, and if, at the adjourned meeting, a quorum is not present within 30 minutes from the time appointed for the meeting, the members present constitute a quorum.

18 

Subject to bylaw 19, the president of the society, the vice president or, in the absence of both, one of the other directors present, must preside as chair of a general meeting.                                                             5

19 

If at a general meeting

 

 

(a) 

there is no president, vice president or other director present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or

 

 

(b) 

the president and all the other directors present are unwilling to act as the chair,

 

the members present must choose one of their number to be the chair.

20 

(1) 

A general meeting may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place, but business must not be conducted at an adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

 

(2) 

When a meeting is adjourned for 10 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of the original meeting.

 

(3) 

Except as provided in this bylaw, it is not necessary to give notice of an adjournment or of the business to be conducted at an adjourned general meeting.

21 

(1) 

A resolution proposed at a meeting need not be seconded, and the chair of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.

 

(2) 

In the case of a tie vote, the chair does not have a casting or second vote in addition to the vote to which he or she may be entitled as a member, and the proposed resolution does not pass.

22 

(1) 

A member in good standing present at a meeting of members is entitled to one vote.

 

(2) 

Voting is by show of hands.

 

(3) 

Voting by proxy is not permitted.                                       6

23 

A corporate member may vote by its authorized representative, who is entitled to speak and vote, and in all other respects exercise the rights of a member, and that representative must be considered as a member for all purposes with respect to a meeting of the society.

Part 5 — Directors and Officers

24 

(1) 

The directors may exercise all the powers and do all the acts and things that the society may exercise and do, and that are not by these bylaws or by statute or otherwise lawfully directed or required to be exercised or done by the society in a general meeting, but subject, nevertheless, to

 

 

(a) 

all laws affecting the society,

 

 

(b) 

these bylaws, and

 

 

(c) 

rules, not being inconsistent with these bylaws, that are made from time to time by the society in a general meeting.

 

(2) 

A rule, made by the society in a general meeting, does not invalidate a prior act of the directors that would have been valid if that rule had not been made.

25 

(1) 

The president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and one or more other persons are the directors of the society.

 

(2) 

The number of directors must be 5 or a greater number determined from time to time at a general meeting.

26 

(1) 

The directors must retire from office at each annual general meeting when their successors are elected.

 

(2) 

Separate elections must be held for each office to be filled.

 

(3) 

An election may be by acclamation, otherwise it must be by ballot.      7

 

(4) 

If a successor is not elected, the person previously elected or appointed continues to hold office.

27 

(1) 

The directors may at any time and from time to time appoint a member as a director to fill a vacancy in the directors.

 

(2) 

A director so appointed holds office only until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the society, but is eligible for re-election at the meeting.

28 

(1) 

If a director resigns his or her office or otherwise ceases to hold office, the remaining directors must appoint a member to take the place of the former director.

 

(2) 

An act or proceeding of the directors is not invalid merely because there are less than the prescribed number of directors in office.

29 

The members may, by special resolution, remove a director, before the expiration of his or her term of office, and may elect a successor to complete the term of office.

30 

A director must not be remunerated for being or acting as a director but a director must be reimbursed for all expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred by the director while engaged in the affairs of the society.

Part 6 — Proceedings of Directors

31 

(1) 

The directors may meet at the places they think fit to conduct business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings, as they see fit.

 

(2) 

The directors may from time to time set the quorum necessary to conduct business, and unless so set the quorum is a majority of the directors then in office.

 

(3) 

The president is the chair of all meetings of the directors, but if at a meeting the president is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the vice president must act as chair, but if neither is present the directors present may choose one of their number to be the chair at that meeting.

 

(4) 

A director may at any time, and the secretary, on the request of a director, must, convene a meeting of the directors.

32 

(1) 

The directors may delegate any, but not all, of their powers to committees consisting of the director or directors as they think fit.

 

(2) 

A committee so formed in the exercise of the powers so delegated must conform to any rules imposed on it by the directors, and must report every act or thing done in exercise of those powers to the earliest meeting of the directors held after the act or thing has been done.

33 

A committee must elect a chair of its meetings, but if no chair is elected, or if at a meeting the chair is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the directors present who are members of the committee must choose one of their number to be the chair of the meeting.

34 

The members of a committee may meet and adjourn as they think proper.

35 

For a first meeting of directors held immediately following the appointment or election of a director or directors at an annual or other general meeting of members, or for a meeting of the directors at which a director is appointed to fill a vacancy in the directors, it is not necessary to give notice of the meeting to the newly elected or appointed director or directors for the meeting to be constituted, if a quorum of the directors is present.

36 

A director who may be absent temporarily from British Columbia may send or deliver to the address of the society a waiver of notice, which may be by letter, telegram, telex or cable, of any meeting of the directors and may at any time withdraw the waiver, and until the waiver is withdrawn,                                   8

 

 

(a) 

a notice of meeting of directors is not required to be sent to that director, and

 

 

(b) 

any and all meetings of the directors of the society, notice of which has not been given to that director, if a quorum of the directors is present, are valid and effective.

37 

(1) 

Questions arising at a meeting of the directors and committee of directors must be decided by a majority of votes.

 

(2) 

In the case of a tie vote, the chair does not have a second or casting vote.

38 

A resolution proposed at a meeting of directors or committee of directors need not be seconded, and the chair of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.

39 

A resolution in writing, signed by all the directors and placed with the minutes of the directors, is as valid and effective as if regularly passed at a meeting of directors.

Part 7 — Duties of Officers

40 

(1) 

The president presides at all meetings of the society and of the directors.

 

(2) 

The president is the chief executive officer of the society and must supervise the other officers in the execution of their duties.

41 

The vice president must carry out the duties of the president during the president's absence.

42 

The secretary must do the following:

 

 

(a) 

conduct the correspondence of the society;                        9

 

 

(b) 

issue notices of meetings of the society and directors;

 

 

(c) 

keep minutes of all meetings of the society and directors;

 

 

(d) 

have custody of all records and documents of the society except those required to be kept by the treasurer;

 

 

(e) 

have custody of the common seal of the society;

 

 

(f) 

maintain the register of members.

43 

The treasurer must

 

 

(a) 

keep the financial records, including books of account, necessary to comply with the Society Act, and

 

 

(b) 

render financial statements to the directors, members and others when required.

44 

(1) 

The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person who is to be known as the secretary treasurer.

 

(2) 

If a secretary treasurer holds office, the total number of directors must not be less than 5 or the greater number that may have been determined under bylaw 25 (2).

45 

In the absence of the secretary from a meeting, the directors must appoint another person to act as secretary at the meeting.

Part 8 — Seal

46 

The directors may provide a common seal for the society and may destroy a seal and substitute a new seal in its place.                                          10

47 

The common seal must be affixed only when authorized by a resolution of the directors and then only in the presence of the persons specified in the resolution, or if no persons are specified, in the presence of the president and secretary or president and secretary treasurer.

Part 9 — Borrowing

48 

In order to carry out the purposes of the society the directors may, on behalf of and in the name of the society, raise or secure the payment or repayment of money in the manner they decide, and, in particular but without limiting that power, by the issue of debentures.

49 

A debenture must not be issued without the authorization of a special resolution.

50 

The members may, by special resolution, restrict the borrowing powers of the directors, but a restriction imposed expires at the next annual general meeting.

Part 10 — Auditor

51 

This Part applies only if the society is required or has resolved to have an auditor.

52 

The first auditor must be appointed by the directors who must also fill all vacancies occurring in the office of auditor.

53 

At each annual general meeting the society must appoint an auditor to hold office until the auditor is re-elected or a successor is elected at the next annual general meeting.

54 

An auditor may be removed by ordinary resolution.

55 

An auditor must be promptly informed in writing of the auditor's appointment or removal.

56 

A director or employee of the society must not be its auditor.               11

57 

The auditor may attend general meetings.

Part 11 — Notices to Members

58 

A notice may be given to a member, either personally or by mail to the member at the member's registered address.

59 

A notice sent by mail is deemed to have been given on the second day following the day on which the notice is posted, and in proving that notice has been given, it is sufficient to prove the notice was properly addressed and put in a Canadian post office receptacle.

60 

(1) 

Notice of a general meeting must be given to

 

 

(a) 

every member shown on the register of members on the day notice is given, and

 

 

(b) 

the auditor, if Part 10 applies.

 

(2) 

No other person is entitled to receive a notice of a general meeting.

Part 12 — Bylaws

61 

On being admitted to membership, each member is entitled to, and the society must give the member without charge, a copy of the constitution and bylaws of the society.

62 

These bylaws must not be altered or added to except by special resolution.

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