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unless nominated in writing to the Hon. Secretary of the Association seven days prior to the Annual General Meeting at which he is to be proposed for election.
10. In case a vacancy shall occur amongst the Officers during the period between the Annual General Meetings, the Committee may appoint a Member of the Association to fill such vacancy until the next Annual General Meeting.
Management.
II. The affairs of the Association shall be managed by the Committee, who shall have power to make any By-Laws they may consider necessary to give effect to these Rules.
12. The Committee shall have power to hold Committee or Sub-Committee Meetings as and when they shall deem necessary and three shall form a quorum for all purposes.
General Meetings.
13.-General Meetings of the Association shall be held at such time and place as the Committee shall determine and at least once in every year. Ten Members shall form a quorum.
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14-The Annual General
General Meeting of the Association shall be held not later than the end of February in each year, at which a report of proceed ings and a statement of accounts down to the end of the previous calendar year shall be presented.
15. A special General Meeting of the Associa- tion shall be convened at any time on a written requisition signed by at least fifty Members of the Association or by ten members of the Committee. Such requisition shall state the purpose for which the Meeting is required and shall be addressed to the Hon. Secretary of the Association. Such Meeting shall be held within twenty-one days after the receipt by the Secretary of such written requisition.
16.-Five clear days' notice of a General Meeting or a Special General Meeting of the Association shall be given by the Hon. Secretary by advertisement in one or more of the English news- papers circulating in Hongkong.
17. Any Member desirous of moving a resolution at a General or Special General Meeting (other than the first General Meeting) shall give notice thereof in writing to the Hon. Secretary of the Association not less than three days before the date of such Meeting.