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Register of members.

Notification of admission to members

and issue of

certificate and badge of membership.

Second Schedule.

Rights of

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13. (1) The general committee shall cause to be kept a register of members, which shall contain the following particulars—

(a) the name and address of each member;

(b) the date on which he was admitted to membership: (c) the scheduled group or groups to which he has been allotted: (d) where such member is a corporation, firm, association or other organization, the name of the person appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 49 to be its representative. (2) The name of any person who ceases for any reason to be a member shall be removed from the register.

14. (1) Every member shall be notified forthwith of his admis sion to membership of the Federation and supplied with a copy of this Ordinance and of any rules which may have been made by the general committee under the provisions of section 51.

(2) Upon payment of the fue prescribed in the Second Schedule as the fee payable on admission to membership and of the appropriate annual fee, every such member shall be issued with a certificate of membership and a badge of membership.

(3) If any person ceases for any reason to be a member, he shall forthwith return to the Federation the certificate of membership and the badge of membership issued to him in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2).

15. (1) Associate members and honorary members shall be associate and entitled to attend all general meetings of the Federation, bu shall not

be entitled to vote at any such meeting.

affiliated

members.

Resignation of members.

Cesser of membership.

Expulsion or

suspension of members.

(2) Affiliated members shall be entitled to attend, and to vole at, all general meetings of the Federation.

16. Any member may at any time resign from the Federation by giving to the secretary not less than one month's notice in writing.

17. Any member who-

(a) is adjudicated bankrupt or makes a composition or scheme

of arrangement with his creditors; or

(b) becomes of unsound mind,

shall thereupon cease to be a member.

18. (1) If it is satisfied that any member-

(a) has failed, without reasonable cause or excuse, to pay any annual fee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of section 12;

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(b) has failed, without reasonable cause or excuse, to pay the fee

prescribed in the Second Schedule as the fee payable on ad- Second mission to membership within fourteen days of his admission Schedule. to membership:

(c) has persistently neglected or refused to pay any other moneys

which he or it is liable to pay to the Federation; or

(d) is unfit to be a member.

the general committee may at a meeting specially called for the purpose expel such member from the Federation or suspend him from member- ship thereof for such period, not exceeding six months, as it thinks

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(2) Not less than ten days before the meeting of the general com- mittee at which such resolution is to be considered, the secretary shall give to the member in question notice in writing of any resolution to expel him from the Federation or to suspend him from membership thereof.

(3) No member shall be expelled or suspended unless he, or, where the member is a corporation, firm, association or organization, some person on its behalf, has bad an opportunity of making such representa- tions, either in writing or verbally, to the general committee as the member may wish,

(4) The expulsion or suspension of any member shall take effect from the passing of the resolution of the general committee to that effect.

(5) A member whose membership is suspended shall not, so long such suspension is in force, be entitled to any of the rights or privileges of a member, but shall remain liable to pay the annual fee or fees as if his or its membership were not suspended.

(6) No member of the general committee shall be present in any meeting thereof at any time when it is considering whether or not be, ot any corporation of which he is a director or manager of any firm of which he is a partner or any association or organization of which he is a member, shall be expelled or suspended, otherwise than for the purpose of making representations on his or its behalf pursuant to the provisions of subsection (3).

19. Any person who has been expelled from membership of the Reinstate- Federation under the provisions of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of sub. ment of section (1) of section 18 may be re-admitted to membership of the certain cases. Federation by the general committee at any time upon payment of the

fee or other moneys in respect of the failure to pay which he or it was so expelled from membership thereof.

members in

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