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Chairman and deputy chairman at general

committee.

Convening of aweet- ings of general committee.

Procedure meetings of general

committee.

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(3) If any person who was so elected to be a member of the general committee dies or ceases for any other reason to be a member thereof, the associate members of the class of scheduled groups by which such member was elected shall, as soon as practicable, elect another of their number or the representative of one of their number to be a member of the general committee, and the person so elected shall, save as provided in subsection (2) of section 35. hold office until immediately after the ensuing annual general meeting of the Federation.

37. (1) At its first meeting after any annual general meeting of the Federation, the general committee shall elect one of its members to be the chairman thereof and one of its members to be the deputy chairman thereof.

(2) The persons so elected shall, save as provided in sub- section (3). hold office until immediately after the ensuing anoual | general meeting of the Federation.

(3) The person so elected shall cease to be chairman or deputy chairman, as the case may be, of the general committee if he ceases for any reason to be a member thereof.

(4) If the person so elected dies or ceases for any other reason to be chairman or deputy chairman of the general committee, the com- mittee shall, as soon as practicable, elect another of its members to be the chairman or deputy chairman thereof, as the case may be, and the person so elected shall, save as provided in subsection (3), hold office until immediately after the ensuing annual general meeting of the Federation.

(5) The chairman and deputy chairman of the general committee shall be the chairman and deputy chairman, respectively, of the

Federation.

38. (1) Save as provided in subsection (2), the chairman of the general committee shall convene such meetings thereof as he may consider necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions.

(2) The chairman of the general committee shall convene a meeting thereof upon the requisition in writing, addressed to the secretary and ! specifying the reason for convening the meeting, of not less than two of its members.

39. (1) The chairman thereof, or, if he is absent, the deputy chairman thereof, shall preside at any meeting of the general com-¦ mittee.

(2) (a) No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the

general committee unless a quorum of members is present.

(b) The quorum for any such meeting shall be not less that

twelve members of the committec.

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(3) All questions coming before any meeting of the general committee shall be decided by a majority on a show of hands.

(4) Where the votes on any such question are equally divided. the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

(5) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the general committee may regulate the conduct of its meetings in such manner as it may think ft.

members of

40. (1) No member of the general committee shall be present in Restrictions any meeting of the committee when it is considering any matter in on right of which he, or any corporation of which he is a director or manager or general com- any firm of which he is a partner or any association or organization mitted to be of which he is a member, is the complainant, otherwise than for the vote. purpose of giving evidence of the matter in respect of which the complaint is made.

(2) No member of the general committee shall vote on any reso- lution concerning any contruct with the Federation in which he, or The member whose representative he is, is interested.

present or to

41. The general committes may, if it thinks fit, transact any of Transaction its business by the circulation of papers, and a resolution in writing by circuls of business approved by a majority of the members thereof shall be as valid and tion of cffcctual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the committee.

papers.

42. (1) The general committee may, from time to time, appoint Power of such committees as it considers necessary for securing the efficient general com discharge of its functions, and may delegate to any such committee appoint com- any of its powers and duties:

Provided that no delegation made hereunder shalt preclude the general committee from exercising or performing at any time any of the powers and duties so delegated.

(2) Any person may be appointed a member of any such committee notwithstanding that he is not a member of the general committee.

mittee to

mittees.

committee

43. Save as otherwise determined by the Federation in general Members of weeling, no member of the general committee shall be entitled to be general paid any salary or other remuneration out of the funds of the Federa- entitled to tion, but any such member shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the reimburse- Federation in respect of any expense incurred by him in the per- expenses, bur formance of his functions as such member.

ment of

not to other

Lipa unless authorized.