Constitution of committee of management of society
59.—(1) Every society shall have a committee of management consisting of not less than 5 and not more than 30 members, which number shall —
(a)
include the chairman, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected by the members of the committee of management from among themselves or by the members of the society at a general meeting; and
(b)
where the society is a credit society, be composed of at least a majority of members who shall be independent of the credit society in the manner prescribed.
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(2) A motion for the election of 2 or more persons as members of the committee of management by a single resolution at a general meeting shall not be made unless a resolution that it shall be so made has first been agreed to by the meeting without any vote being given against it.
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(3) A resolution passed in pursuance of a motion made in contravention of subsection (2) shall be void, whether or not its being so moved was objected to at the time.
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(4) Where a resolution pursuant to a motion made in contravention of subsection (2) is passed, no provision for the automatic re-election of retiring members of the committee of management of the society in default of another election shall apply.
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(5) For the purposes of this section, a motion for approving a person’s election or for nominating a person for election shall be treated as a motion for his election.
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(6) Where the committee of management of a society appoints a person as a full-time manager —
(a)
all or any of the duties of the secretary or treasurer, or both, may be delegated to the manager; and
(b)
where all duties of the secretary or treasurer, or both, are so delegated, then notwithstanding subsection (1)(a), the society may operate without electing a secretary or a treasurer, or both.
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(7) The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one and the same person but not the other offices.
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(8) The duties of the chairman, secretary, treasurer and manager shall be as provided in this Act, the Rules and the by-laws.
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(9) Subject to this Act and the Rules —
(a)
the nomination of candidates for election to be members of the committee of management of a society; and
(b)
the election, appointment, term of office, suspension or removal of the members of the committee of management of the society,
shall be as provided in the by-laws of the society.
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(10) If, during the term of office of the committee of management of a society, a vacancy occurs in the committee of management, the committee of management may, and if the number of members falls below 5, shall, co-opt a member of the society to serve on the committee of management until the next general meeting of the society.