Membership Guidelines

• a) The signatories to the Memorandum of Association and the office bearers of the Governing Body of the society shall be the first members of the society.
• b) The Governing Body may admit to membership any person of any caste, creed, or sex who has attained the age of 18 years and agreed in writing to be bound by the Memorandum of Association and regulations of the society, and who in the opinion of the Governing Body will be interested in the advancement of the objects of the society.

* Be it noted here that the power to admit members is the sole and absolute power of the Governing Body, and the Governing Body may refuse to admit any person as a member without assigning any reason therefore.

• 1. Honorary Members: Any person whose connection with the society is deemed to be useful, may with the consent of such person be elected as an honorary member of the society. Such members shall not, however, be eligible to be a member of the Governing Body nor shall be entitled to vote at any meeting.
• 2. Ordinary Member: Any person qualified to be a member and paying the prescribed ordinary membership fee may be admitted as an ordinary member of the Society.

Any member shall cease to be a member:

• (a) on the acceptance of his resignation from membership;
• (b) on his becoming insane or insolvent;
• (c) on his conviction of any offence in connection with the formation, promotion, management, or conduct of affairs of the society or body corporate, or of any offence involving moral turpitude.

The society shall maintain a register of members containing the names, addresses, and their occupations, the date of admission, and of cessation of membership. The register will be kept open for inspection by the members of the society on requisition. All entries required to be made therein shall be entered within a period of 15 days.

Any ordinary member of the society has a right:

• (a) to elect and to be elected to office in the society;
• (b) to submit suggestions for discussion to the Governing Body and sub-committee on any matter relating to the society;
• (c) to inspect the accounts and the proceedings of the meetings of the society on appointment with the secretary;
• (d) to pay his subscription within the prescribed time.

* Defaulting members shall not be allowed to take part or vote in a meeting. Members shall have one vote each.

Frequent actions of any member, if found by the Governing Body to be detrimental to the interest and in violation of the rules and regulations of the society, may result in him being—after due enquiry—censured, suspended, or expelled from membership by the committee after serving a show-cause notice detailing the charges framed and asking him to submit a statement of defence within a month. On receipt of the explanation, the Governing Body shall have the power to take suitable action against the delinquent member after allowing him to defend his case. If no reply to the show-cause notice is received within a month, the Governing Body may take an ex-parte decision.

* For any act of expulsion or termination, no such member shall be entitled to prefer any claim for compensation or damage, even if it is proven at a subsequent date that such act of expulsion or termination was wrongful and/or unlawful.