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| 5. |
Members |
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| 5.1 |
Classes |
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The
Club shall consist of Members of the following classes:
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| (a) |
Ordinary
Members |
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| (1) |
Ordinary
Members shall be over the age of eighteen
(18) years and this class of membership is
sub-divided into the following sub-categories:
(a) Resident Members;
(b) Country Members;
(c) Absent Members; and
(d) Corporate Members. |
| (2) |
Resident Members
are Ordinary Members residing in the State
of Selangor, Malaysia and the Federal Territories
of Kuala Lumpur and Putra Jaya, Malaysia. |
| (3) |
Country Members
are Ordinary Members residing in East Malaysia
and West Malaysia outside the State of Selangor,
Malaysia and the Federal Territories of Kuala
Lumpur and Putra Jaya, Malaysia, or residing
in Brunei or residing in Singapore. |
| (4) |
Absent Members
are Ordinary Members residing temporarily
or permanently outside the territories defined
in Rule 5.1(a)(2) and Rule 5.1(a)(3) above. |
| (5) |
(5) Corporate
Members are Ordinary Members who are nominated
by a Corporate Body or Society incorporated
or registered in Malaysia as the case may
be. A Corporate Member shall be required to
pay a special entrance fee equivalent to five
(5) times the entrance fees for Resident Members
and shall pay a subscription equivalent to
two (2) times that of the current subscription
for Resident Members. Each Corporate Member
may nominate two (2) nominees whose names
shall be submitted to the Committee for approval.
Any change in the nominees shall be subject
to the Committee’s approval and shall
be levied with a fee as will be determined
by the Committee. Each Corporate Member which
consists of two (2) nominees shall be allowed
one (1) voting right only. The total number
or Corporate Members shall not exceed at any
time, ten percent (10%) of the total number
of Ordinary Members existing. The Committee
shall have the absolute discretion to decide
whether or not to approve a nominee or replacement
nominee of a Corporate Member without having
to give reasons for its decision. In the event
the Committee shall not approve a nominee
nominated by a Corporate Member, the Corporate
Member shall (subject to these Rules) be entitled
to nominate another nominee until such time
as and when one (1) of its nomination is approved.
In the event a Corporate Member shall fail
to pay the Club any amount due to it, then
without prejudice to the rights, entitlement
and claims of the Club against such Corporate
Member, the Club shall be at liberty to demand
payment of such outstanding amount(s) from
the nominee or nominees of that Corporate
Member and such nominee or nominees shall
immediately on demand pay the Club for and
on behalf of that Corporate Member the amount(s)
due to the Club. |
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| (b) |
Temporary
Members |
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| (1) |
Temporary
Members are persons over the age of eighteen
(18) years who are elected for a maximum period
of two (2) years. Temporary Members shall
pay prior to election, an entrance fee of
a rate equivalent to twenty percent (20%)
of the entrance fee for Ordinary Members and
a refundable deposit of Malaysian Ringgit
One Thousand (RM1,000.00). |
| (2) |
At any time
within the two (2) year period, Temporary
Members are eligible to apply to become an
Ordinary Member upon the payment of the difference
between the amount paid at the time of election
as Temporary Member and the entrance fee for
Ordinary Members relevant at the time of exercise
of the conversion. |
| (3) |
A Temporary
Member does not have any right to vote nor
any right to propose or second candidates
for membership and shall have no share in
the property and assets of the Club and shall
have no voice in the affairs of the Club.. |
| (4) |
Monthly subscription
for Temporary Members shall be double that
for Resident Members. |
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| (c) |
Social
Members |
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| (1) |
Social
Members are persons over the age of eighteen
(18) years who are solely interested in non-boating
and non-sailing social activities of the Club
who are approved by the Committee to join
the Club for a period of one (1) year. Persons
approved by the Committee to become Social
Members, shall prior to such approval, pay
a non-refundable annual subscription of Malaysian
Ringgit One Thousand (RM1000.00). Social Members
are not required to pay an entrance fee. |
| (2) |
Social Members
may renew their annual membership on the same
terms subject to the consent of the Committee. |
| (3) |
At any time
within the one (1) year annual membership
period, Social Members are eligible to apply
to become an Ordinary Member by paying the
full subscription and the entrance fee for
an Ordinary Member. |
| (4) |
A Social
Member does not have the any right to vote
nor any right to propose or second candidates
for membership and shall have no share in
the property and assets of the Club and shall
have no voice in the affairs of the Club. |
| (5) |
Social Members
are not entitled to use the yachting, yacht
racing, motor boating, fishing and all other
sea sports and related facilities of the Club
including but not limited to facilities for
mooring, anchoring, berthing, pontoons, storage,
repair, chandlery, fuelling, water and electricity
supply and all other facilities related to
the sports of the yachting, yacht racing,
motor boating, fishing and all other sea sports. |
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| (d) |
Youth
Members |
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| (1) |
This class of membership is open to Malaysian
citizens between the ages of eighteen (18)
years and thirty (30) years. Upon election,
a Youth Member shall pay a minimum sum of
Malaysian Ringgit Five Hundred (RM500.00)
as part payment of the prevailing entrance
fee for Ordinary Member. The balance of the
entrance fee shall be divided by the remaining
number of months before the member reaches
the age of thirty (30) years. This instalment
shall however not be less than Malaysian Ringgit
Fifty (RM50.00) per month and shall be paid
together with the monthly subscription applicable
to Ordinary Members. |
| (2) |
A Youth Member
does not have any right to vote nor any right
to propose or second candidates for membership
and shall have no share in the property and
assets of the Club and shall have no voice
in the affairs of the Club. |
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| (e) |
Junior
Members |
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| (1) |
Any
Members’ child between the age of eighteen
(18) years and twenty three (23) years who
is a full-time student, or any other persons
below the age of twenty three (23) years may
be elected as a Junior Member at the discretion
of the Committee. |
| (2) |
A Junior Member
shall not be required to pay any entrance
fee. |
| (3) |
The yearly
subscription for Junior Members will be Malaysian
Ringgit One Hundred (RM100.00) per annum payable
in advance. |
| (4) |
The Committee
may, at their discretion, waive the subscription
of any Junior Member in the interest of furthering
participation in sailing for the Club, or
for the State, or for the nation. |
| (5) |
Upon reaching
the age of twenty (23) years, a Junior Member
shall within three (3) months apply to become
an Ordinary Member paying the full subscription
and the entrance fee for an Ordinary Member
unless waived in part or in whole by the Committee. |
| (6) |
A Junior Member
who does not apply to become an Ordinary Member
within three (3) months after reaching the
age of twenty (23) years, shall cease to be
a Member and shall cease to be afforded the
facilities of the Club. |
| (7) |
The Committee
reserves the right to terminate the membership
of any Junior Member at any time, without
any further recourse by the Junior Member
concerned. |
| (8) |
A Junior Member
does not have any right to vote nor any right
to propose or second candidates for membership
and shall have no share in the property and
assets of the Club and shall have no voice
in the affairs and management of the Club
and shall not in any way be liable for the
Club’s debts. |
| (9) |
Junior Members
shall be bound by these Rules and the Bye-Laws. |
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| (f) |
Honorary
Members |
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| (1) |
The Committee for such period of time and
on such conditions as they think fit and appropriate
including but not limited to the period of
membership may invite individuals to become
Honorary Members. |
| (2) |
Honorary
Members shall be entitled to all the privileges
of and subject to all the restrictions imposed
on Ordinary Members, save that an Honorary
Member does not have any right to vote nor
any right to propose or second candidates
for membership and shall have no share in
the property and assets of the Club and shall
have no voice in the affairs and management
of the Club and shall not in any way be liable
for the Club’s debts. They shall not
pay a monthly subscription. |
| (3) |
The membership
of an Honorary Member shall expire either:
(a) In the case of individuals being elected
as a Honorary Member by reason of him holding
any official post in any government authority,
upon him vacating such official or his transfer
to a similar post in another place; or
(b) In the case where the membership of such
Honorary Member is for a specified period
of time, upon expiry of the period. |
| (4) |
At any time
within six (6) months after the expiry of
the membership of any Honorary Member, such
Honorary Members is eligible upon election
to convert his membership to that of an Ordinary
Member and the entrance fee for Ordinary Member
relevant at the time of exercise of the conversion
shall be waived. |
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| (g) |
Life
Members |
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| (1) |
The Committee shall have the power to nominate
as Life Members any Member who in its opinion
has rendered outstanding services to the Club
but such election shall not take effect unless
and until the same is confirmed at a General
Meeting following such nomination. |
| (2) |
Life Members
shall have the privileges of any Ordinary
members but they will not be liable in any
way for the debts or liabilities of the Club
and shall be exempted to pay any further subscription. |
| (3) |
Life Members
shall have the same privileges as Ordinary
Members. |
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| 5.2 |
Limitation
on number of Members |
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The Committee may at any
time limit the number of Members of any class. |
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| 6. |
Guest |
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| (a) |
All
Members shall have the privilege of introducing ladies
or gentlemen as guests so long as such introduction does
not interfere with the convenience of other Members, provided
that the Member introducing the guest shall on each day
on which the guest is in the Club enter the name and address
of such guest in a book provided for that purpose. |
| (b) |
Members
of recognised Yacht or Rowing or Motor Boat Clubs visiting
but not resident in the State of Selangor, Malaysia or
the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putra Jaya,
Malaysia, may, on presentation of their club membership
card and/or introductory letter and on their names being
entered in the visitor’s book by the Honorary Secretary
or any Officer of the Club, be admitted as guests for
a period of their visit. |
| (c) |
Members
of the Royal Malaysian Navy and members of Visiting Foreign
Navies shall be admitted as Guests for the period of their
visit. |
| (d) |
The
Club shall be entitled to charge the introducing Member
or nominees of Corporate Members such fee as may be determined
by the Committee for the utilisation of the services and/or
facilities of the Club by their guests(s). All fees shall
be signed for by the introducing Member or nominees of
Corporate Members and debited from his account with the
Club before the use of any services and/or facilities
of the Club. |
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Notwithstanding
anything stated in these Rules, the Club may at its discretion
refuse to permit any guest to use the services and/or
facilities of the Club if it is of the opinion that such
use of the services and/or facilities may interfere with
the convenience of or use by Members or will cause such
facilities to be over-crowded or if such facilities is
closed for competition or repairs/maintenance. |
| (f) |
The
introducing Member or nominees of Corporate Members shall
be responsible for all fees charges and expenses incurred
by his guests at the Club and shall also be responsible
for the proper conduct of his guests and the due observance
of these Rules and Bye-Laws of the Club by his guests. |
| (g) |
Former
Members or nominees of Corporate Members or Privileged
Persons or Visiting Yachtsmen who have been expelled or
Members or nominees of Corporate Members who are under
suspension shall not be admitted as guests. |
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| 7. |
Privileged
Persons |
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| (a) |
Persons
other than Members (referred to collectively as “Privileged
Persons”) may be admitted to the privileges, facilities
and amenities of the Club. |
| (b) |
Privileged
Persons shall be divided into the following categories:
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(1) Visiting Yachtsmen;
(2) Candidates for membership;
(3) Spouse of Members;
(4) Children of Members under the age of eighteen (18)
years;
(5) Guests of Members; |
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Such
other privileged persons as the Committee may, from time
to time prescribe by Bye-Laws. |
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