| 18. |
General
Meetings |
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| 18.1 |
Annual
General Meeting |
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| (a) |
The Annual General
Meeting shall be held not later than the month of
March in each year for the purpose of electing the
Committee when due for election (which is every
two (2) years), and receiving a report on the general
affairs of the Club, a Financial Statement made
up to previous 31st December and of considering
any other matters which may be properly brought
before such a meeting. |
| (b) |
Save as otherwise
herein provided an Ordinary Member paying full subscription
or Life Member may bring before the Annual General
Meeting any matter of which he shall give seven
(7) days prior notice in writing to the Honorary
Secretary. The Chairman shall allow such other matters
to be discussed as he considers relevant to or associated
with any matter properly brought before the said
meeting upon which the Chairman’s decision
shall be final. |
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| 18.2 |
Extraordinary
General Meeting
The Committee shall call an Extraordinary General Meeting
on the written requisition of thirty (30) Ordinary Members
paying a full subscription or Life Members and the Committee
shall have the power to do so at any time when they may
deem it necessary. Notice in writing shall at the same
time be given to the Honorary Secretary of the business
to be transacted at such meeting and no other business
shall be discussed at such a meeting. |
| 18.3 |
Notice
of General Meeting
Notice of every General Meeting setting forth the business
to be transacted at such General Meeting shall be sent
to each Ordinary Member paying a full subscription and
Life Member fourteen (14) clear days before the date of
the meeting by post or circular and shall be posted on
the Notice Board for the same period and the notice may,
at the discretion of the Committee also be advertised
in one or more of the local journals or newspapers. The
accidental omission to give any such notice to any of
the Ordinary Members shall not invalidate any resolution
passed at any such meeting provided the notice shall have
been posted on the Notice Board as provided by this Rule
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| 18.4 |
Quorum |
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| (a) |
If thirty (30)
of the Ordinary Members paying full subscription
and Life Members are present at the commencement
of any General Meeting such meeting shall be competent
to transact all business before it except the passing
of a resolution to wind up the Club. |
| (b)
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If within thirty
(30) minutes from the time appointed for the meeting,
a quorum shall not be present the meeting shall
stand adjourned to the same day in the next week
at the same time and place. If at such adjourned
meeting a quorum shall not be present those members
who are present shall be deemed to be a quorum and
may do all business, which a full quorum might have
done. However, they shall have no power to amend
existing Rules or to pass a resolution to wind up
the Club. |
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| 18.5 |
Decision |
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| (a) |
Every question
shall be decided by a majority of the Ordinary Members
paying a full subscription and Life Members present
and voting at any meeting at which such question
is discussed save where by these Rules any other
majority is required to decide such question. The
Chairman shall have the casting vote at every General
Meeting. Only Ordinary Members paying a full subscription
and Life Members shall be entitled to attend any
General Meeting. The decision of the Ordinary Members
paying a full subscription and Life Members at any
such meeting shall bind all Members. |
| (b)
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All candidates for
election who have secured the highest votes at an
Annual General Meeting, shall be deemed to be elected.
In the event of two (2) or more candidates securing
the same number of votes, the election process shall
be repeated by secret ballot of those eligible voting
Members present. If a tie occurs in the second election,
the Chairman shall have a casting vote to resolve
the tie and such decision shall be final and binding
on all Members. |
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| 19. |
Rules
Amendments
Subject to the consent of the Registrar of Societies being
obtained, any Rule may be repealed or amended and any new Rule
inserted at any time provided such repeal or amendment be approved
and passed at the Annual General Meeting or at an Extraordinary
General Meeting of the Ordinary Members and Life Members. Notice
of the proposed repeal or amendments must be given to the Honorary
Secretary and the same shall be clearly stated in writing. No
repeal or amendments shall be proposed at any General Meeting
unless fourteen (14) clear days have elapsed between the date
of the giving of such notice and the date of the General Meeting.
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| 20. |
Winding
Up |
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| (a) |
A resolution to wind up the Club shall not be passed except
at a General Meeting convened for the purpose and with
the consent of not less than three fifths (3/5) of the
Ordinary Members and Life Members not absent from the
State of Selangor. |
| (b) |
In the event of such winding up all debts and liabilities
legally incurred on behalf of the Club shall be fully
discharged and the remaining funds will be distributed
equally among the Ordinary Members who pay a full subscription
and Life Members at the time or be disposed by the General
Meeting. |
| (c) |
Notice of the winding up shall be given within twenty
one (21) days of the Resolution requiring this to the
Registrar of Societies. |
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| 21. |
Notices |
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| (a) |
It shall be the duty of all Members to keep the Honorary
Secretary informed of their addresses and all changes
of address. |
| (b) |
Any notice may be sent to any Member at his last known
address and upon the posting of such notice the said notice
shall be deemed to have been given and received by such
Member for any purpose required by these Rules. |
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| 22. |
(No
liability |
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| a) |
The
Club shall not be liable in the respect of the death or
personal injuries of Member or his guests or his employees
or any other person present in the Club premises arising
in any way whatsoever from his membership or presence
in the Club or through his or their use or enjoyment of
the Club, its amenities, privileges or facilities on land
or at sea including but not limited to the mooring areas
and pontoons under the Club management or administration
or otherwise howsoever arising. |
| (b)
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The
Club shall not be liable for any loss of or damage howsoever
caused to any property or articles whatsoever brought
upon the Club's premises including but not limited to
the mooring areas and pontoons under the Club management
or administration by a Member or a nominee of the Corporate
Member or a member of their family or any of their guests
or their employees. |
| (c) |
The
Club shall not be responsible for any loss or damage whatsoever
and howsoever caused to any motor vehicle of a Member
or a nominee of the Corporate Member (or their family
members or their guests or their employees), or the contents
thereof, whilst parked at the Club premises.
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| (d)
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The
Club shall also not be responsible for any accident or
injury whatsoever and howsoever caused to any occupant
of such motor vehicle at the Club premises. |
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