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18. General Meetings
 
18.1 Annual General Meeting
 
(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.
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 18.3.
18.4 Quorum
 
(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) 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.
18.5 Decision
 
(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) 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.
   
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.
   
20. Winding Up
 
(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.
   
21. Notices
 
(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.
   
22. (No liability
 
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) 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.
(d) 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.