2. You can add or delete words, articles and sentences that do not apply
to your society.
3. Articles were various options are provided; you are expected to delete
the option that does not relate to your society.
ARTICLE 1
1. NAME
a) The name of the Society shall be
Burial Society.
2. INTERPRETATION:
d) …………………………………etc.
ARTICLE 3
3. OBJECTS:
iv)
v)
e) The Society shall have power to purchase, sell, and lease any
immovable property.
ARTICLE 4
4. MEMBERSHIP:
ARTICLE 5
5. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
e) The office bearer who posses any property of the society shall
be requested to hand it in before he/she leaves.
ARTICLE 6
6. MANAGEMENT OF SOCIETY:
ARTICLE 7
ARTICLE 8
every year.
An Annual General Meeting shall be convened:
ARTICLE 9
ARTICLE 10
a) Chairperson:
i) The Chairperson shall preside over all committee meetings
and General meetings.
ii) It shall be the duty of the Chairperson to see that reports
for the Annual General Meetings are made ready and
available for the meetings.
iii) He/she shall countersign all cheques on behalf of the
Society.
iv) a) The Chairperson’s normal procedure shall be to put the
decisions of the Committee to the General Meeting where
the matter will be decided or taken up by majority of votes.
b) In the case of equality of votes, the Chairperson shall
have a casting vote.
b) Vice Chairperson
c) Secretary
d) Vice Secretary
e) Treasurer
i) The treasurer shall keep all records of the Society’s
accounts. The Treasurer shall see to it that all funds are
kept in the bank in the name of the Society.
ii) Withdrawals shall be signed by the Treasurer and the
Chairperson of the Society.
iii) It is the duty of the Treasurer to see that Annual Financial
Reports are prepared for the Annual General Meeting.
v) AUDITING OF BOOKS
Names for the above office bearers shall be proposed and seconded
at the Annual General Meeting and election will follow on a simple
majority vote of the members. All office-bearers may be re-
elected to the same or related post for a consecutive two term of
office.The term of office of the Committee shall be……………years.
ARTICLE 11
CO-OPTION
The Executive Committee may, from time to time and for such period
as it shall in each case determine, co- opt any person whose advice or
assistance it requires, but no such person shall vote on any
question before a meeting of the Executive Committee nor shall
such a person count the purpose of constituting a quorum of the
Executive Committee.
ARTICLE 12
11. SUB-COMMITTEE
ARTICLE 13
13. QUORUM
ARTICLE 14
14. ADJOURNMENT
ARTICLE 15
15. AUDIT AND FINANCIAL YEAR
b) They:
16. NO CONFIDENCE
ARTICLE 17
17. DISCIPLINE
The club/society shall have a Disciplinary Committee,
which shall attend to all matters of misconduct by club
members. This Committee shall recommend upon hearing
the matter the gradation of punishment or sanctions to mete out
to an offending member. A member aggrieved by the decision of
the disciplinary committee shall appeal to the Executive
Committee. Any member aggrieved by the Executive Committee’s
decision shall appeal to the Disputes and Appeal
Committee.
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ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 20
ARTICLE 21
21. AMENDMENT
ARTICLE 22
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