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(a) Every Member shall have
one vote in the meetings of the ACPI;
Provided that, if any Member fails to pay his annual fees for
more than three months after the stipulated period within the
30th June of the concerned year, he shall not be entitled to vote
in any meeting, or to participate in any election of the ACPI
until the expiry of six months from the date of his clearing up
the arrears.
(b) All decisions in any meeting of the General
Body or the Board of Directors shall be by a simple majority of
votes of the members present and voting at the meeting concerned,
unless otherwise provided for in these Rules and Regulations.
(c) An Honorary Member shall have no voting
right.
(a) The Executive Director may serve a notice on
any defaulting member as in Regulation 5 above, for clearance of
arrears or dues. If within the prescribed time (three months) or
within the time extended by the Executive Director, the defaulting
member fails to pay all the subscriptions and arrears, his name
may removed for the membership of the ACPI by the Board of Directors.
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(b)
The Board of Directors may, by a resolution
of three fourths majority of its members present and voting at the
meeting, after due investigation, suspend for any period, any member
from the membership of the ACPI for any act of omission and commission
which is, in violation the these Memoranda of ACPI and Rules and
Regulations, or is against the interests of the ACPI, or constitutes
neglect or refusal to abide by the rules and regulations and bye-laws
of the ACPI, or is likely to bring discredit to the ACPI, provided,
however, that no such resolution to suspend a member shall be passed
unless the member concerned has been given an opportunity to explain
his conduct. Any member suspended by the Board of Directors shall
cease forthwith to be entitled to the benefits and rights of membership
but he shall have a right of appeal against such decision to the
General Body, provided he files the memorandum of appeal with the
Executive Director within sixty days of the order of his suspension
(c) Any member may
be expelled from the ACPI by the General Body, provided that such
a decision is taken by a two-thirds majority vote of members present
and voting at a General Body meeting and the member proposed to
be expelled has been given an opportunity to explain the charges
leveled against him.
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Membership
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(d) Any member may resign at any time by filling
written resignation with the Executive Director of the ACPI. Such
resignation shall become effective as of the time it is accepted
by the ACPI, but the member resigning shall not be relieved of
the obligation to pay any unpaid fees dues or other charges.
A person, whose membership is terminated under regulation 7(a)
and (d) above, may
apply for re-admission to membership of the ACPI provided he pays
all his arrears
in one lumpsum and also a re-admission fee.
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