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Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926
Royal Agricultural Society Uniform By-laws 1941
Reprint 1: The by-laws as at 18 November 2005
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Royal Agricultural Society Uniform By-laws 1941
CONTENTS
1. Citation and interpretation
2. Office bearers
3. Nomination and method of election of office bearers
4. Voting for office bearers
5. Terms of office
6. Special vacancies
7. Committee meetings
8. Convening of committee meetings
9. Absence from committee meetings
10. Election of members
11. Privileges of members
12. Subscriptions
13. Expulsion
14. Resignation of members
15. Arrears of subscription
16. Register of members
17. Secretary
18. General meetings
19. Summoning of special general meeting
20. Voting powers of chairman
21. Notices of meeting
22. Auditor
23. How questions are to be decided
24. Committee
25. Rescinding resolutions
26. Sale of property
27. Borrowing powers
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Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 18 November 2005
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Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926
Royal Agricultural Society Uniform By‑laws 1941
1. Citation and interpretation
(1) These by‑laws are the Royal Agricultural Society Uniform By‑laws
1941 1.
(2) In these by‑laws —
“committee” means the committee of a society constituted under by‑law
2;
“society” means an agricultural society registered under the Act.
[By‑law 1 inserted in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
2. Office bearers
(1) The general management of the affairs of the society shall be
vested in a committee, which shall consist of a president and such
other office bearers, as the members at a properly constituted meeting
of members shall from time to time decide.
(2) Office bearers comprising the committee shall be financial members
of the society.
(3) Patrons and vice‑patrons shall not be members of the committee and
need not necessarily be members of the society.
[By‑law 2 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
3. Nomination and method of election of office bearers
(1) Office bearers of the society shall be nominated prior to or at
the annual general meeting. No unfinancial member shall be nominated
as an office bearer. Office bearers shall be elected at the annual
general meeting of the society.
(2) Should the number required, and no more, be so nominated, the
chairman of the meeting shall declare all candidates elected.
(3) Should the number nominated exceed the number required, a ballot
shall be taken.
(4) Should a less number than required be nominated, the committee at
its next meeting shall fill such vacancies.
(5) The meeting shall appoint a returning officer and 2 scrutineers to
assist in the conduct of the ballot.
[By‑law 3 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
4. Voting for office bearers
Members shall vote in each instance for the required number of
candidates, and any voting paper on which are recorded votes for more
or less than the required number of members for any office or
committee shall be informal to that extent, but any such informality
shall not affect the legality of the voting paper in instances where
votes for a member or members for other offices or committees are
properly recorded on the same voting paper.
[By‑law 4 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
5. Terms of office
(1) Office bearers shall commence to hold office upon the first day of
the month following the meeting at which they are elected.
(2) The president shall retire annually but shall be eligible for
re‑election.
(3) One‑third of the committee, or such number being not less than
one‑third, as the members of the society at a properly constituted
meeting shall decide, shall retire each year and shall be eligible for
re‑election.
(4) The treasurer, if such office be provided for, shall retire
annually and shall be eligible for re‑election.
(5) The auditor, who shall not be a member of the committee, shall
retire each year and shall be eligible for re‑election.
[By‑law 5 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
6. Special vacancies
(1) Vacancies in the number of office bearers caused by death,
resignation, absence without leave, or otherwise, and occurring at any
time between 2 annual general meetings, shall be notified by the
secretary to the committee at its next meeting thereafter, and the
secretary shall notify such vacancies in writing to each of the
members of the committee not present at such meeting and all such
vacancies shall be filled by the committee at the next following
meeting. Any member so appointed shall, previous to such appointment,
signify to the secretary his willingness to accept such appointment,
but any person so chosen shall retain office only so long as the
member in whose place he is appointed would have retained the same if
no vacancy had occurred. Provided, however, that when any such vacancy
has been filled by the appointment thereto of any other office bearer
of the society, the notification of the next meeting of the committee
to be given in pursuance of by‑law 8 shall specify the vacancy so
created, and the committee may at such meeting fill the same.
(2) In the case of any vacancy arising in the office of auditor
through any cause prior to the date of the annual meeting, such
vacancy shall be filled by the committee, and such person or firm so
appointed to fill such vacancy shall hold office until the first day
of the month following the annual meeting.
[By‑law 6 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
7. Committee meetings
Meetings of the committee shall be held at such times as the chairman
considers necessary; provided, however, that meetings of the committee
shall be held at least twice annually, and at all committee meetings 4
shall form a quorum.
8. Convening of committee meetings
(1) The secretary shall convene meetings of the committee by notifying
each member of the committee in such manner as the committee shall
decide.
(2) The chairman may convene a special meeting of the committee at any
time, and in such case the secretary shall give to all members such
notification as the committee shall decide.
[By‑law 8 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
9. Absence from committee meetings
If any of the elected members be absent without leave for 3
consecutive ordinary meetings of the committee, he shall cease to be
an office bearer.
10. Election of members
(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, any person paying to the society
the amount of the annual subscription may be enrolled as a member and
entitled to the privileges of membership: provided that, when any
subscription shall be paid in the name of any firm or company, one
member only of such firm or one nominee of such company may exercise
the rights and privileges of membership and may be elected to any
office.
(2) Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the secretary, on the
instructions of the committee, shall have the right to refund within 2
calendar months any money so received and to refuse to accept any
person as a member of the society.
[By‑law 10 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
11. Privileges of members
The privileges of membership of the society shall consist of power to
vote at any general meeting of members, free admission to the show
grounds (on production of member’s ticket or badge) at any time when
the society is holding a show, and any other privileges which the
members at a properly constituted meeting shall from time to time
decide.
12. Subscriptions
The annual subscription shall be fixed by the members at a properly
constituted meeting, and shall continue to be payable until altered by
any subsequent general meeting. The date of payment thereof shall also
be fixed at a properly constituted meeting of members and may be
altered from time to time as the members think fit.
13. Expulsion
If any member of the society has been guilty of any breach of these
by‑laws for any misconduct, he may be called upon to show cause to the
committee why he should not be expelled from the society. The
committee may appoint a day for the hearing of the matter of which at
least 7 days’ notice shall be given to the member. If, at the hearing,
the committee is satisfied of the truth of the charge and that it is
of sufficient gravity, it shall have power to expel such member from
the membership of the society. In lesser offences a fine not exceeding
$20, or some other penalty which in the opinion of the committee is
adequate in the circumstances, may be imposed.
[By‑law 13 amended by Act No. 113 of 1965 s. 8.]
14. Resignation of members
The resignation of any member shall be by written notice to the
secretary, but no such resignation shall relieve any member from
payment of any subscription or other moneys due by him to the society
at the time of such resignation, and such subscription or other moneys
shall be deemed to be a debt due to the society and may be recoverable
at law.
15. Arrears of subscription
Any member who shall be 6 months in arrears in payment of his
subscription shall not be entitled to hold or continue to hold any
office in the society or to any privileges of membership. Any member
who shall be 12 months in arrears in the payment of his subscription
shall be deemed to have resigned his membership, and his name may be
struck off the roll of members.
16. Register of members
An alphabetical list of the names of all members of the society shall
always be kept in the office of the society.
17. Secretary
(1) The appointment and dismissal of the secretary shall be dealt with
by the committee only.
(2) The society shall appoint a secretary, and such appointment shall
be notified to the Royal Agricultural Society in writing under the
hand of the chairman.
(3) Any office bearer of the society may be appointed to the position
of secretary, in which case the person so appointed shall be deemed to
have resigned from the office previously held by him and the vacancy
shall be filled in accordance with by‑law 6.
(4) Nothing in these by‑laws, however, shall prevent one person
holding the combined offices of secretary and treasurer of the
society.
(5) The society may appoint joint secretaries, should it so desire,
without its being necessary to alter these by­-laws to that effect.
[By‑law 17 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
18. General meetings
A general meeting of members (6 to form a quorum) shall be held during
each year, at such time and place as may be appointed by the
committee. Such meeting shall —
(a) elect the office bearers of the society in accordance with by‑law
2;
(b) elect the auditor of the society;
(c) consider the annual report and yearly statement of accounts;
(d) attend to any other business with which it is competent to deal
under these by­-laws.
19. Summoning of special general meeting
A special general meeting shall be called (6 to form a quorum) at any
time by the secretary, on the direction of the president, or on the
requisition in writing of 6 financial members; but no business shall
be transacted at any such meeting other than that for which it has
been called.
20. Voting powers of chairman
The chairman of any general or special general meeting shall have a
deliberative vote, and, in case of equality of votes, a casting vote
also.
21. Notices of meeting
(1) Notice of any general or special general meeting shall be posted
or delivered to members 14 days at least prior to the time fixed for
such meeting.
(2) The accidental omission to give notice of any such meeting or the
non‑receipt of any such notice shall not invalidate any resolution
passed at any such meeting.
[By‑law 21 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
22. Auditor
The auditor shall hold office from and including the first day of the
month following the date of the meeting at which such election takes
place.
23. How questions are to be decided
Subject to the proviso hereinafter contained, all matters (except the
election of office bearers) to be dealt with at general meetings shall
be determined on the voices, unless a division be called for.
24. Committee
(1) The committee shall have the control and management of the income
and expenditure of the funds of the society, and also the entire
management and superintendence of all the society’s other affairs and
concerns, and also the appointment and management of its officers and
servants.
(2) The president shall preside at all meetings of the committee. In
the absence of the president, the members present shall elect a
chairman from among their number. The chairman presiding at any
meeting shall have a deliberative and, in the case of equality of
votes, a casting vote also.
[By‑law 24 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
25. Rescinding resolutions
No motion, the effect of which, if carried, would be to rescind any
resolution previously passed by the committee during the same year
shall be entertained, unless notice of intention to move the same
shall have been given in writing to the secretary at least 14 days
prior to the holding of the meeting of the committee at which it is
proposed to move such resolution.
26. Sale of property
No real property belonging to the society shall be sold, except by the
authority of a majority of members present, at an annual general
meeting or at a special general meeting called for the purpose and of
which purpose notice was stated in the notice convening such meeting.
27. Borrowing powers
(1) The committee may, with the sanction of a resolution passed by
members in general meeting or in any special meeting called for the
purpose, raise money by bank overdraft or by the issue of debentures,
or by such other means as may be approved of at such meeting, and, if
necessary, may secure the payment thereof by any mortgage or charge
upon the property of the society, or by such other means as the
members by such resolution shall decide.
(2) The notice convening any general or special meeting at which it is
intended to seek the foregoing power from members shall set out the
intention of the committee to seek such power, and such notice shall
be posted or delivered to each member not less than 14 days before
which the meeting is convened.
[By‑law 27 amended in Gazette 25 Jan 2005 p. 340.]
Notes
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1 This reprint is a compilation as at 18 November 2005 of the Royal
Agricultural Society Uniform By-laws 1941 and includes the amendments
made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The
table also contains information about any reprint.
Compilation table
Citation
Gazettal
Commencement
Untitled by-laws 2
13 Jun 1941 p. 815‑17
13 Jun 1941
Decimal Currency Act 1965 (Act. No. 113 of 1965) assented to 21 Dec
1965
Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1));
s. 4-9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2))
Royal Agricultural Society Amendment By‑laws 2005
25 Jan 2005 p. 339‑40
25 Jan 2005
Reprint 1: The Royal Agricultural Society Uniform By‑laws 1941 as at
18 Nov 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
2 Now known as the Royal Agricultural Society Uniform By‑laws 1941;
citation changed (see note under bl. 1).