MEMBERSHIP

1 (a)

As provided for in Clause 3 of the Constitution the Committee of Management shall receive and deal with all Applications for membership of the Community. The decision of the Committee of Management as to whether or not an applicant shall be admitted to membership shall be final.

(b)

The Committee of Management shall be absolutely entitled to assign a new member of the Community to a class of membership suitable to his standing within the Community according to the Holy Laws of Islam that is to say Khoja or non-Khoja, male or female.

2 (i)

The Committee of Management may terminate the membership of any officer or member of the Community who is found to be responsible for performing or for causing to be performed directly or indirectly grave acts or omissions harmful to the interests and ideals of the Holy Laws of the Shia Community. Any Officer or Member who is reasonably suspected of such an offence shall be summoned by the Secretary for the time being of the Community to appear before a meeting of theCommittee of Management such meeting to be convened not earlier than fourteen days after the issue of such summons as aforesaid. At the meeting the accused member shall be given every reasonable opportunity of defending himself and having

heard all the evidence available a simple majority of the Committee shall suffice to commit as removal.

 (ii)

Any member who shall default subscription payments for a reasonable period for at least 6 months, the Committee of Management shall have powers to take necessary action as to suspend or expel his Membership. Such Member who is expelled or suspended shall not be eligible for election or nomination as to become office bearer or elect or nominate Committee Members for at least a period of 2'/2 years.

PROCEDURE AT GENERAL MEETINGS

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Subject always as provided in the Constitution at any General Meeting a Chairman ruling shall be always final. In the event of a tie in voting the Chairman shall have the casting vote. All matters shall be decided by a show of hands or by a ballot if so requested, by a Member present and entitled to vote.

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English shall be the official language of the Community and all correspondence and debate shall be carried on in that language save that at any meeting a Member may be permitted to speak in any other language with the consent of the Chairman.

(5)

All motions for discussion shall be brought forward in accordance with the terms of the constitution save that at any Meeting the Chairman may at his discretion permit a Member to introduce a motion of which no due notice has been given if

the proposed motion relates to any of the following that is to say:-

(a)

The appointment of a Chairman of the Meeting at which' the motion is put if no person eligible to be Chairman of the meeting shall be present

(b)

The adjournment of the meeting or of the debate

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That the question under discussion is put to the vote

(d)

Any matter arising out of a report which is before the meeting which report is being made to the meeting by the Committee

(e)

The giving of precedence to any particular business

(f)

Fixing the date of any special meeting of the Community

CASUAL VACANCIES

 (g)

The appointment of any special Committee other than the Committee of Management and of any Member or Members

thereof

(h)

At any General Meeting of the Community the quorum shall be twenty per centum of the total membership of the Community save that at a Meeting being an adjourned meeting the quorum shall be fifteen per centum of the membership of the Community. For the purposes of this clause an adjourned Meeting shall be one held after any General Meeting of the Community at which business was not completed but adjourned to a set date or to a date to be fixed.

Every motion brought under this clause or any amendment to any motion whatsoever shall be moved and seconded and shall be reduced to writing if so required by the Chairman and handed to him or to the Secretary and shall be read to the meeting before it is discussed or put to the vote and in any event any motion or amendment whatsoever which is of an objectionable or of a frivolous nature shall be disregarded by the Chairman of the Meeting

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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 Any Officer or Committee Member who absents himself for no valid reason from three consecutive meetings of the Committee of Management including adjourned meetings shall automatically cease to fill his office or to be a Member of the Committee of Management.

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The Committee of Management shall have the sole power of making varying or deleting standing orders proposals on which shall be dealt with in the following fashion:­

(a)

Details of any proposals to add to vary or delete the standing orders of the Community shall be sent to each officer and Committee Member at least fourteen days before the meeting of the Committee of Management at which it is intended to raise the matter.

(b)

All decisions to add to vary or delete any part of the standing

orders shall be taken by a three quarters majority of the Members of the Committee of Management and such decision shall forthwith become binding upon the whole Community.

(c)

Any change in the standing orders of the Community shall within fourteen days of its coming into effect be circulated by the Honorary Secretary to all members of the Community.

SUB-COMMITTES

(d)

No amendment shall be made to the standing order which will cause the Community to cease to be a Charity in Law.

INDEMNITIES

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Save in the case of damage caused by negligence wilful default breach of duty or breach of trust no Officer or Member of the Committee of Management shall be personally liable for any damage to or claim against the community or its property.

INTERPRETATION

In all of the dealings of the Community the following words shall have the following meanings.

(a)

"lmamvada" or "Mehfil" a building dedicated as a place of religious congregation and used by the Shia lthna-Asheries as such.

(b)

"Shia lthna-Asheri" - any male or female follower of the Shia Ithna-Ashen faith.

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"Majlis" - religious congregation.

(d)

"Masjid" or "Mosque" - a place of worship and prayer dedicated to such and used by the Muslim in accordance with the Shia

lthna-Asheri faith.

(e)

"Shariat" - the Holy Laws of Islam.

(f)

"Holy Mujtahid" - the head of the religious Community whose decision concerning the Law or the determination thereof shall be final.