(a)
A Form 5 graduate, a student who has completed the Form
6 class, or a person who has completed one academic year
of study and left the College shall be eligible for Ordinary
Membership.
(b)
A member of the teaching staff of the College shall be
eligible to apply for Associate Membership.
(c)
A student who has completed Form 1 class shall be eligible
to apply for Student Membership.
(d)
A person upon whom the Association has conferred the privilege
of Membership as a mark of honour or respect shall be
eligible to take up Honorary Membership.
(e)
A person invited by the Executive Committee to become
a Member of the Association shall be eligible to take
up Subscribing Membership.
(f)
A person who is eligible to apply for Ordinary Membership
and wishes to pay an one-off subscription fee equivalent
to ten years' annual subscription fee prevailing that
time, shall be eligible to apply for Life Membership instead.
(a)
Membership shall only become effective upon registration
with the Secretary of the Association, which action shall
be construed as admission to Membership.
(b)
The power of admitting Members other than Ordinary Members
shall be vested in the Executive Committee under such
rules and conditions as the Association shall from time
to time determine.
(c)
Every Member shall pay the subscription appropriate to
His category of Membership under such arrangements as
the Executive Committee shall from time to time determine.
(d)
A Member may at any time resign His Membership by notice
in writing to the Secretary and the resignation shall
take immediate effect.
(e)
Membership of the Association shall be lost in any of
the following circumstances:
(
i ) by resignation in writing of the Member;
(
ii ) by expulsion of, the Member in accordance with
the provisions of Article (f) hereof;
(
iii ) by failure of the Member to pay any subscription
or other dues incurred as a result of Membership more
than three months after the subscription or other dues
have become payable. The Membership shall be reinstated
if any outstanding subscriptions and other dues are
settled.
(
f )
(
i ) Any Member who willfully refuses or neglects to
comply with any of the provisions of the emorandum of
Association or the Articles of Association or contrary
to the interests of the Association shall render Himself
liable to expulsion from Membership of the Association.
(
ii ) For the purpose of deciding upon the expulsion
of a Member, a special meeting comprising at least 8
Members or two-thirds of the Members of the Executive
Committee (whichever is the lower) shall be convened,
and a resolution shall only be passed with a majority
of at least three-fourths of the Members of the Executive
Committee present and voting at the meeting. The Member
in question shall be given at least 7 days notice in
writing of the meeting and shall be entitled to attend
the same and make written or oral representation of
His case, but shall not be entitled to vote thereat.
If the meeting shall pass a resolution to expel a Member,
He shall have the right to appeal to the Association
at a General Meeting within 7 days of the date of the
notice to expel Him.
(
g ) No person ceasing to be a Member of the Association
shall have any right or claim upon the Association or
its property and funds.
