<15> Admission Transfer and Removal :
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Application for admission to the membership of the Association shall
be made to the General Secretary in the prescribed form, on which
one member who is eligible to vote shall indicate his support of the
application. The General Secretary shall be authorised to accept an
application subject to approval by the Committee. In case of doubt,
he shall place the matter before the committee for consideration.
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When the application is approved, membership period
shall be dated as the first day of the month following approval and
shall extend to the last date of the academic year, after which it
shall be renewed year after year.
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Application for transfer to another category of
membership of the Association shall be made to the General Secretary
in the prescribed form, on which one member who is eligible to vote
shall indicate his support. The General Secretary shall be
authorised to accept or reject an application and effect a transfer,
in case of acceptance.
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An applicant whose application for admission or
transfer to another category has been rejected, may renew his
application not earlier than one year following such rejection.
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For new admissions, prescribed admission fee shall
be sent with the application. Collection of admission fee shall
start when the first Committee so decides. Admission fees shall not
be refundable but the Committee may waive the admission fee in
special cases where an application for admission is renewed.
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Notice of admission to membership shall be sent to
the categories of members together with copies of the Memorandum of
Association and Rules and Regulations of the Association to which he
shall have deemed to have agreed. If the member, in any category, is
within the jurisdiction of a particular Chapter, a copy of the
notice of admission shall also be sent to the Chapter.
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For transfer of membership prescribed transfer fee
shall be sent with the application. Transfer fee shall not be
refundable. Collection of transfer fee shall start when first
committee so decides.
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The Committee shall decide upon the total number of
life members from time to time.
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Members who are in arrears in the payment of dues
for more than three months shall not be eligible to vote. Members in
all categories who are in default for more than six months shall
forfeit their membership without notice. The Committee at its
discretion may restore the membership upon application and on
payment of the amount in arrears as well as the current
subscription.
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The name of any member, in all categories, whose
conduct has been found to be against the interests of the
Association shall only be removed from the rolls after giving him an
opportunity to be heard and after giving him an opportunity to be
heard and after a resolution to this effect has been passed by at
least two-thirds majority of the members of the Committee, for such
time as the committee deems necessary.
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A member, in any category, of the Association
ceases to be a member (a) on death, (b) resignation, ( c )
suspension owing to non-payment of dues for six months as described
in <15.9> and (d) as provided in <15.10>
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