Theos-Talk Archives (November 2008 Message tt00267)

Thanks for posting.

Several years ago, Dr. Bain had posted the then available version.

Apparently some changes were made in 2005 and 2006.

1) It would be informatory and educational to learn the exact changes that
were made.

2) Why the changes were made?

3) What were the reasons in support of the changes?

4) Who were the persons behind the changes?

If the above info becomes available, then in retrospect we can look at the
changes. Retrospective examination many times gives a much transparent
view of the objectives behind the changes.

MKR



On 11/14/08, danielhcaldwell <danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>   MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION, ETC.
>
> CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
>
> No. 2 of 1905
>
> I hereby certify, pursuant to Act XXI of 1860 of the Governor-General
> of India in Council entitled 'An Act for the Registration of
> Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies, 1860', that The
> Theosophical Society is duly incorporated as a Society under the
> aforesaid Act.
>
> (Sd) A. PERYIASWAMI MOODALIAR
>
> Station Madras Registrar of Joint Stock Companies
>
> Dated 3rd April 1905
> -----------------------------
>
> THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
>
> FOUNDED 17 NOVEMBER 1875, INCORPORATED 3 APRIL 1905
>
> In the matter of Act XXI 1860 of the Acts of Viceroy
>
> and Governor-General of India in Council, being
>
> an Act for the registration of literary,
>
> scientific and charitable Societies
>
> and
>
> IN THE MATTER OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
> -------------
>
> MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
>
>
> 1. The name of the Association is The Theosophical Society.
>
> I. To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity,
> without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
> II. To encourage the study of Comparative Religion, Philosophy and
> Science.
>
> III. To investigate unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent
> in man.
>
> (a) The holding and management of all funds raised for the above
> objects.
>
> (b) The purchase or acquisition on lease or in exchange or on Hire or
> by gift or otherwise of any real or personal property, and any rights
> or privileges necessary or convenient for the purposes of the
> Society.
>
> (c) The sale, improvement, management and development of all or any
> part or the property or the Society.
>
> (d) The doing of all such things as are incidental or conducive to
> the attainment of the above objects or any of them, including the
> founding and maintenance of a library or libraries.
>
> 3. The names, addresses and occupations of the persons who are
> members or, and form the first General Council which is the governing
> body of the Society, are as follows:
>
> GENERAL COUNCIL
>
> Ex-Officio
>
> President-Founder: H. S. Olcott, Adyar, Madras, Author. Vice-
> President: A. P. Sinnett, London, England, Author. Recording
> Secretary: Hon. Sir S. Subramania Aiyar, Madras, Justice of the High
> Court. Treasurer: W. A. English, M.D., Adyar, Madras, Retired
> Physician.
>
> Alexander Fullerton, General Secretary, American Section, 7, West 8th
> St., New York.
>
> Upendra Nath Basu. B.A., LL.B., General Secretary, Indian Section,
> Benares, U.P.
>
> Bertram Keightley, M.A., General Secretary, British Section, 28,
> Albemarle St., London, W.
>
> W. G. John, General Secretary, Australasian Section, 42, Margaret
> Street, Sydney, N.S.W.
>
> Arvid Knos, General Secretary, Scandinavian Section,
> Engelbrechtsgatan, 7, Stockholm, Sweden.
>
> C. W. Sanders, General Secretary, New Zealand Section, Queen Street,
> Auckland, New Zealand.
>
> W. B. Fricke, General Secretary, Netherlands Section, 76, Amsteldijk,
> Amsterdam.
>
> Th. Pascal, M.D., General Secretary, French Section, 59, Avenue de la
> Bourdonnais, Paris.
>
> Decio Calvari, General Secretary, Italian Section, 380, Corso Umberto
> I., Rome.
>
> Dr Rudolf Steiner, General Secretary, German Section, 95,
> Kaiserallee, Friedenau, Berlin.
>
> Jose M. Masso, Acting General Secretary, Cuban Section, Havana,
> Cuba.
>
> Additional
> Annie Besant, Benares, Author, [for 3 years]. G. R. S. Mead, London,
> Author, [for 3 years].
> Khan Bahadur Naoroji Dorabji Khandalvala, Poona, Special Judge, [for
> 3 years]. Dinshaw Jivaji Edal Behram, Surat, Physician, [for 2
> years]. Francesca E. Arundale, Benares, Author [for 2 years]
> Tammacharla Ramachandra Row, Gooty, Retired Sub-Judge, [for 1 year].
> Charles Blech, Paris, France, Retired, Manufacturer, [for 1 year].
>
> 4. The Founders
> Henry Steel Olcott, who, with the late Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and
> others founded The Theosophical Society at New York, United States of
> America, in the year 1875, shall hold, during his lifetime, the
> position of President, with the title of 'President-Founder', and he
> shall have, alone, the authority and responsibility and shall
> exercise the functions provided in the Rules and Regulations for the
> Executive Committee, meetings of which he may call for consultation
> and advice as he may desire.
>
> 5. Income and property applied to promotion of objects
>
> The income and property of the Society, whencesoever derived, shall
> be applied solely towards the promotion of the objects of the Society
> as set forth in this Memorandum of Association, and no portion
> thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of
> dividends, bonus, or otherwise by way of profits to the persons who
> at any time are or have been members of the Society or to any of them
> or to any person claiming through any of them: Provided that nothing
> herein contained shall prevent the payment in good faith of
> remuneration to any officers or servants of the Society or to any
> members thereof or other person in return for any services rendered
> to the Society.
>
> 6. Members of General Council not answerable
>
> No member or members of the General Council shall be answerable for
> any loss arising in the administration or application of the said
> trust funds or sums of money or for any damage to or deterioration in
> the said trust premises unless such loss, damage or deterioration
> shall happen by or through his or their wilful default or neglect.
>
> 7. Vesting of Property on dissolution
>
> If upon the dissolution of the Society there shall remain after the
> satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property
> whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the
> members of the Society or any of them but shall be given or
> transferred to some other Society or Association, Institution or
> Institutions, having objects similar to the objects of this Society,
> to be determined by the votes of not less than three-fifths of the
> members of the Society present personally or by proxy, at a meeting
> called for the purpose, or in default thereof by such Judge or Court
> of Law as may have jurisdiction in the matter.
>
> 8. Filing of rules and Regulations, Memorandum
>
> A copy of the Rules and Regulations of the said Theosophical Society
> is filed with this Memorandum of Association, and the undersigned
> being seven of the members of the Governing Body of the said Society
> do hereby certify that such copy of such Rules and Regulations of the
> said Theosophical Society is correct.
>
> As witness our several and respective hands, this ... day of March,
> 1905.
>
> Witnesses to the signatures:
>
> (Sd.) WM GLENNY KEAGEY
>
> " ARTHUR RICHARDSON
>
> " PYARE LAL
>
> " PEROZE P. MEHERJEE
>
> [The above witnessed the seven signatures below - Ed].
>
> (Sd) H.S. OLCOTT
>
> " W.A. ENGLISH
>
> " SUBRAMANIAM
>
> " FRANCESCA E. ARUNDALE
>
> " UPENDRA NATH BASU
>
> " ANNIE BESANT
>
> " N.D. KHANDALVALA
>
>
> RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION
> NAMED 'THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY', ADYAR, MADRAS
> 1. General Council
>
> The General Council shall be the Governing Body of The Theosophical
> Society. All members of the General Council shall at all times be
> Fellows of the Society and not fewer than seven members of this
> Council shall be resident in India.
>
> 2. Members of the General Council
>
> (a) The President, the Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Secretary
> and the General Secretaries of the component National Societies
> (otherwise called Sections) shall ex-officio be members of the
> General Council. The terms of those members of the General Council
> who hold office ex-officio shall expire with the vacation of their
> qualifying office.
>
> (b) The General Council shall include not fewer than 5 and not more
> than 12 Additional Members, among whom all past Presidents while in
> good standing shall automatically have place. Other members shall on
> the nomination of the President be elected for a term of three years
> by vote or the General Council at its Annual Meeting, their names
> having been sent to the Members of the General Council at least three
> months before the Annual Meeting.
>
> (c) Members retiring shall be eligible for re-election.
>
> (d) The Secretary shall be the Secretary of the General Council.
>
> 3. Removal of General Council members and officers
>
> It shall be competent for the General Council to remove any of its
> members, or any officer of the Society excepting the President of the
> Theosophical Society and excepting the General Secretaries of
> National Societies, by a three-fourths majority or its whole number
> of members, at a special meeting called for the purpose, of which at
> least three months' notice shall have been given, the quorum
> consisting, however, of not fewer than five members.
>
> 4. Meetings of the General Council
>
> (a) The General Council shall ordinarily meet once a year, at the
> time of the Annual Meeting or Convention of the Society; but a
> special meeting may be called at any time by the President, and a
> meeting shall be called at any time by him, or if not by him, by the
> Secretary, on the written requisition of not less than one-fourth of
> the total number of members; but of such special meetings not less
> than three months' notice shall be given, and the notice shall
> contain a statement of the special business to be laid before the
> meeting.
>
> (b) Whenever, at any time or place, a Convention or other function of
> the Society shall bring together a number of members of the General
> Council, the President at his discretion may call such members to a
> meeting for the purpose of study and discussion of any matters
> concerning the Society that he considers appropriate to lay before
> them. The meeting may then forward to the President its report on
> such matters and may make recommendations thereon. Such meetings
> shall be of a consultative nature without administrative or
> legislative authority, or may be of a legislative nature upon the
> decision of the General Council taken at least one year in advance.
>
> In the event the President does not himself attend such a meeting he
> may appoint the Vice-President or some other member of the General
> Council to preside in his stead.
>
> The President or his Deputy shall give not less than thirty days'
> notice of such meeting to all members of the General Council who may
> be expected to be present at the function that provides occasion for
> the meeting, but all members of the Council shall have the right to
> attend.
>
> 5. Resolutions
>
> a) On the request of any member of the General Council any
> resolution or other item of business proposed by such member shall be
> placed on the Agenda, and circulated with brief supporting
> statements, for consideration at the next meeting of the General
> Council, provided that not less than three months' notice of such
> resolution or item of business shall be given to the Secretary.
>
> (b) At all meetings of the General Council, members thereof may vote
> in person, or in writing, or by proxy duly given to another member of
> the General Council for the particular meeting concerned. Except as
> aforesaid no member shall exercise more than one vote. No member
> shall be allowed to exercise more than 5 proxy votes.
>
> Note: Meetings include adjourned meetings.
>
> 6. Quorum
>
> The quorum of an ordinary as well as of a special meeting of the
> General Council shall be five members. If there be no quorum, the
> meeting may be adjourned sine die, or the Chairman of the meeting may
> adjourn it to another date, of which three months' further notice
> shall be given, when the business of the meeting shall be disposed
> of, irrespective of whether there is a quorum present or not.
>
> 7. Who Shall Preside
>
> The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, of the Society
> shall preside at all meetings of The Theosophical Society or of the
> General Council, and shall have a casting vote in the case of an
> equal division or the members voting on any question before the
> meeting.
>
> 8. President
>
> In the absence of the President and the Vice-President, the meeting
> shall elect a chairman from among the members present at the meeting,
> and he shall have a casting vote in the case of a tie.
>
> 9. President's term of office
>
> The term of office for the President shall be seven years from the
> date of assuming office.
>
> 10. Election of President
>
> The procedure for election to the office of President shall be as
> follows:
>
> (a) Seven months before the expiration of a President's term of
> office, or within three days or the office becoming vacant, the
> Executive Committee shall appoint a special Committee consisting of
> three members of The Theosophical Society in good standing including
> the Secretary, but excluding any candidate for the office of
> President, to carry out the election procedure as hereinunder
> detailed. This Committee shall be known as the Election Committee and
> shall be answerable only to the Executive Committee. It shall be
> automatically dissolved on the declaration of the voting result.
>
> (b) Immediately on its appointment, the Election Committee shall
> instruct the Secretary to send out to the members of the General
> Council a written call for nominations for the office of President.
> The call for nominations shall be sent by airmail or other
> expeditious means if airmail be unavailable, followed one week later
> by a second (duplicate) call.
>
> (c) Any member of the Society in good standing, having been a member
> for at least ten consecutive years immediately preceding his
> nomination, may be nominated. Each member of the General Council who
> is a General Secretary, shall be entitled to make three nominations
> and shall consult his Governing Body before making nominations. The
> President shall be entitled to make three nominations. The Vice-
> President, Secretary, Treasurer and each Additional Member of the
> General Council shall be entitled to make one nomination. The
> nominator shall be responsible for ensuring that his nomination(s)
> reaches the Secretary within ten weeks of the date of the call for
> nomina- tion. The nominee shall be responsible for notifying the
> Secretary, within the above-mentioned period of his acceptance of
> nomination. One written consent shall suffice for all nominations for
> that nominee.
>
> (d) At the expiration of ten weeks, the Election Committee shall
> place all the nominations received, together with the relevant
> papers, before the Executive Committee at a meeting especially
> convened for the purpose. At such meeting the Executive Committee
> shall examine the nominations. The three nominees having the highest
> number of nominations shall alone be qualified to be on the voting
> list, but if two (or more) nominees qualify for the last place on the
> voting list, they shall both (or all) be included in the list. No
> nominee shall be included in the voting list unless supported by at
> least twelve nominations. The names of the nominees who thus qualify
> for inclusion shall be listed in alphabetical order. This list, as
> finalized by the Executive Committee, shall be the voting list and
> shall not be subject to challenge. However, in the event of a nominee
> dying or being so seriously incapacitated as to be unable to carry
> out the Presidential duties if elected, between the date of the call
> for nominations and the despatch of the voting list, the nomination
> procedure shall be repeated, commencing within seven days from the
> notification of the fact to the Secretary.
>
> (e) The Secretary shall then immediately communicate in writing by
> airmail or other expeditious means (followed one week later by a
> second and duplicate communication) the voting list together with
> biographical data of the candidates in accordance with Appendix A to
> these Rules, to the General Secretaries, Regional Secretaries,
> Organizing Secretaries, and Presidential Representatives and to the
> Lodges (Branches) and Fellows-at-large attached to Headquarters. Each
> General Secretary, Regional Secretary, Organizing Secretary and
> Presidential Representative shall make known the names of the
> candidates and their biographical data to the members in his area and
> take the votes in accordance with the instructions in Appendix B to
> these Rules of the individual members on the rolls of his National
> Society or area or administration who have been members in good
> standing for two full years as on the date of the call for
> nominations, and shall communicate the results to the Secretary in
> accordance with the instructions given in Appendix B to these Rules.
>
> The Election Committee shall take the votes in accordance with the
> instructions given in Appendix B of these Rules of the members of the
> Lodges (Branches) and Fellows-at-large attached to Headquarters who
> have been members in good standing for two full years as on the date
> of the call for nominations. The voting results must reach the
> Secretary within fifteen weeks of the date of issue of the voting
> list by him.
>
> If only one name remains on the voting list the vote shall be taken
> on a 'For' or 'Against' ballot.
>
> (f) At the expiration of fifteen weeks from the date of issue of the
> voting list by the Secretary, the voting results shall be totalled by
> the Election Committee and placed before the Executive Committee.
>
> Within three days of the closing date of voting, the candidate who
> has received the largest number of votes shall be declared elected
> President and shall assume office not later than thirty days
> thereafter. In the event of a tie, or of the rejection or a single
> candidate in a ' For' or 'Against ' ballot, or of a candidate on the
> voting list dying or being so seriously incapacitated as to be unable
> to carry out the Presidential duties if elected, after the despatch
> of the voting list and before the final totalling of votes, the
> nomination and election procedure shall be repeated, commencing
> within seven days from the notification of the fact to the Secretary,
> and the President in office or the Vice-President if he is
> temporarily filling such office, shall continue therein until a new
> President assumes office.
>
> Note. A member is in good standing if his dues have been paid for
> the last official year to his Section, Regional Association or
> Presidential Agency or in the case of Lodges (Branches) attached
> direct to Adyar and Fellows-at-large to the Secretary or Treasurer
> concerned.
>
> 11. Nomination and election of Vice-President; his duties
>
> (a) Within three months of assuming office the President shall
> nominate the Vice-President subject to confirmation by the General
> Council. His term of office shall be at the discretion of the
> President but when the Vice-President has been three years in office
> that office shall become vacant by the passage of time and the
> President, within three months, shall again make a nomination and
> submit it to the General Council. Notwithstanding this provision the
> Vice-President shall remain in office and his term shall continue
> until a successor has been nominated and confirmed. The Vice-
> President in office may be renominated. It shall be his duty, among
> other things, to carry on the executive functions or the President in
> case the President is dead or where the Executive Committee finds
> that he is disabled by accident, serious illness or otherwise from
> performing the duties of the President.
>
> (b) Notwithstanding anything herein contained the Vice-President
> doing the duties of the President shall continue to be the Vice-
> President of the Society until a new Vice-President has been
> nominated and his nomination confirmed by the General Council. In
> case of death, resignation or disability of such Vice-President doing
> the duties of the President, the Executive Committee shall appoint a
> Vice-President who shall hold office until the new President shall
> have nominated a new Vice-President and his nomination be confirmed
> by the General Council.
>
> Rules and Regulation.
> 12. Appointment of Secretary and other officials
>
> The Secretary and such subordinate officials as are necessary shall
> be appointed by the President and confirmed by a majority vote of the
> Executive Committee at its next meeting, the newly appointed
> officials not being present or voting. The Executive Committee may
> remove any of these appointees, by a vote of three-fourths of the
> whole number of its members. In this event, the President shall make
> a new appointment.
>
> 13. Nomination and election of Treasurer
>
> The President shall nominate the Treasurer, following consultation
> with and approval by the Executive Committee and subsequent
> confirmation by the General Council for a period of three years. In
> the event of an emergency, the President may appoint an acting
> Treasurer with the approval of the Executive Committee until such
> time as the General Council can confirm a new Treasurer in accordance
> with the procedure laid down above. The Treasurer may be removed from
> office by the General Council or by a vote of three-fourths of the
> number of members of the Executive Committee. In such an event, the
> President shall nominate a new Treasurer, following consultation with
> and approval by the Executive Committee and subsequent confirmation
> by the General Council.
>
> 14. Appointment of Executive Committee
>
> (a) The General Council shall at each Annual Meeting appoint an
> Executive Committee for the ensuing year or until its next Annual
> Meeting, of not less than seven and not more than ten members, of
> whom at least six shall be members of the General Council. The
> President, the Vice-President, the Treasurer, and the Secretary shall
> be ex-officio members. Vacancies caused by death or resignation or
> otherwise may be filled by co-option.
>
> (b) The General Council may delegate to the Executive Committee any
> of its powers and authority in the management of the business and
> affairs of the Society except :
>
> (i) The power to amend or repeal the Rules ; (ii) The power to
> borrow money and incur indebtedness; (iii) Such powers as are
> specifically reserved to the President.
>
> The Executive Committee shall have such powers as are delegated to
> it by the General Council and as are specified in the Rules. The
> Executive Committee may recommend to the General Council programmes,
> policies or activities, but it may not initiate projects requiring
> major funds not within the current approved budget.
>
> 15. Meetings of Executive Committee
>
> The Executive Committee shall meet at least once in every three
> months for the receipt and consideration of accounts and the despatch
> of any other business. A special meeting may be called by the
> President whenever he thinks fit, and such meeting shall be called by
> him, or if not by him, by the Secretary, when he is required to do
> so, by not fewer than three members of the Committee, who shall state
> to him in writing the business for which they wish the meeting to
> assemble.
>
> 16. Quorum of Executive Committee
>
> At a meeting of the Executive Committee, three members shall
> constitute a quorum.
>
> 17. Chairman of Executive Committee
>
> The Committee shall, in the absence of the President and Vice-
> President, elect a Chairman to preside over the meeting and in case
> of equality of votes the Chairman for the time being shall have a
> casting vote.
>
> 18. President Custodian of archives; Executive Officer; power to
> make temporary and provisional appointments
>
> The President shall be the custodian of all the archives and records
> of the Society and shall be the Executive Officer and shall conduct
> and direct the business of the Society in compliance with its rules:
> he shall be empowered to make temporary appointments and to fill
> provisionally all vacancies that occur in the offices of the Society,
> and shall have discretionary powers in all matters not specifically
> provided for in these Rules.
>
> 19. Receipt of moneys
>
> All subscriptions, donations and other moneys payable to the
> Association shall be received by the President, or the Treasurer, or
> the Secretary, the receipt of any of whom in writing shall be
> sufficient discharge for the same.
>
> 20. Deposits, Signatories
>
> The securities and uninvested funds of the Society shall be
> deposited in the State Bank of India, Madras, or such other Bank or
> Banks as the Executive Committee, T.S., shall select; and in
> countries outside of India, in such Banks as the President shall
> select. Cheques drawn against the funds shall be signed by any two of
> the following: the President, the Treasurer, the Secretary and any
> other persons appointed by the President for the purpose under Rule
> 12.
>
> 21. Power of Attorney
>
> (a) Notwithstanding anything in these rules to the contrary the
> President may, touching the assets and affairs of the Society beyond
> India, at any time and from time to time by a Power of Attorney
> appoint any persons to be the Attorneys of the Society for such
> period and subject to such conditions and for such purposes and with
> such authorities and powers as he may think fit, and he may if
> necessary affix the Seal of the Society thereto.
>
> Without prejudice to the general powers conferred as aforesaid, the
> President may grant power and authority among others to sell, grant
> mortgage, lease or otherwise transfer the assets of the Society,
> movable or immovable, real or personal, and to receive subscriptions,
> donations, legacies, moneys and other property, movable or immovable,
> and to institute, continue, compromise, compound or refer to
> arbitration any actions, suits, or other proceedings, and to take and
> hold shares in any company, and to vote at any meetings thereof, and
> to sub-delegate all or any of his powers, and to give receipts and
> release, and to sign, seal and deliver any instrument or document and
> have the same registered.
>
> Investments
>
> (b) The funds of the Society may be invested by the President, with
> the advice and consent of the Executive Committee, in Government or
> other Public Securities, Unit Trust of India, Term Deposits in
> Scheduled Banks, fixed deposits and bonds of Government of India
> undertakings or in the purchase of immovable property or First
> Mortgages in such property.
>
> Disposal of Adyar Estate
>
> (c) The Adyar Estate of the Society in Madras including the
> Society's original Headquarters and all other properties in Adyar
> since acquired by gift, purchase or otherwise, shall not at any time
> be disposed of by sale, gift, exchange, mortgage or otherwise; save
> that the President, if specially authorized by a resolution of the
> General Council, passed by a three-fourths vote of their members,
> voting in person, in writing or by proxy, may dispose of such
> outlying portions of the said Adyar Estate, as may be specified in
> such Resolutions.
>
> Transfer of investments and other property
>
> (d) The President may, with the advice and consent of the Executive
> Committee, sell, mortgage or otherwise transfer any investment in
> Government or other Public securities, or any movable or immovable
> property of the Society other than those mentioned in Rule 21(c).
>
> 22. Affixing of Seal, Signatures
>
> (a) All deeds whereby immovable properties belonging to the Society
> are transferred or otherwise dealt with shall have affixed to them
> the Seal of the Society with the signature of the President and or
> the Secretary. In case or the absence of the President or Secretary
> of where the Executive Committee finds that either of them is by
> reason of disability caused by accident, illness or otherwise, unable
> to act, it may appoint two of its members to sign in place of the
> President or Secretary as the case may be.
>
> Transfer of movable property
>
> (b) All transfers of movable property, if in writing, shall bear the
> signature of the President and of the Secretary but need not have
> affixed to them the Seal of the Society. In case of the absence of
> the President or where the Executive Committee finds that he is by
> reason or disability caused by accident, illness or otherwise, unable
> to act, it may appoint two of its members to sign in place of the
> President.
>
> Note: The procedure detailed in this Rule is without prejudice to
> the powers conferred under Rule 21(a).
>
> 23. President may Sue
>
> The Society may sue and be sued in the name of the President.
>
> 24. Secretary to affix Seal
>
> The Secretary may, with the authority of the President, or of the
> two substitutes appointed according to Rule 22, affix the Seal of the
> Society on all instruments requiring to be sealed, and all such
> instruments shall be signed by the President or by the two
> substitutes above mentioned and the Secretary.
>
> 25. Death or resignation of President
>
> On the death or resignation of the President, the Secretary shall at
> once make arrangements for the election of a new President, in
> accordance with Rule 10, and until such new President is elected the
> Vice-President shall perform the duties of President.
>
> 26. Headquarters
>
> Headquarters of the Society are established at Adyar, Madras, and
> are outside the jurisdiction of the Indian Section.
>
> 27. Permission to reside
>
> The President shall have full power and discretion to permit to any
> person use of any premises or portion thereof in the Adyar Estate for
> occupation and residence, on such terms as the President may lay
> down, or to refuse permission so to occupy or reside. Any person
> occupying such premises under the permission granted by the President
> shall, on a fortnight's notice given by or on behalf of the
> President, unconditionally quit the premises before the expiry of
> that period. When circumstances warrant it, the fortnight's notice
> may be dispensed with and the person shall quit immediately when
> required to do so.
>
> 28. Eligibility for membership
>
> Every person of ten full years of age, without distinction of race,
> creed, sex, caste or colour, shall be eligible for membership in the
> Society, but those under the age of eighteen shall be admitted to
> membership only with the written consent of parent or guardian, and
> shall have no right to vote until they have reached the age of
> eighteen years.
>
> 29. Admission to membership
>
> (a) Admission to membership may be obtained through the President of
> a Lodge (Branch), the General Secretary of a National Society or,
> through the Secretary; and a Diploma (Certificate) of membership
> shall be issued to the Fellow, bearing the signature of the
> President, and countersigned by the General Secretary, where the
> applicant resides within the territory of a National Society, or
> countersigned by the Secretary, if admission to membership has been
> obtained through the Secretary.
>
> (b) Admission to membership shall be at the discretion of the
> National Society or the international Secretary, as the case may be.
>
> Membership Date
>
> (c) The date of membership will begin: (i) When admission has been
> made through the General Secretary, Regional Secretary, Organizing
> Secretary, or Presidential Representative from the date of acceptance
> by the General Secretary, Regional Secretary, Organizing Secretary or
> Presidential Representative as entered by him and duly reported to
> the Secretary at Adyar.
>
> (ii) When admission has been made through the Secretary, from the
> date of acceptance of the application by him, and so recorded in his
> office.
>
> (d) Members may not be full members of more than one Lodge (Branch)
> at a time, but may be accepted as Affiliated or Honorary Members of
> Lodges (Branches) other than the one in which they are full members.
> Affiliated or Honorary Members may possess such rights and privileges
> as are accorded to them by the Lodge (Branch) in which they hold such
> membership, but they shall not be founder members of new Lodges
> (Branches), but if a member becomes a founder member of a new Lodge
> (Branch), he must become a full member of such) Lodge (Branch) and
> shall relinquish full membership in any other Lodge (Branch).
> Affiliated or Honorary Members are not to be counted in the
> international records or vote in international elections other than
> through the Lodges (Branches) in which they hold full membership.
>
> (e) Without prejudice to the provisions of Rule 10, no member in
> good standing for less than two years shall have the right to vote in
> elections and other matters pertaining to Lodges, Federations,
> Regional Associations, National Societies or other duly constituted
> bodies of the Theosophical Society. In the case of newly formed
> Lodges (Branches), or where the civil code or corporate law prohibits
> restrictions on voting rights, the General Secretary, or National
> Council or Committee, or the International Secretary, as the case may
> be, shall have the power to waive the requirements of this rule.
> Where such waiver becomes necessary, alternative safeguards shall be
> provided to ensure that the character of the Society is preserved in
> all its duly constituted bodies, and properties safeguarded.
>
> 30. Lodges and Fellows within a National Society
>
> Lodges (Branches) and Fellows, whether unattached or attached to a
> Lodge (Branch), residing within the territory of a National Society,
> shall normally belong to that National Society, unless coming under
> Rule 31.
>
> Provided that with the consent of the General Secretaries concerned
> a member who belongs to one National Society may, while retaining his
> membership of that National Society, belong to another National
> Society as an Affiliated or Honorary Member, but he shall not cast a
> vote in matters relating to The Theosophical Society in the National
> Society in which he is an Affiliated or Honorary Member.
>
> When a National Society under its own rules provides for Life
> Membership in that National Society, such Life Membership shall no
> longer be effective where a Member resides in the territory of or
> transfers his membership to another National Society, unless the
> specific approval of the General Secretaries concerned has been
> granted.
>
> 31. Lodges and Fellows within a National Society but attached direct
> to Adyar or to another National Society
>
> (a) When an individual Fellow in good standing, for any serious and
> weighty reason, sufficient in the opinion of the President to justify
> such action, is desirous of leaving the National Society to which he
> belongs, but is not desirous of leaving The Theosophical Society,
> such individual Fellow may become directly attached to Headquarters,
> Adyar, severing all connection with the National Society. Such
> application must be made through the General Secretary of the
> National Society concerned who shall be under obligation duly to
> forward such application to the President as expeditiously as
> possible. This shall equally apply in the case of the admission of
> any new member.
>
> (b) A Fellow of The Theosophical Society in good standing who is
> desirous of leaving the National Society to which he or she belongs
> or ought to belong under Rule 30 and of joining another National
> Society, may be permitted by the President to do so provided such
> Fellow presents reason sufficient in the opinion of the President to
> justify such action, and provided further that the application for
> transfer is submitted with the approval of the General Secretaries of
> both National Societies concerned.
>
> This rule shall apply equally in the case of the admission of a new
> member.
>
> (c) When a Lodge (Branch), for any serious and weighty reason,
> sufficient in the opinion of the President to justify such action, is
> desirous of leaving the National Society to which it belongs, but is
> not desirous of leaving The Theosophical Society, such Lodge (Branch)
> may become directly attached to Headquarters, Adyar, severing all
> connection with the National Society. Such application must be made
> through the General Secretary of the National Society concerned who
> shall be under obligation duly to forward such application to the
> President as expeditiously as possible. Before any Lodge (Branch)
> shall have the right to apply to be directly attached to
> Headquarters, Adyar, it shall have mailed to each of its members
> individually a notice that such application is about to be
> considered. Such notice must be mailed not less than two weeks before
> the meeting at which such consideration is to take place, and voting
> on the application shall be deferred until two months after that
> meeting. If at such first meeting, or any succeeding meeting pursuant
> thereto, it is decided to bring the application to a vote as herein
> provided, a full report of the reasons for such action shall at once
> be sent to the General Secretary of the National Society concerned.
>
> Any application for separation from the National Society to which a
> Lodge (Branch) belongs shall be ineffective unless two-thirds of the
> members of the Lodge (Branch) vote in favour thereof.
>
> (d) In the event of any undue delay in the transmission of any
> application under any of the foregoing provisions of this Rule, a
> correct copy of such applica tion (duly signed or otherwise
> authenticated) may be transmitted directly to the President by the
> Fellow or Lodge (Branch) concerned, and the President may act on such
> copy if in his absolute discretion it appears to him to be fit or
> proper that he should so act. Any action so taken by the President
> shall be as valid and effectual, for all purposes, as if it had been
> taken on the original application submitted for transmission to the
> President. The Fellow or Lodge (Branch), when forwarding such copy to
> the President directly, shall state the full grounds and reasons for
> the direct transmission.
>
> 32. Lodges and Fellows where no National Society exists
>
> Lodges (Branches) or Fellows-at-large, in countries where no
> National Society exists, must apply for their Charters or Diplomas
> (Certificates) directly to the Secretary, and may not, without the
> sanction of the President, belong to National Societies within the
> territorial limits of which they are not situated or resident.
>
> 33. Formation of a Lodge
>
> Any seven Fellows may apply to be chartered as a Lodge (Branch). In
> a country where no National Society exists the application must be
> forwarded to the President of the Society through the Secretary.
>
> The Presidents, Secretaries and other Officers, including Committee
> Members, of Lodges (Branches) shall have been members in good
> standing for not less than two consecutive years immediately prior to
> their election. In the case of newly formed Lodges (Branches), or in
> other special circumstances, the General Secretary or National
> Council or Committee, or the international Secretary, as the case may
> be, shall have the power to waive the requirements of this rule.
>
> Three or more members, but less than seven, may apply for
> certification as an Official Study Centre, but such Official Study
> Centres shall not be considered as units to be counted in application
> for the formation of a National Society.
>
> 34. President grants, refuses Charters
>
> The President shall have authority to grant or refuse applications
> for Charters, which if issued, must bear his signature and that of
> the Secretary, and the Seal of the Society, and be recorded at the
> Headquarters of the Society.
>
> 35. Formation of a National Society
>
> (a) A National Society may be formed by the President, upon the
> application of seven or more chartered Lodges (Branches) consisting
> of at least 70 members of the Society in good standing.
>
> Formation of a Section
>
> (b) Upon the application of seven or more chartered Lodges (Branches)
> in areas which are territorially adjacent and in which there are not
> sufficient Lodges (Branches) for each national group to form a
> National Society, the President shall have authority at his
> discretion to issue (and to cancel) a Charter constituting such
> Lodges (Branches) into a Section. The Charter shall confer the same
> powers as one issued to a National Society. In all respects the rules
> applying to National Societies shall apply to any group of Lodges
> (Branches) holding a Charter under this rule.
>
> Formation of a Regional Association
>
> (c) The President shall have authority at his discretion to issue
> (and to cancel) a certificate of Regional Association to any national
> or territorially adjacent group of Lodges (Branches) not sufficient
> in number or otherwise unable to form or to maintain a National
> Society, as defined in these Rules, or where in his judgement
> territorial division or other causes have made such Regional
> Association necessary or desirable. Any such Regional Association may
> elect an Organizing Secretary or other executive officer or officers
> for the purpose of further organization and the transaction of
> business.
>
> A Regional Association shall not appoint a General Secretary (as the
> term is used in these Rules) nor be represented on the General
> Council. In all other respects the Rules applicable to National
> Societies and to General Secretaries shall apply to Regional
> Associations and to their chief executives.
>
> Appointment of Presidential Representatives
>
> (d) The President shall have authority at his discretion to appoint
> and to withdraw appointments of Presidential Representatives to act
> under his instructions for the purposes of conducting the business
> and administration of the Society in any place and in any respect not
> inconsistent with these Rules. Each such appointment and the power
> delegated to each such Representative shall be evidenced by a Letter
> of Appointment referring to this Rule.
>
> 36. Authority of Charters and Diplomas
>
> (a) All Charters of National Societies or Lodges (Branches) and all
> Diplomas (Certificates) of membership derive their authority from the
> President, acting as Executive Officer of the General Council of the
> Society, and may be cancelled by the same authority.
>
> (b) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-rule (a), a National
> Society, Section or Regional Association may cancel the Charter of a
> Lodge (Branch) within its area. This power shall be exercised by the
> Governing Body or Committee which is responsible, according to the
> constitution, rules and regulations of the National Society, Section
> or Regional Association, for the management of the business and
> affairs of the National Society, Section or Regional Association.
>
> (c) The Lodge (Branch) may appeal to the President against the
> cancellation of its Charter under sub-rule (b) within a period of
> three months from the date or receipt of the order of cancellation of
> the Charter, and the President may either uphold or quash the order
> of cancellation. The decision of the President shall be deemed to be
> effective from the date or the order of cancellation or the Charter
> by the National Society, Section or Regional Association.
>
> Provided that if the President does not pass an order on the appeal
> within a period or nine months from the date or receipt of the
> appeal, the cancellation or the Charter shall be deemed to have been
> upheld.
>
> Minimum number of members for National Society
>
> (d) If at any time the number or members in good standing of a
> National Society falls below seventy and the number of Lodges
> (Branches) falls below five, the President may, at his discretion
> withdraw its Charter.
>
> In the event of the Charter not being withdrawn, the General
> Secretary of the Section concerned shall cease to have voting rights
> as a member of the General Council until the necessary numerical
> strength is recovered.
>
> 37. Rules or Lodges and National Societies
>
> Each Lodge (Branch) and National Society shall have the power to make
> its own Rules which shall not be incompatible with the Rules of the
> National Society to which the Lodge (Branch) belongs or with the
> Rules of The Theosophical Society.
>
> All Rules of Lodges (Branches) and National Societies and amendments
> thereto shall be submitted for approval within thirty days of their
> adoption as follows :
>
> (a) In the case of a Lodge (Branch) belonging to a National Society,
> all such Rules and amendments shall be submitted to the General
> Secretary of that National Society, and shall be put into force if
> approval has not been refused within ninety days of acknowledgement
> of their receipt by the General Secretary of the National Society.
>
> (b) In the case of a National Society, or of a Lodge (Branch) not
> situated within the territory of a National Society, or of a Lodge
> directly attached to Adyar under Rule 31 (c) all such Rules or
> amendments thereto shall be submitted directly to the international
> President, and shall be put into force if approval has not been
> refused within nine months of acknowledgement of their receipt.
>
> If by a change made in a Rule of The Theosophical Society, any Rule
> of a National Society, which at its inception was not incompatible
> with the Rules of The Theosophical Society, ceases to be compatible,
> such a Rule of the National Society shall cease to be valid and shall
> be amended so as to be in consonance with the Rules of The
> Theosophical Society.
>
> If by a change made in a Rule of a National Society, any Rule of a
> Lodge (Branch) which at its inception was not incompatible with the
> Rules of the National Society, ceases to be compatible, such a Rule
> of the Lodge (Branch) shall cease to be valid and shall be amended so
> as to be in consonance with the Rules of the National Society.
>
> 38. General Secretary
>
> (a) Every National Society shall elect a General Secretary, who shall
> be the channel of official communication between the General Council
> and the National Society.
>
> (b) The General Secretary shall be elected according to the procedure
> laid down in the rules and regulations of the National Society for a
> term not exceeding three years. He shall, however, be eligible for re-
> election for a further term or terms, if the rules of' the National
> Society permit it.
>
> (c) The General Secretary shall generally reside within the area of
> the National Society and shall not be absent from the area for any
> period or periods exceeding the limit prescribed by the National
> Society.
>
> (d) General Secretaries, Regional Secretaries, Organizing Secretaries
> and other Officers, including Committee Members of National Societies
> and Regional Associations, shall have been members in good standing
> for not less than three consecutive years immediately prior to their
> election to the office concerned. Provided that in special
> circumstances, the National Council or Committee shall have power to
> waive the requirements of this rule.
>
> 39. Annual Report
>
> The General Secretary of each National Society, the Regional
> Secretaries. Presidential Representatives and Secretaries of Lodges
> directly attached to Adyar shall forward to the President, annually,
> not later than the first day of November, a report of the year's
> work, along with an audited financial statement of accounts with an
> English translation where necessary; and at any time furnish any
> further information the President or the General Council may desire.
>
> 40. National Societies known as Sections
>
> National Societies hitherto known as Sections which have been
> incorporated under the name of 'The ... Section of The T.S.' before
> the year 1908, may retain that name in their respective countries, in
> order not to interfere with the incorporation already existing, but
> shall be included under the name of National Societies for all
> purposes in these Rules and Regulations.
>
> 41. Fees and Subscriptions
>
> The President, Secretary and Treasurer shall together have the power
> to fix or vary fees and charges payable to the General Treasury by
> Lodges (Branches) not comprised within the limits of any National
> Society ; for Charters of such Lodges (Branches); of Diplomas
> (Certificates) of Membership and for Annual Subscription of Fellows
> of such Lodges (Branches); and in the case of Lodges (Branches)
> comprised within the jurisdiction of a National Society, Regional
> Association, or Presidential Agency for Charters when printed at or
> supplied by the Adyar Headquarters. The Secretary should inform the
> General Council within three months of any changes in fees and
> charges. The Annual Subscription of Fellows other than Fellows-at-
> large or members of Lodges (Branches) attached directly to Adyar
> shall be the amount prescribed for Annual Subscription by the bylaws
> or other regulations of the National Society to which such Fellows
> are attached, or equivalents.
>
> 42. Fellows-at-large: Fees and Subscriptions Fellows-at-large
> resident within the territory of a National Society under the
> Provision of Rule 31 (a) shall pay to the General Treasury as
> Entrance Fee and as Annual Subscription the amounts prescribed by the
> bylaws or other regulations of such National Society, but not less
> than the fee and subscription fixed for a Fellow-at-large not
> resident within the territory of a National Society.
>
> Fellows-at-large not resident within the territory of a National
> Society, shall pay such Entrance Fee, Diploma Fee and Annual
> Subscription as shall be fixed by the President, Secretary, and
> Treasurer. The Secretary shall inform the General Council of any
> changes in such fees within three months of their being made.
>
> 43. National Societies: Fees to Adyar
>
> (a) Each National Society shall pay into the General Treasury fifteen
> per cent of the total amount of fees payable by members to the
> Section and shall remit the same to the Treasurer at Adyar on or
> before the first day of March of the current year, and the financial
> year of the Society shall close on 31st March.
>
> Presidential Agencies. Dues
>
> (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 41(a) and Rule 42, the
> President at his discretion may authorize Presidential
> Representatives to collect dues in territories to which they have
> been appointed and to remit in accordance with Rule 43(a).
>
> 44. Cancellation of Charter or dissolution of National Society or
> Lodge
>
> In the event of the cancellation of any Charter under Rule 36, or the
> dissolution of any National Society or of a Lodge (Branch), the
> constituent Charter of the National Society or of the Lodge (Branch),
> granted by the President, shall ipso facto become forfeited or
> lapsed, and all property, real or personal, including Charters,
> Diplomas (Certificates), Seal, Records and other papers belonging to
> or in the custody of such National Society or Lodge (Branch)' shall
> vest as follows :
>
> Vesting of property of National Society or Lodge
>
> (a) in the Society, in the case of a National Society or of a Lodge
> (Branch) not within the territory of a National Society or of a Lodge
> (Branch) coming under Rule 31(c) except where the law of the country
> where the National Society or Lodge (Branch) is situated prohibits
> such vesting, in which case the property shall vest (as hereinafter
> provided) and delivery shall be made to the President, or to his
> nominee on his behalf.
>
> (b) in the National Society in which the Lodge (Branch) is situated,
> in the case of a Lodge (Branch) within the territory of a National
> Society, said Lodge (Branch) not coming under Rule 31(c), and
> delivery shall be made to the General Secretary of the said National
> Society.
>
> No National Society or Lodge (Branch) whose Charter shall have become
> forfeited or lapsed shall continue to use the name, motto, or seal of
> the Society except for the purpose of vesting in the Society or in
> the National Society, as the case may be, the real and personal
> property of such National Society or Lodge (Branch).
>
> Revival or transfer of Charter
>
> (c) Provided, nevertheless, that the President shall have power to
> revive the Charter of the National Society or the Lodge (Branch), as
> the ease may be whose Charter shall have become so forfeited or
> lapsed, and to transfer the said Charter to other Lodges (Branches)
> being not fewer than seven in number, or to other Fellows being not
> less than seven in number, as the case may be, or to such other
> nominees of his as in his judgement shall seem best for the interest
> of' the Society.
>
> Provided further that in cases in which the Charter of a Lodge
> (Branch) had been cancelled by a National Society, Section or
> Regional Association under sub-rule (b) of Rule 36 and, on an appeal
> under sub-rule (c) of that Rule, the President quashes the order of
> cancellation, all property of the Lodge (Branch) shall again vest in
> the Lodge (Branch), and shall be deemed to have remained so vested
> from the date of the order of cancellation of the Charter by the
> National Society, Section or Regional Association.
>
> In cases under (a) above, where such vesting in the Society is
> prohibited by the law of the country in which is situated the
> National Society or the Lodge (Branch) whose Charter has become
> forfeited or lapsed as aforesaid, the property shall vest in a local
> Trustee or Trustees appointed by the President.
>
> To effect any transfer of property, to which the Society may become
> entitled under this Rule, it shall be lawful for the President to
> appoint an agent or nominee for the purpose of executing any
> necessary document or documents, or for taking any steps necessary
> effectually to transfer the said property to the Society.
>
> 45. Financial accounts
>
> The financial accounts of the Society shall be audited annually by
> qualified Auditors who shall be appointed by the General Council at
> each Annual Meeting for the ensuing year.
>
> 46. Annual General Meeting
>
> The Annual General Meeting or Convention of the Society shall be held
> at such time and in such place as shall be determined by the
> Executive Committee in June of each year, but such Annual General
> Meeting or Convention must be held within nine months of the close of
> the Society's year and may be held outside India not more than once
> in every three years. National Societies desirous of inviting the
> Convention and able to make due arrangements for its accommodation,
> shall send the invitation at least twelve months prior to the
> Convention with particulars of the arrangements they propose to make.
>
> 47. World Congress
>
> Not more than once in every seven years a World Congress of The
> Theosophical Society may be held at a place and date to be fixed by
> the General Council, but so as not to interfere with the Annual
> Convention.
>
> 48. Special meetings
>
> The President shall have the power to convene special meetings of the
> Society at his discretion.
>
> 49. Changes in Rules and Regulations
>
> The General Council, of their own motion or on the motion of the
> Executive Committee and after at least three months' notice has been
> given to each member of said Council, may, by a three-fourths vote of
> those members who vote in person, in writing, or by proxy, make,
> alter or repeal the Rules and Regulations of the Society, in such
> manner as it may deem expedient.
>
> 50. Bylaws
>
> The General Council may frame by-laws not inconsistent with these
> Rules and Regulations and may add to, alter, or repeal such bylaws,
> consistently with the said Rules and Regulations, as it may deem
> expedient.
>
> APPENDIX
> A: Biographical Data of Presidential Candidates
>
> Each candidate shall submit to the Secretary biographical data not
> exceeding two hundred words.
>
> The following information shall be included : (a) date and place of
> birth (b) education (c) past and present occupations (d) date of
> joining The Theosophical Society (e) work done for The Theosophical
> Society.
>
> Other information may be included but must be factual and shall not
> contain statements of opinion or policy.
>
> The biographical data for circulation shall be drawn up by the
> Election Committee on the basis of the information supplied by the
> candidates, and shall be approved by the Executive Committee
> (excluding any candidates for election) before being issued.
>
> B: Voting Procedure for a Presidential Election
>
> Note: Where the term 'General Secretary' is used, it refers also to
> Regional Secretary, Organizing Secretary, and Presidential
> Representative. Where the term 'Section' is used, it refers also to
> National Society, Regional Association, and Presidential Agency.
>
> (a) The Section shall print the voting papers and biographical data
> as soon as the names of the nominees are announced.
>
> Where practicable, in the view or the General Secretary, all the
> papers should be in the language(s) of the area.
>
> It shall be the responsibility of the General Secretary to ensure
> that the voting papers together with the biographical data in full
> are sent to each member.
>
> Other material concerning the candidates shall not be circulated.
>
> (b) The voting papers shall consist of two parts: the voting slip,
> and the letter form which the member signs and addresses to the
> General Secretary.
>
> Each member shall be given two envelopes, a small one in which he
> will place only the voting slip and seal it, and a larger one
> addressed to the General Secretary, in which he will enclose the
> small sealed envelope and the letter form signed by him.
>
> (c) As the papers are received, the General Secretary, with the
> scrutineers appointed by the Executive Committee of the Section
> (preferably not members of that committee), shall open the larger
> envelopes addressed to him to ensure the validity of the votes by
> checking the eligibility of the voter who has signed the letter form.
>
> He shall then put the small sealed envelopes containing the voting
> slips into a sealed box.
>
> This box shall be opened on the appointed day by the scrutineers.
> Voting papers received after this date shall be treated as invalid
> and shall be destroyed unopened.
>
> The scrutineers shall open the small envelopes and count the voles
> given to each candidate (or the number of 'For' or 'Against' votes if
> there is but one candidate).
>
> (d) The General Secretary shall record the result of the count on
> Form C which will he supplied from the Secretary's Office at the same
> time as the list to be voted upon.
>
> He shall place Form C in the small envelope labelled 'Voting
> Result. . . . . Section', seal the envelope and enclose it in the
> larger envelope addressed to the Secretary.
>
> This must be sent by airmail or other expeditious means to reach the
> Secretary within fifteen weeks from the date of issue of the voting
> list by him.
>
> (e) The small envelope containing the voting results of the Section
> shall be kept unopened in a sealed box by the Secretary until the
> close of voting.
>
> It shall then be opened by the Election Committee.
>
> The larger envelope shall be kept separately and shall not be
> destroyed until after the voting results are announced, and under the
> authority of the Executive Committee.
>
> (f) If the voting returns have not been received by the Secretary
> within twelve weeks of the date of issue of the voting list by him,
> he shall cable the General Secretary concerned, informing him of this
> fact.
>
> The General Secretary shall immediately send to the Secretary by
> airmail or other expeditious means a second (duplicate) voting return
> in a sealed envelope marked 'Duplicate'.
>
> Cabled results will not be accepted.
>
> Voting results received after the closing date will be destroyed
> unopened by the Secretary in the presence of three members of the
> Executive Committee, nominated by the said Committee, and the
> particulars of the Section from which the voting results were
> received and the date on which they were received, shall be recorded
> in writing, and the Secretary and the three members of the Executive
> Committee shall affix their signatures thereto.
>
> 
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