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22.4 The mere fact that a member or members of the Society did not receive notice of a meeting shall not invalidate any decision taken at such meeting. 22.5 If a member wishes to propose a motion at any Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting or a general meeting he shall give prior notice of the motion to the Manager <strong>Referee</strong>s. Such notice shall set out the motion clearly, shall contain the names of the proposer and seconder and a summary of the motivation thereof, and it shall reach the Manager at least twenty-one days before the date of the meeting at which the motion will be discussed. The Manager shall then post a notice of the motion to all members of the Society at least fourteen days before the date of the meeting. 23. PROCEDURE AT MEETINGS 23.1 The quorum for an Annual General Meeting, an Extraordinary General Meeting, or a general meeting shall be fifty members entitled to vote and present in person at the meeting. There shall be no quorum for a regional meeting or subcommittee meeting. 23.2 The quorum for a meeting of the Committee shall be 50% of its members entitled to vote plus one, or where 50% does not represent a round number, the first round number above such 50%. 23.3 If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Society of the Committee within fifteen minutes after the appointed time of the meeting, matters shall be dealt with as follows: 23.3.1 An Annual General Meeting and a Committee meeting shall be postponed to the same time on the same day in the next following week and at the same place. At the postponed meeting, members present at the appointed time of the meeting, shall constitute a quorum. 23.3.2 A Special General Meeting and a general meeting shall lapse. 23.4 Notwithstanding paragraph 23.3, the Committee shall have the power to postpone a meeting at which an examination is to be conducted if the attendance at the meeting is so poor that continuance of the meeting would result in a considerable number of referees not submitting to the examination.
23.5 A resolution in writing signed by all members of the Committee shall be as valid and effectual as a resolution duly passed at a Committee meeting and shall be effective from the last date of signature unless otherwise stated therein. 23.6 The Chairman of the Society, and in his absence the Vice Chairman, shall act as chairman at all meetings of the Society, provided that the chairman of each regional meeting shall be appointed by the Chairman. If both the abovementioned officials are absent, the members present shall elect a chairman from amongst their number. 24. FAILURE TO ATTEND MEETINGS 24.1 A member of the Committee who is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Committee without the Committee's permission, shall automatically cease to be a member of the Committee. Members shall be informed about the matter by publication of the name of the suspended Committee member in a circular to members or verbally at a general meeting. Such publication shall also indicate whether another member has been co-opted in his place and, if so, the name of such committee member. 24.2 The Chairman's annual report shall indicate the number of committee meetings held during the Committee's term of office, and the number of meetings attended by each committee member. 24.3 A referee who is absent from all the Society's general and regional meetings in one season without the permission of the Committee or who neglects for three consecutive years to sit for the yearly written examination without the permission of the Committee, shall automatically be reclassified as a nonactive member and shall not officiate as a referee before he has appeared before the Committee to explain his neglect and unless the Committee has reinstated him to his classification as a referee. 25. DUTIES AND POWERS OF COMMITTEE 25.1 Control of the Society vests in the Committee which shall control and manage the Society and carry out its duties in general in such a way that the Society functions properly, and which shall carry out the following particular duties: 25.1.1 The Committee shall appoint such subcommittees as are required by this <strong>Constitution</strong> or as may be necessary. 25.1.2 The Committee shall maintain organization and discipline in the Society, and where necessary to do so, promulgate bye-laws.
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