156 Cecil Street #10-01
Far Eastern Bank Building
Singapore 069544
4.2 Application for Ordinary, Life and Associate Membership should be made by written application addressed to the Honorary Secretary of the Association. These applications shall be submitted for consideration by the Committee at its following meeting.
4.3 Those wishing to apply for Associate Membership in the Association must be proposed and seconded by Ordinary or Life Members of the Association.
4.4 Upon election to membership the Honorary Secretary shall send to each newly elected member a notice thereof and a copy of these rules and regulations. Upon payment of the subscription, the applicant shall immediately become a member.
4.5 A register of members shall be kept by the Honorary Secretary on the premises of the Association.
7.2 The ADC shall be the supervisory body of the Association to ensure that the events and activities organized by the Committee conforms to proper financial practices and the objectives of the Association.
7.3 Members of the ADC must be fully paid-up members of the Association or ICSS at any point of time during their term of office.
7.4 An ADC member shall be appointed for a period of 1 year.
7.5 ADC Members shall not hold another appointment in the Committee of the Association.
8.2 The Youth Wing may organise activities for all members of the Association, regardless of whether they are in the Youth Wing or not. The Association will finance and provide the logistical support (e.g. venue), wherever possible, for the activities.
8.3 The Youth Wing will organise activities according to the needs of the younger members of the Association, hence bringing them closer into the Association and fostering closer ties amongst members. It will also make the Association more relevant to the existing younger members.
8.4 Two Committee Members in the Committee of the Association shall be the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Youth Wing so as to allow the Youth Wing to partake in the decision-making process of the Association, as well as to facilitate the co-ordination of activities between both the Association and the Youth Wing.
8.5 The Committee shall have the power to co-opt members of the Association to assist the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Youth Wing.
9.2 The Committee shall have the power to increase or reduce the subscription as and when deemed necessary.
9.3 Members who are in arrears of their subscription for six months and fail to pay such arrears within two months of written notification from the Honorary Secretary may be struck off from the register of members by the committee.
a President
a Vice President
an Honorary Secretary
an Honorary Treasurer
and two Committee Members
10.2 These Officers shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.
10.3 All retiring Officers except the Honorary Treasurer shall be eligible for re-election to the same or related post for a consecutive term of office.
10.4 The Committee shall have the power to fill any vacancy arising in the Committee, to co-opt members to assist the Committee, and to appoint such committees as are necessary for the proper control of the Association.
10.5 The President shall chair all meetings, sign and stamp all important documents relating to the Association and represent the Association whenever necessary.
10.6 In his absence the Vice President shall assume all his duties.
10.7 The Honorary Secretary shall manage the affairs of the Association, convene all meetings, keep minutes of them and record all the resolutions.
10.8 The Honorary Treasurer shall take charge and be responsible for all payments and receipts. Whenever his cash in hand exceeds two hundred dollars, he shall pay the money into the Association's appointed Bank Account.
10.9 All cheques shall, besides being stamped with the Association's seal, bear the signatures of at least two of the following officials:
The President
The Vice President
The Honorary Secretary and
The Honorary Treasurer
10.10 Cheques exceeding five hundred dollars may only be issued with the approval of the Committee. The Committee has the power to authorise the expenditure of a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars per month from the Association's funds for the Association's purposes.
11.2 Committee Meetings shall be called at least once every quarter.
11.3 Extraordinary General Meetings shall be called whenever the Committee thinks fit or upon a requisition made in writing and signed by at least ten members of the Association. Any requisition so made shall state the object for which the meeting is to be held.
11.4 The President shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Association and every meeting of the Committee. However, if the President is not present within 15 minutes after the appointed time for holding the meetings, the Vice President shall take over to chair the said meetings, and in his absent the Secretary will chair and in his absent the Treasurer will chair. If all appointment holders are absent then the Committee members present shall elect one of their members to be the chairman of the meetings.
11.5 Questions arising at any general meetings and meetings of the Committees shall be decided by a majority of votes and a determination by a majority of members and Committee members present, at the respective meetings, shall for all purposes be deemed a determination of the Association and the Committee. In the case of equality of votes, the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
12.2 Seven days' notice shall be required for Committee Meetings.
13.2 Not less than one half of the Committee Members present shall constitute a quorum for Committee Meetings.
13.3 Should there be no quorum present at a general meeting, the meeting shall be postponed to a date at least seven days after the date on which it was to have taken place. The members present at such a meeting shall then constitute the quorum but they shall not have the power to amend this Constitution if the stipulated quorum is not present.
14.2 Such amendments shall not come into force without the prior approval of the Registrar of Societies.
15.2 In the event of a dissolution as provided for above, all debts and liabilities legally incurred on behalf of the Association shall be fully discharged and the remaining funds shall be divided equally among the members on the register at that date.
15.3 Notice shall be given to the Registry of Societies within seven days of such dissolution.
17.2 The funds of the Society shall not be used to pay the fines of members who have been convicted in Court.
17.3 The Society shall not attempt to restrict or in any other manner interfere with trade or prices or engage in any Trade Union activity as defined in any written law relating to Trade Unions for the time in force in Singapore.