Branch Bylaws

Amendment to Bylaws

1. The Bylaws of the Branch may be adopted, amended or rescinded at a meeting of the Branch, if notice of any such proposed adoption, amendment or rescission is given in writing signed by ten (10) members and submitted to the Executive Director not less than forty (40) days before the meeting.
2. Upon receipt of a notice described in subsection (1), the Executive Director shall, not less than twenty-five (25) days before the meeting, give notice in writing to the members of the proposed adoption, amendment or rescission in the notice calling the meeting.
3. The Bylaws of the Branch may be adopted, amended or rescinded at a special meeting of the Branch requisitioned in writing by at least five percent (5%) of the membership of the Branch pursuant to subsection 21(5) if the proposed adoption, amendment or rescission, signed by the same five percent (5%) of the membership of the Branch, accompanies the requisition.
4. No notice of any proposed adoption, amendment or rescission recommended by Council or the Board of Directors is required unless the proposed adoption, amendment or rescission is to be dealt with at a special meeting of the Branch called pursuant to subsection 21(5), in which case the Executive Director shall give notice of the proposed adoption, amendment or rescission in the notice calling the meeting.
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   1. Council may adopt, amend or rescind any bylaws that it may see fit for the proper administration of the affairs of the Branch, and any such adoptions, amendments or rescissions shall continue in force until approved at the next Annual Meeting of the Branch.
   2. Notice of any adoption, amendment or rescission of bylaws passed by the Council is to be given with the notice calling the next Annual Meeting of the Branch.
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   1. The Board of Directors may propose the adoption, amendment or rescission of the Branch Bylaws at an Annual Meeting of the Branch. Any such adoption, amendment or rescission shall not come into force until approved at the Annual Meeting of the Branch.
   2. Notice of any proposal by the Board of Directors for the adoption, amendment or rescission of the Branch Bylaws is to be given with the notice calling the next Annual Meeting of the Branch.
7. A copy of the Branch Bylaws and all amendments passed by the Branch shall be sent, not later than fourteen (14) days thereafter, to the Executive Director of the Association.