New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe executive committee for the time being of the corporation shall within two years after the passing of this Act convene by not less than three weeks’ notice by advertisement in at least three consecutive numbers of two or more of the Sydney newspapers a meeting of the persons entitled to vote for any purpose under the present rules and by-laws of the said association, and shall submit for the approval of such meeting the by-laws proposed for the future conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and the furtherance of the objects for which the said association was originally formed as hereinbefore recited, and in such by-laws provisions shall be made respecting the following matters, that is to say:
(a) The number, change, retirement, election, and appointment of members of the executive committee of the corporation, and of the president, secretary, treasurer, and other officers of the corporation, and the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of the members of such committee, the secretary, treasurer, and other officers of the corporation.
(b) The appointment of such other permanent or temporary committee as shall from time to time be required for the furtherance of the objects for which the said association was originally formed as hereinbefore recited.
(c) The meetings of the members of the corporation.
(d) The election, admission, retirement, and removal of members of the corporation.
(e) The rights, liabilities, and qualifications of members of the corporation.
(f) The mode of altering or repealing the by-laws of the corporation, and of making others, and
(g) the efficient management of the affairs and business of the corporation generally, and the promotion of the objects for which the said association was formed as hereinbefore recited.At such meeting so convened as aforesaid, or at some adjournment thereof, the proposed by-laws shall be approved of by a majority of the votes of the members of the corporation present at such meeting and voting according to the provisions of the said present rules and by-laws, and thereupon within five weeks and after the expiration of two days another meeting shall be convened for the purpose of confirming and finally passing such proposed by-laws which shall not be passed except by a like majority of votes as aforesaid, and upon such proposed by-laws being so finally passed the same shall be deemed and considered to be and shall be the by-laws for the time being of the corporation, save and except in so far as any of them are, or shall, or may be altered, varied or repealed by, or are, or shall, or may be inconsistent, or incompatible, or repugnant to any of the provisions of this Act.