Difference between revisions of "Reviewing Your Non-profit Society's Bylaws"
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<blockquote>'''''Discipline and expulsion of member''' | <blockquote>'''''Discipline and expulsion of member''' | ||
''70(1) The bylaws of a society may provide for the discipline or expulsion, or both, of members. | ''70(1) The bylaws of a society may provide for the discipline or expulsion, or both, of members.'' | ||
(2) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, a member of a society may be disciplined or expelled by special resolution. | ''(2) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, a member of a society may be disciplined or expelled by special resolution.'' | ||
(3) Before a member of a society is disciplined or expelled under subsection (2) or the bylaws, the society must | ''(3) Before a member of a society is disciplined or expelled under subsection (2) or the bylaws, the society must'' | ||
:(a) send to the member written notice of the proposed discipline or expulsion, including reasons, and | '':(a) send to the member written notice of the proposed discipline or expulsion, including reasons, and'' | ||
:(b) give the member a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the society respecting the proposed discipline or expulsion.''</blockquote> | '':(b) give the member a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the society respecting the proposed discipline or expulsion.''</blockquote> | ||
Let's assume the relevant provision in the society's existing bylaws was drawn from the old Schedule B model bylaws under the old ''Society Act'', which read: | Let's assume the relevant provision in the society's existing bylaws was drawn from the old Schedule B model bylaws under the old ''Society Act'', which read: | ||