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Reviewing Your Non-profit Society's Bylaws (view source)
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(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. | ||
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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: | ||
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(3) If a society has fewer voting members than the quorum provided for in subsection (1), the quorum for the transaction of business at a general meeting is all of the voting members. | (3) If a society has fewer voting members than the quorum provided for in subsection (1), the quorum for the transaction of business at a general meeting is all of the voting members. | ||
(4) The bylaws of a society may provide that if a general meeting is adjourned until a later date because a quorum is not present, and if, at the continuation of the adjourned meeting, a quorum is again not present, the voting members present constitute a quorum for the purposes of that meeting.</blockquote> | (4) The bylaws of a society may provide that if a general meeting is adjourned until a later date because a quorum is not present, and if, at the continuation of the adjourned meeting, a quorum is again not present, the voting members present constitute a quorum for the purposes of that meeting. | ||
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Let's say the provision in the society's existing bylaws was drawn from the old Schedule B model bylaws, and reads: | Let's say the provision in the society's existing bylaws was drawn from the old Schedule B model bylaws, and reads: | ||