| 1.1 |
Categories of members of the Council. | ||
| The Council shall have the following categories of members, namely: | |||
| (a) Associate Members (b) Ordinary Members |
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| 1.2 |
Associate Members | ||
| A person
shall be eligible for admission to the Council as associate
Member, on receiving the Import-Export Code Number from
the Director General, Foreign Trade, Government of India,
in respect of the product with which the Council is concerned. |
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| 1.3 |
Ordinary Members | ||
| In order
to be eligible for ordinary membership of the Council, a
person must satisfy the following requirements, namely |
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| (a) |
He, or
the entity represented by him, must have been an associate
Member of the Council for at least three years. |
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| (b) |
He, or
the entity represented by him, must have, to his or its
credit, during the three financial years immediately preceding,
average exports in respect of the product, of not less than
the amount mentioned below1: |
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| (i) Small scale industries Rs.
10 Lakhs (ii) Others Rs. 25 Lakhs |
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| 2.
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP. |
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| 2.1 | Form of application | ||
| (a) | Application for membership of the Council as an ordinary or associate member shall be made to the Committee in the prescribed form (or form contained in the Schedule 1). | ||
| (b) | Where no such form is prescribed for the time being, the application may be made by an ordinary letter. | ||
| (c) | The application shall, in every case, contain the following particulars: | ||
| (i) Facts showing eligibility for membership (ii) Whether the applicant is an individual, firm, company, co-operative society or any other type of entity. (iii) Category of membership applied for. |
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| 2.2 | Accompaniments | ||
| The application for membership shall be sent to the Secretary, together with; | |||
| (i) A certificate of financial soundness
from the applicant’s bankers and (ii) A cheque for the prescribed entrance fee and annual fee. |
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| Schedule to be added in suitable form, where the Council considers it appropriate to have a Schedule. | |||
| 2.3 | Decision on the application | ||
| (a) The Committee shall take a decision
on the application for membership within three months and
its decision shall be final. (b) The decision of the Committee (whether of acceptance or rejection of the application) shall be communicated by the Secretary to the applicant. |
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| 2.4 | Commencement of membership | ||
Where
the application for membership is accepted by the Committee,
The membership of the applicant shall commence from the
beginning of the financial year during which the application
is accepted. |
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| 3.1 | Entrance and annual fees | ||
| Members (other than nominated and co-opted members), shall pay such entrance fee and annual fee and any other fee as may be prescribed. | |||
| 4. PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS | |||
| 4.1 | Ordinary Members | ||
Without
prejudice to any other rights conferred on ordinary members
by the Memorandum of Association of the Council, but subject
to the other provisions of these articles, ordinary members
shall have the following rights and privileges, namely : |
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| (a) Right to stand
as a candidate, and to vote at the election of the members
of the Committee and the right to vote on all matters brought
before a meeting of the Council, provided there are no arrears
of subscription or other dues or charges payable by them
to the Council on 1st April in the year of voting;
(b) Right to requisition a meeting, as provided in these articles; (c) Right to receive the annual reports of the Committee, on payment of the prescribed fee; (d) Right to receive publications of the Council, on the prescribed conditions; and (e) Right to use all such facilities as may be made available to such members by the Council from time to time, on the prescribed conditions. |
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| 4.2 | Associate Members | ||
Without
prejudice to any other rights conferred on associate members
by the Memorandum of Association, of the Council, such members
shall have the following rights and privileges namely; |
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| a) Right to receive the Annual Reports of
the Committee, on payment of the prescribed fee; b) Right to receive the publications of the Council, on prescribed conditions; c) Right to use all such facilities as may be made available from time to time by the Committee, on the prescribed conditions. |
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| 4.3 | Nominated and Co-opted Members | ||
| A nominated or co-opted member shall have no right to vote1. | |||
| 5. REGISTER OF MEMBERS | |||
| 5.1 | Register | ||
| The Council shall keep a Register of Members (ordinary and associate) and enter therein the following particulars of its members, namely: | |||
| (a) The name, address and occupation of
the member; (b) The name of the proposing and the seconding member of such member; (c) The class of membership of such member; (d) The date on which each member was entered in the register; and (e) The date on which he ceased to be a member. |
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