Rules & Regulations
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with amendments up to 4 December 2020
8. Every candidate for the office of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Elected Member, Honorary Secretary and Deputy Honorary Secretary shall be proposed in writing signed by at least two Members. The proposal form shall be endorsed by the candidate that he is prepared to serve in the capacity proposed if elected and shall be addressed to the Honorary Secretary so as to reach him not less than three, nor more than five, clear weeks before the date fixed for the Annual General Meeting at which such election is to take place.
9. A list of candidates duly proposed shall, not less than ten clear days before each Annual General Meeting, be circulated to each Member by the Honorary Secretary.
10. If more candidates are proposed than are to be elected to fill the office of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, the Elected Members, the Honorary Secretary or the Deputy Honorary Secretary, the election shall be by secret ballot.
10A. In case of an election for the office of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, the Elected Members, the Honorary Secretary or the Deputy Honorary Secretary under Regulation 10, the Bar Council shall not less than seven clear days before the Annual General Meeting appoint an Election Committee which shall consist of a Senior Counsel (who shall be the chairman thereof) together with two other Members of not less than five years’ standing at the Bar. Members of the Bar Council, and the candidates referred to in Regulation 8, are not eligible to be appointed to the Election Committee.
11. Only Members shall be entitled to vote on such a ballot. Every Member entitled to vote may cast one vote in person or by proxy for every vacancy in the office to be filled.
12. The Election Committee shall determine matters arising from Regulations 40A(5) and (8) and the number of votes (cast personally and by proxy) for each candidate for each office for which an election is held, and to make an official return thereof, to be signed by the members of the Election Committee, to the Chairman. The Election Committee shall determine all questions which may arise as to the validity of any vote. The names of the persons so elected shall be published forthwith in such manner as the Chairman may determine.
13. If not more than one candidate each to the office of Chairman, Honorary Secretary and Deputy Honorary Secretary to be elected be proposed for election in accordance with the provisions of these present those candidates who have been duly so proposed shall be deemed to be elected. If not more than two candidates to the office of Vice-Chairmen to be elected be proposed for election in accordance with the provisions of these presents, that candidate who has been, or those candidates who have been, duly so proposed shall be deemed to be elected. If not more than the full number of Elected Members to be elected be proposed for election in accordance with the provisions of these presents those candidates who have been duly so proposed shall be deemed to be elected.
