On 25/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 25/05/2013.
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56.
—(1) There shall be a President, 2 Vice-Presidents and a Treasurer of the Society who shall be elected by —
(a)
members and members-elect of the Council taking office in either case on 1st January after an annual election under section 54(1) from amongst those members at a meeting of the Council before that date; or
(b)
members of the Council taking office under section 54(2) from amongst those members at the first meeting of the Council.
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(2) If any casual vacancy arises in respect of the office of the President, a Vice-President or the Treasurer of the Society, the Council shall, at its next meeting or as soon as possible thereafter, elect one of its members to fill the vacancy.
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(3) The President of the Society or in his absence a Vice-President of the Society nominated by the President shall be the chairman of the Council and shall preside at all meetings of the Council and of the Society.
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(4) In the absence of the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Society, the Council or the Society, as the case may be, shall elect a chairman from among the respective members.
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57.
—(1) A statutory member of the Council shall vacate his office if —
(a)
he has been struck off the roll or suspended from practising as an advocate and solicitor or has been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty;
(b)
he becomes mentally disordered and incapable of managing himself or his affairs;
(c)
he is an undischarged bankrupt;
(d)
he has entered into a composition with his creditors or a deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors; or
(e)
he has one or more outstanding judgments against him amounting in the aggregate to $100,000 or more which he has been unable to satisfy within 6 months from the date of the earliest judgment.
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(2) An elected member shall vacate his office in any of the circumstances specified in subsection (1) and shall also vacate his office if —
(a)
being elected under section 49(1), he ceases for any reason to have in force a practising certificate;
(b)
he resigns his seat on the Council; or
(c)
he is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Council without its consent.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person appointed under section 53(1) and (2) or 55(1) shall be deemed to have been elected under section 49(1).
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(4) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to a member of the Council who has obtained the leave of the court under section 49(4) prior to his election or appointment as a member of the Council.
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