The Articles of Society General Incorporated Association The Japan-Oman Society 2/12
Chapter 2 Members
Article 5 (Definitions of Members)
Out of Society members, individual and corporate members stipulated in Article 6 shall be the members provided in Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations (hereinafter referred to as “Ippan Shadan ZaidanHou.”
2 Members specified in the preceding paragraph shall have voting rights at a meeting of the General Assembly (hereinafter referred to as “General Assembly.”)
Article 6 (Kind of Members)
The society shall have the following members:
- Honorary member;
- Individual member;
- Corporate member; and
- General member.
Article 7 (Acquisition of the Qualifications of Members)
Persons who intend to become a member of the Society as an individual member, an incorporate member or a general member shall apply to the president of the Society by filling out the necessary matters in the application forms set forth by the Board separately.
2 The Board shall determine whether an applicant shall be permitted or not permitted to become a member, and the president shall notice the result of its determination to the said applicant.
3 When members are corporate members and other organization’s members than the corporate members, immediately after becoming its members, such organizations shall determine the representative who may exercise the rights as a representative to the Society (hereinafter referred to as “representative”), and report to the president the name of its representative. The same shall apply to the cases when the representative has been changed.
Article 8 (Member Fees)
An individual member, a corporate member or a general member shall pay the fees separately determined by the president based on a resolution of the General Assembly.
Article 9 (Responsibility of Member)
Recognizing the purpose of the Society and the purport of its activities, and taking an initiative in engaging in a voluntary activity, members shall make efforts to build up the basis which enable as many citizens as possible to easily participate in the activities of the Society.
2 Members shall have obligations to expense the amount determined at the Board in order to appropriate the amount recurring in the activities of the Society.
Article 10 (Withdrawal)
Members may withdrawal from the Society at any time; provided, however, that an advance notice to the Society shall be made more than one month before the date of the withdrawal.
Article 11 (Expulsion)
If a member comes to fall under any one of the following conditions, a member may be expelled based on a resolution of the General Assembly. In such cases, the said member shall be notified of the resolution, and given an opportunity to state an explanation on the resolution:
- The member has violated the Articles of Incorporation of the Society or its rule;
- The member has disgraced an honor of the Society, or conducted a deed against the purpose of the Society; or
- There are justifiable grounds with respect to the expulsion other than the above.
Article 12 (Qualification Loss of Member)
If a member comes to fall under any one of the following conditions, the member shall lose the qualification:
- The member has retired from the society;
- The member has become an adult ward or a person under curatorship;
- The member has died, or become the subject of adjudication of disappearance, or a member organization has dissolved;
- The member has failed to pay the membership fees for two consecutive years or more:
- The member has been expelled: or
- All members of the individual members have agreed to the loss of qualification.
Article 13 (Rights and Obligations incident to Loss of Member Qualifications)
When the member has lost the qualification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the member shall lose the rights against the Society, and be exempted from the obligations; provided, however, that the obligations that have not been executed shall not be exempted.
2 Even if the member has lost the qualification, the Society shall not return the member fees which have already been paid for and other contributed money and goods.
Article 14 (Non-Return of Contributed Money)
Member fees which have already been paid for and other contributed money shall not be returned.
Article 15 (Member Registries)
The Society shall prepare a registry of members that includes therein the names and addresses of members.
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