The Great Synagogue, Sydney, Act 1931
12Constitution of Board of Management
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12 Constitution of Board of Management
12 Constitution of Board of Management
(1) The Board of Management shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer and six other members of such Board of Management (which other members are in subsection two of this section and in section 15 called ordinary members) and in addition such person or persons as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained a life member or life members, or additional member or members, of the Board of Management.
(2) The members of the body corporate shall have power from time to time by special resolution to increase or diminish the number of ordinary members.
(3) No person other than a member of the body corporate shall be elected or appointed a member of the Board of Management.
(4) The Board of Management may from time to time appoint as a life member of the Board of Management any person who for a total period of not less than five years has or shall have been a member of the Board of Management of the Association or of the Board of Management of the body corporate or who for a total period of not less than five years shall have been a member of the Board of Management of the Association and of the Board of Management of the body corporate: Provided that there shall not be at any time more than four life members of the Board of Management.
(5) Any person appointed a life member of the Board of Management shall be a member of the Board of Management until his death or resignation.
(5A) Subject to the rules in force for the time being, the Board of Management may from time to time appoint as an additional member of the Board of Management a person who has been a member of the body corporate for a continuous period of not less than five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment: Provided that there shall not be at any time more than two additional members of the Board of Management.
(6) Not less than five members of the Board of Management shall form a quorum thereof.
s 12: Am 1979 No 180, Sch 1 (1).