Young Women's Christian Association of Australia Incorporation Act 1962
No. 6953 of 1962
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 July 2015
table of provisions
Section Page
Short title 2
Definitions 2
Incorporation of National Board 3
Transfer etc. of property to the Corporation 3
Dealing with property by the Corporation 6
Application of property and income 7
Application of property upon dissolution 7
Dissolution of Corporation 8
Custody and use of the seal 8
Notice to and service on the Corporation 9
Schedule—Constitution of the Young Women's Christian Association of Australia 10
Schedule 23
Endnotes 24
1 General information 24
2 Table of Amendments 25
3 Amendments Not in Operation 26
4 Explanatory details 27
Version No.003
Young Women's Christian Association of Australia Incorporation Act 1962
No. 6953 of 1962
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 July 2015
An Act to incorporate the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association of Australia, to provide for the Vesting in that Body of certain Property, and for other purposes.
Preamble
WHEREAS certain voluntary associations known as Young Women's Christian Associations existing in Victoria and elsewhere in Australia have in Melbourne in Victoria formed themselves into an association called the "Young Women's Christian Association of Australia" (hereinafter called the "Association") and have adopted as the constitution of the Association the constitution set out in the Schedule to this Act:
AND WHEREAS the objects of the Association are those set out in clause two of the said constitution:
AND WHEREAS the general management of the affairs of the Association is under and subject to the said constitution vested in the National Board thereof and the executive committee of the National Board:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the said National Board should be incorporated under the name of "Young Women's Christian Association National Board" and to provide for the vesting in the corporation of certain property of the Association and its member associations or groups and to make other provision as hereinafter enacted:
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BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Young Women's Christian Association of Australia Incorporation Act 1962.
2. Definitions
(1) In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—
"Association" means the hereinbefore recited Young Women's Christian Association of Australia;
"affiliated association" means an association or group which is a member of the Young Women's Christian Association of Australia;
"constitution" means the constitution of the Association set out in the Schedule to this Act as amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions therein contained with respect to the amendment thereof;
"Corporation" means the body incorporated by this Act;
"executive committee" means the executive committee, for the time being under the constitution, of the National Board;
"National Board" means the National Board for the time being constituted under the constitution.
(2) The constitution (so far as it relates to the constitution of the National Board) shall subject to this Act be the constitution of the Corporation.
3. Incorporation of National Board
Without further or other authority than this Act the members at the commencement of this Act of the National Board shall upon the commencement of this Act become and the members for the time being of the National Board shall thereafter be and continue to be a body corporate under the name of the "Young Women's Christian Association National Board" with perpetual succession and a common seal (with power to break alter and change the seal from time to time) and shall by that name be capable in law of suing and being sued and subject to this Act of purchasing taking holding selling mortgaging leasing taking on lease exchanging and disposing of all real and personal property whether situated in Victoria or outside Victoria and of doing and suffering all such other acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do and suffer.
4. Transfer etc. of property to the Corporation
(1) Any person—
(a) who at the commencement of this Act holds; or
(b) who hereafter acquires—
any real or personal property upon trust for or on behalf of or for the benefit of the Corporation the Association or any affiliated association shall (if and when required by notice in writing from the Corporation so to do) transfer convey and assign unto the Corporation at the cost of the Corporation such real or personal property as aforesaid but subject to any conditions or trusts upon which such property is held or acquired.
(2) Any notice requiring the transfer conveyance or assignment of any such real or personal property—
(a) shall be signed by the secretary or other authorized officer of the Corporation;
(b) shall be deemed to have been properly served upon and received by the person organization or controlling authority to whom or which it is addressed at the expiration of three days after it has been forwarded by registered post addressed to that person organization or controlling authority or to any person who is a member thereof or in the case of joint holders then to one of those joint holders at his or its usual or last known place of residence or postal address.
(3) Upon service of any such notice the person organization or controlling authority holding as aforesaid the real or personal property in respect of which the notice has been given shall immediately take all necessary action to vest the property in the Corporation but subject to any conditions and trusts upon which it is held.
(4) Any person organization or controlling authority served with any such notice may apply by summons to a judge of the Supreme Court for an order that any such transfer conveyance or assignment of any such real or personal property shall not be made or if made shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the judge may determine are just and e quitable having regard to all the circumstances of the case.
(5) If any person organization or controlling authority on whom or which any such notice is served or deemed to be served refuses or neglects to execute a transfer conveyance or assignment to the Corporation of any real or personal property in respect of which the notice has been given or cannot be found—
(a) the Corporation may apply to a judge of the Supreme Court for an order directing the Master of the Supreme Court to execute for and on behalf of that person organization or controlling authority a transfer conveyance or assignment of the property to the Corporation; and
(b) upon proof to the satisfaction of the judge—
(i) that the property is held by that person organization or controlling authority upon trust for or on behalf of or for the benefit of the Corporation the Association or any affiliated association; and
(ii) that notice as aforesaid requiring that person organization or controlling authority to transfer convey or assign the property has been given in manner herein provided; and
(iii) that that person organization or controlling authority refuses or has neglected to execute the transfer conveyance or assignment as aforesaid or cannot be found—
the judge may make the order and the Master shall thereupon do and perform all such acts and things as may be necessary to transfer convey or assign the property to the Corporation but subject to any charge mortgage lease easement or other encumbrance then affecting the property and to the trusts on which it was held by the person organization or controlling authority, and any such act or thing so performed by the Master shall be of the like force and effect as if done or performed by that person organization or controlling authority.
(6) Any person who has at any time acquired real or personal property by using the name of the Corporation the Association or any affiliated association and who is in possession of or otherwise holds such real or personal property shall be deemed to be a person holding such real or personal property upon trust for or on behalf of or for the benefit of the Corporation the Association or affiliated association (as the case may be).
(7) Any rights or liabilities in respect of any real or personal property which hereafter becomes vested in the Corporation pursuant to this section may thereupon be enforced by or against the Corporation.
5. Dealing with property by the Corporation
The Corporation shall deal with or dispose of the real or personal property vested in the Corporation in such manner, subject to the provisions of section six of this Act and to any special trust affecting the property, as the executive committee thinks fit, but subject in the case of a lease mortgage or sale of real property to the following conditions—
(a) any proposed lease mortgage or sale of real property shall be submitted in the first instance to an ordinary meeting of the executive committee and shall be specially mentioned in the notice convening the meeting;
(b) at the next ordinary meeting of the executive committee of which seven days' notice has been given the proposed lease mortgage or sale, if approved by the previous meeting, shall be submitted to the meeting, and if approved by not less than two-thirds of those present when the motion is put may be carried into effect by the executive committee;
(c) a copy of the resolution of the executive committee directing the lease mortgage or sale if sealed with the common seal of the Corporation shall be conclusive evidence in favour of any person claiming by through or under the lease mortgage or sale that the resolution has been duly passed in compliance with the provisions of this Act and of the constitution;
(d) no lessee purchaser or mortgagee shall be bound to see to the application of any moneys paid by him.
6. Application of property and income
The property and income vested in or received by the Corporation, whencesoever derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the objects of the Association set out in clause two of the constitution and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend bonus or otherwise howsoever by way of profit to persons who are or have been members of any affiliated association.
7. Application of property upon dissolution
If at any time the Corporation is dissolved and upon its dissolution there remains after satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property whatsoever that property shall not be paid to or distributed amongst the members of the Corporation or any affiliated association or the members thereof but shall be given or transferred with the sanction of the Governor in Council to some company association or institution (including any affiliated association or any association or group which was previously an affiliated association) to be determined by the members of the Association at or before the time of dissolution—
(a) which has objects similar to the objects of the Association; and
(b) which prohibits distribution of its income and property among its members to the extent provided in section six of this Act.
8. Dissolution of Corporation
The Corporation shall be dissolved if the Association is wound up or ceases to exist.
9. Custody and use of the seal
(1) The common seal of the Corporation shall be in the custody of the secretary and shall not be affixed to any document except pursuant to a resolution of the executive committee.
(2) The affixing of the common seal to any document shall not be complete without the signatures of three members of the executive committee and the secretary of the Corporation:
S. 9(2) Proviso amended by Nos 18/2005 s. 18(Sch. 1 item 120), 17/2014 s. 160(Sch. 2 item 114).
Provided that it shall not be necessary to require the common seal to be affixed as evidence of the appointment by the Corporation of an Australian legal practitioner in or for the prosecution or defence of any action suit or other proceeding.
10. Notice to and service on the Corporation
Notice to or service upon the secretary or acting secretary of the Corporation shall be deemed to be a notice to or service upon the Corporation.
Preamble,
section 2.
Schedule
Constitution of the Young Women's Christian Association of Australia
PRELIMINARY
Interpretation
In these rules—
Words or expressions shall be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1958—
"Association" where it appears without description or qualification shall mean the Young Women's Christian Association of Australia;
"Convention" shall mean the National Convention for the time being of the Young Women's Christian Association of Australia;
"National Board" shall mean the National Board for the time being of the Young Women's Christian Association of Australia;
"Executive Committee" shall mean the Executive Committee for the time being of National Board;
"term" shall mean the period between Conventions;
"Headquarters City" shall mean the City from which the work of the Association is for the time being administered as determined from time to time by Convention.
Objects
(1) The Association acknowledges that in the sight of God all persons are of equal value without distinction of race, colour, class or creed and seeks to serve the Kingdom of God and bases all activities on Faith in God the Father Almighty and Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord and Saviour and in the Holy Spirit.
(2) The objects of the Association are as follows:
(a) To unite women and girls in loyalty to Jesus Christ and to encourage membership in His Church.
(b) To strengthen Christian character by training of body and mind and spirit and to serve the Kingdom of God through a world wide fellowship.
(c) To undertake the activities of and to acquire and take over the assets and to undertake all or any of the liabilities of the present unincorporated body known as The Young Women's Christian Association of Australia whose office in now situate at No. 68 Powlett-street, East Melbourne.
(d) To further and co-ordinate the work of established Young Women's Christian Associations throughout Australia and to promote the establishment of new associations.
(e) To unite all members in the fellowship of the Association.
(f) To provide a link between the Young Women's Christian Associations throughout Australia and the World Young Women's Christian Association.
(g) To co-operate with and participate in the work and contribute to the funds of the World Young Women's Christian Association.
(h) To provide a channel for the sharing of resources and the exchange of experience between the Young Women's Christian Associations throughout Australia.
(i) To assist Young Women's Christian Associations throughout Australia with the development of leadership and programme.
(j) To encourage mutual understanding and concern for human rights.
(k) To express from time to time the thought of the Young Women's Christian Associations throughout Australia on questions of national importance and on other matters consistent with its aim and purpose.
(l) To purchase, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any real and personal estate which may be deemed necessary or convenient for any of the purposes of the Association.
(m) To construct, maintain, and alter any houses, buildings, or works necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Association.
(n) To take any gift of property, whether subject to any special trust or not, for any one or more of the objects of the Association.
(o) To take such steps by personal or written appeals, public meetings, or otherwise, as may from time to time be deemed expedient for the purpose of procuring contributions to the funds of the Association in the shape of donations, annual subscriptions or otherwise.
(p) To print and publish any newspapers, periodicals, books or leaflets that the Association may think desirable for the promotion of its objects.
(q) To sell, manage, lease, mortgage, dispose of, or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property of the Association.
(r) To borrow and raise money in such manner as the Association may think fit.
(s) To invest any moneys of the Association, not immediately required for any of its objects, in such manner as may from time to time be determined.
(t) To undertake and execute any trusts or any agency business which may seem directly or indirectly conducive to any of the objects of the Association.
(u) To subscribe to any local or other charities, and to grant donations for any public purpose, and to provide a superannuation fund for the servants of the Association or otherwise to assist any such servants or their dependants.
(v) To establish and support and to aid in the establishment and support of any other associations formed for all or any of the objects of this Association.
(w) To amalgamate with any companies, institutions, societies or associations having objects altogether or in part similiar to those of this Association and the distribution of whose income and property are restricted to an extent at least as great as is the distribution of the income and property of the Association.
(x) To purchase or otherwise acquire and undertake all or any part of the property, assets, liabilities and engagements of any one or more of the companies, institutions, societies or associations with which this Association is authorized to amalgamate.
(y) To transfer all or any part of the property, assets, liabilities and engagements of this Association to any one or more of the Companies, institutions, societies or associations with which this Association is authorized to amalgamate.
(z) To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects:
Provided that the Association shall not support with its funds or endeavour to impose on or procure to be observed by its members or others any regulation or restriction which if an object of the Association would make it a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Unions Act 1958.
MEMBERSHIP
**3.** Members of the Association shall consist of the fully affiliated Associations whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto and such other Associations or groups as are admitted to membership as hereinafter provided and there shall be the following categories of affiliation:
Category A—An Association having full membership having the necessary requirements in its constitution set out in Rule 9 hereof and such Association shall have voting rights as hereinafter provided.
Associations or groups in the following categories shall be entitled to send accredited visitors to Convention but shall have no voting rights.
Category B—Associations which in the opinion of Convention are working towards requirement of full affiliation.
Category C—Groups which in the opinion of Convention are in the initial stages of their work.
Category D—Registered Groups being groups whose activities do not in the opinion of Convention qualify them for membership in Categories A, B or C but who remain interested in the work of the Association.
ADMISSION OF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS OR GROUPS
**4.** Affiliated Associations or groups shall be admitted to membership by Convention and it shall determine into what Category the applicant Association or Group shall be admitted.
**5.** No applicant Association or Group shall be admitted to membership in the Association unless included in its constitution is a clause that in the case of disaffiliation it shall forfeit the name Young Women's Christian Association.
**6.** During a term an applicant Association or applicant Group may be admitted to membership by National Board which shall also have power to determine the Category to which such applicant Association or applicant Group shall be admitted PROVIDED that such admission and the Category assigned by National Board shall be confirmed by Convention next ensuing.
**7.** No applicant Association shall be elected to membership in Category A unless it fulfils the following requirements:
(i) Included in its constitution as a qualification for membership is a provision that voting members shall accept the Purpose of the Association which is as follows:
"To unite women and girls in loyalty to Jesus Christ.
To encourage membership in His Church.
To strengthen Christian character by training of body, mind and spirit, and to serve the Kingdom of God through a world wide fellowship."
(ii) Its members subscribe to the following personal statement:
"I desire to enter the Christian Fellowship of the Association; I will loyally endeavour to uphold its purpose in my own life and through my membership in the Association."
(iii) It conducts a programme which in the opinion of Convention reflects the varied interests and needs of women and girls throughout the community it serves.
(iv) It is in the opinion of Convention taking steps to ensure continuity of its work and to facilitate participation in the work of the Association and the World Young Women's Christian Association.
ALTERATION OF STATUS
**8.** National Board have power on the recommendation of its Executive Committee to alter the Category of any member Association or Group but this shall only be done after full consultation with the accredited representatives of the member Association or Group concerned and its Regional Committee as to its ability or inability to fulfil the requirements of any particular category.
**9.** **Disaffiliation**
(i) Any Association or Group may withdraw from affiliation with the Association after giving at least one year's notice in writing to Convention of its intention so to do and such notice shall only be effective at the expiration of one year from the date of such notice.
(ii) Convention may be Resolution determine that any member Association or Group be no longer affiliated PROVIDED that such Resolution be passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of such members as being entitled so to do vote at a general meeting of which not less than twenty-one day's notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution has been duly given.
GOVERNMENT
**10.** The Association shall be governed in the following manner:
(a) By Convention constituted as hereinafter set out which shall be held every three years.
(b) By National Board which shall meet at least once in every year in which Convention is not held and shall have the powers of Convention save those specifically reserved hereunder to Convention.
(c) By Executive committee of the National Board which shall have the full powers of the National Board including powers of Convention exercised by National Board in the interim between meetings of the Board.
(d) By Regional committees appointed by National Board to co-ordinate the work of affiliated Associations and Groups constituted according to geographical situation in such manner as determined by National Board.
CONVENTION
**11.** Convention shall consist of delegates appointed as follows:
(a) Each Association in Category A having a total membership of all kinds of 100 or less may appoint two delegates and any such Association having a total membership of all kinds of over 100 may appoint two delegates for the first 100 members and one delegate for each additional 100 members or fractional part of 100 provided that no such Association shall have more than ten delegates.
(b) Each delegate shall be a voting member of her own Association.
(c) National Board may appoint voting delegates equal to one quarter of its members of which number one half may be members of the Executive Committee.
(d) The President of the Association ex officio.
(e) Regional Committees of the National Board may appoint one voting delegate each.
(f) Accredited Visitors—Members of Associations in all categories if authorized by their Associations and members of the National Board, its sub-committees and staff if authorised by National Board shall be entitled to be present as accredited visitors but without power to vote.
**12.** The business of Convention shall be as follows:
(a) To appoint at the first session of Convention such officers and committees as are deemed to be necessary for the conduct of Convention.
(b) To plan the programme and expenditure for the next ensuing term.
(c) To review the status of the member Associations or Groups in all their categories and to formulate the policies of the Association in accordance with the purpose and objects set out in Rule 2 hereof.
(d) To elect by ballot eighteen members resident in the Headquarters City to the National Board.
(e) To elect by ballot from the members of National Board the President of the Association who shall hold office for not more than two consecutive terms. If whilst a President is in office having been elected before her maximum three terms have expired and during her term of office as President she would become but for her office ineligible to serve a further term she shall nevertheless by reason of her office be eligible for election to National Board for one further term but not longer.
(f) To elect the Australian representatives to the World Young Women's Christian Association Council.
(g) To consider the accounts and balance sheets of the Association, the report of the auditor or auditors (if any) and the appointing and fixing of the remuneration (if any) to the auditor or auditors.
(h) To determine the location of the Headquarters of the Association.
(i) To determine what funds shall be supplied by the Association or Groups in the various categories to carry out the objects and aims of the Association.
(j) To make amendments to the rules of the Association as hereinafter provided.
NATIONAL BOARD
**13.** National Board shall consist of—
(a) One member appointed by each Association in Category A being a voting member of her Association provided that her appointment is ratified by the Convention. A member shall be eligible to hold office for not more than three consecutive terms subject to Rule 4(e) hereof.
(b) Eighteen members being voting members of affiliated Associations in Category A who shall be resident in the State of the Headquarters City of the Association and who shall be elected by Convention for a term and who shall be eligible for re-election for a further two terms and then ineligible for election until a further term has elapsed.
(c) Three members being voting members of an Association in Category A who shall be resident in the State of the Headquarters City and who shall be co-opted by the members elected by Convention and who shall hold office for the balance of the term and who may then be eligible for election to National Board in accordance with Rule 15(b).
(d) The chairman of each Regional Committee.
(e) Any Australian members elected to the Executive Committee of the World Young Women's Christian Association and the elected representatives of the Association of the World Council shall be ex officio members of the National Board with power to vote.
(f) Honorary Life Members of the National Board without power to vote.
(g) National General Secretary of the Association without power to vote who shall be the secretary of the National Board.
**14.** **Vacancies**
(a) Casual vacancies occuring among members appointed by an Association in Category A may be filled by the Association concerned.
(b) Casual vacancies in the eighteen members of the National Board elected by Convention may be filled by the Executive Committee. They shall then be eligible for election under Rule 15(b) and hold office for the balance of the term.
OFFICERS OF NATIONAL BOARD
(a) The President of the Association shall be ex-officio President of National Board.
(b) National Board shall appoint its other officers from its own members and there shall be two or more vice-presidents honorary minute secretary and honorary treasurer.
POWERS OF NATIONAL BOARD
(a) To see that the purpose, aim and objects of the Association as set out in Rule 2 are carried out.
(b) To admit Associations or Groups to membership of the Association and to determine to which category they shall be so elected subject to confirmation by Convention.
(c) To recruit and recommend secretaries and arrange for their training.
(d) To arrange conferences and prepare for Convention.
(e) To appoint such salaried officers as in the opinion of National Board are necessary to carry out the work of the Association.
(f) To confer Honorary Life Membership of National Board upon such persons who in the opinion of National Board have rendered distinguished service to the Association.
(g) To carry out the resolutions of Convention and to undertake all the work of Convention and it shall have all the powers of Convention save the powers specifically reserved to Convention under Rule 11(ii) and the power of amendment of these Rules under Rule 34 hereof.
(h) To make by-laws and to alter or repeal any of such by-laws as it may deem necessary or expedient or convenient for the proper conduct, control and management of the Association and in particular by-laws for the conduct and procedure of its own meetings insofar as such by-laws are not inconsistent with these Rules.
(i) To create and form Regional Committees to co‑ordinate the work of affiliated Associations or Groups created according to geographical situation in such manner as determined by National Board and to make by-laws governing the conduct of such Regional Committees.
(k) To form Committees to carry out any particular aspect of the work of the Association provided that three quarters of the members of such Committees shall be voting members of an affiliated Association or Group.
(l) To borrow money to buy and sell lease or hire any real or personal estate and generally administer the funds of the Association.
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
**17.** The National Executive Committee shall consist of:
(a) The eighteen members of National Board elected by Convention.
(b) The three members co-opted by the said eighteen members.
(c) Any Australian delegate elected to the Executive Committee of the World Young Women's Christian Association.
**18. Quorum**
Seven members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum.
POWERS OF NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
**19.** The Executive Committee shall have the full powers of National Board including such of the powers of Convention as are exercised by National Board in the interim between meetings of the Board.
REGIONAL COMMITTEES
**20.** Affiliated Associations or Groups shall be grouped geographically into Regional Groups and each Group shall have its own Committee appointed by National Board.
**21.** Regional Committees shall co-ordinate the work of affiliated Associations and Groups in their own areas. They shall function in accordance with the Rules and procedure determined by the National Board in its by-laws relating to the election and powers of Regional Committees.
MEETINGS
**22.** The Association shall hold Convention every three years.
**23.** Notice of Convention shall be posted to all member Associations or Groups two months prior to the holding of Convention.
**24.** Delegates from one half of the Associations in Category A shall form a quorum provided that they number one-third of the delegates entitled to be present.
**25.** All general meetings other than the Triennial General Meeting of Convention shall be called Extraordinary General Meetings.
**26.** The Executive Committee may and on receipt of a requisition form a majority of the Associations in Category A shall:
(a) Forthwith proceed to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting but if the Executive does not proceed to convene the same within two calander months from the date of requisition the requisitionists themselves may convene a meeting.
(b) Any requisition so made shall express the object of the meeting proposed to be called and shall be left at the office of the Association.
(c) Notice of such Extraordinary Meeting shall be posted to Associations or Groups in all categories two calendar months prior to such meeting being held and this notice shall set out the object for which such meeting has been called.
FINANCE
**27.** Associations or Groups in all categories shall provide the funds of the Association according to the budget accepted by Convention.
ACCOUNTS
**28.** **Annual Statement**
At each Triennial Meeting of Convention:
(a) There shall be laid before the Association a statement of the income and expenditure of the Association during the preceding year and also a balance sheet covering the same period together with a report by the Executive Committee as to the state and progress of the Association.
(b) In the years in which Convention does not meet such statement, balance sheet and report shall be laid before the meeting of National Board.
**29.** **Copies to be sent to members**
A copy of such statement, balance sheet and report shall be sent to each Association or Group at least one calendar month before the meeting of Convention or National Board as the case may be.
AUDITORS
**30.** **Appointment of auditors**
An auditor or auditors shall be appointed annually either by Convention or National Board and his or their duties regulated so far as applicable in accordance with the Companies Act 1961.
SEAL
**31.** The Seal of the Association shall not be affixed to any Instrument except by the Authority of the Executive Committee and in the presence of at least two members of the Executive Committee and of the general secretary or such other person as the Executive Committee may appoint for the purpose and those two members of the Executive Committee and the General Secretary or other person as aforesaid shall sign every Instrument to which the Seal of the Association is so affixed in their presence.
ALTERATION OF RULES
**32.** These Rules may be amended in the following manner:
(a) The Executive Committee of National Board shall send notice to the Associations in Category A specifying the proposed amendments three months before Convention and a resolution to amend the Rules shall be passed by two-thirds of the delegates then present and voting PROVIDED NEVERTHELESS that Rules 3 to 7 inclusive may be amended on a three-fourths majority of those present and voting.
(b) Any proposed amendments to the Rules by Associations in Category A shall be forwarded in writing to the Executive Committee four months before Convention.
(c) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained National Board may during the first three years of incorporation only make amendments to these Rules provided that such alterations shall be made in a similar manner as is hereinbefore set out for the alteration of Rules by Convention.
HEADINGS NOT TO FORM PART OF THESE RULES
**33.** The catch words or headings to these Rules shall not be taken as part thereof or in any manner affect the interpretation or construction of the same.
Schedule
Young Women's Christian Association Adelaide.
Young Women's Christian Association Ballarat.
Young Women's Christian Association Bendigo.
Young Women's Christian Association Bowral.
Young Women's Christian Association Brisbane.
Young Women's Christian Association Broken Hill.
Young Women's Christian Association Canberra.
Young Women's Christian Association Geelong.
Young Women's Christian Association Melbourne.
Young Women's Christian Association Newcastle.
Young Women's Christian Association Perth.
Young Women's Christian Association Shepparton.
Young Women's Christian Association Sydney.
Young Women's Christian Association Rockhampton.
Young Women's Christian Association Toowoomba.
Young Women's Christian Association Townsville.
Young Women's Christian Association Wagga Wagga.
Young Women's Christian Association Wollongong.
Young Women's Christian Association Mackay.
Young Women's Christian Association Port Pirie.
Young Women's Christian Association Albury.
Young Women's Christian Association Cessnock.
Young Women's Christian Association Mount Morgan.
Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The Young Women's Christian Association of Australia Incorporation Act 1962 was assented to on 11 December 1962 and came into operation on 11 December 1962.
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Young Women's Christian Association of Australia Incorporation Act 1962 by Acts and subordinate instruments.