香港线路板协会(7)

25.   No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum of members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business and continues to be present until the conclusion of the meeting. Until the Association in general meeting shall otherwise resolve, two Corporate Members of the Association represented by their respective authorised representatives shall constitute the quorum of such meeting.

26.   If after half an hour of the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting if convened upon the requisition of members, shall be dissolved. In any other cases, it shall be adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place. If at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present after half an hour of the appointed time for the meeting the members present shall be a quorum and may transact all business for which the meeting is convened.

27.   The Chairman of Executive Committee shall preside as chairman at all general meetings of the Association, or if he shall not be present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or is unwilling to act as chairman, the Vice Chairman shall take the chair of the meeting or if there is more than one Vice Chairman, the Vice Chairmen present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. If at any general meeting neither of such Chairman or Vice Chairmen is/are present or all such persons are unwilling to act as chairman or none of the Vice Chairmen present has been chosen to be the chairman, then the Executive Committee Members present shall choose one of their own number to be chairman of the meeting.

28.   The chairman may, (and shall, if so directed by the meeting) adjourn any meeting from time to time and from place to place, although a quorum is present at the meeting. When a meeting is adjourned under these Articles for 30 days or more, notice of the meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.

 29. (a) Except for the election of Executive Committee Members which is subject to the provision of Article 62, at any meeting a resolution put to vote in the meeting shall be decided by a show of hands, or by poll whichever the chairman of the meeting thinks fit or upon the requisition of any Corporate Member and a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has, on a show of hands or on a poll, been carried, or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost and an entry to that effect in the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the Association, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of, or against, that resolution.

(b)   In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hand or on a poll, the chairman of the meeting shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.

30. Every member has a right to speak at the general meeting.

VOTES OF MEMBERS

31.   Each member other than the Honorary Members and Associate Member shall be entitled to one vote by representative, but no member shall be entitled to vote at any meeting unless all money presently payable by him to the Association have been paid.

32.   If the representative (appointed pursuant to the provision of Article 7) cannot attend any meeting, the Corporate Member may by delivery of an instrument duly signed by a responsible officer of the Corporate Member appoint other person as representative for the purpose of that meeting only. The instrument appointing a representative to attend the meeting shall be in writing under the hand of the responsible officer of the Corporate Member and shall be deposited at the registered office of the Association not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the meeting or adjourned meeting or handed by such representative to the chairman or other responsible officers when he arrives at the meeting or adjourned meeting, and in default the instrument of appointment of representative shall not be treated as valid. The appointment of such representative shall not preclude the original representative from attending and voting in person at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof and, in such event, the instrument appointing the representative pursuant to this Article shall be deemed to be revoked. The authority of the original representative shall remain the same notwithstanding the provisions of this Article.

NOTICE OF MEETING

33.   An Annual General Meeting and a meeting called for the passing of a special resolution shall be called by 21 days' notice in writing at the least, and a meeting of the Association other than an Annual General Meeting or a meeting for the passing of a special resolution shall be called by 14 days' notice in writing at the least. The notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is served or deemed to be served and of the day for which it is given, and shall specify the place, the day and the hour of meeting and in case of special business other than the ordinary business to be transacted at the Annual General Meeting, the general nature of that business shall be given in manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner, if any, as may be prescribed by the Association in general meeting, to such persons as are, under these Articles, entitled to receive notice from the Association, but with the consent of all the members entitled to receive notice of some particular meeting, that meeting may be convened by such shorter notice and in such manner as those member may think fit. The signature to any notice to be given by the Association may be written, printed or made electronically.