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Company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital
Revised
Articles of Association
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World Bowls
Incorporated on 24 August 2001
Adopted on 18 August 2009
Miscellaneous
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Chief Executive Officer
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| 31.1 |
The Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed by the Board
for such term and on such conditions as it thinks fit.
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| 31.2 |
The Chief Executive Officer shall act as and
carry out the duties of Company Secretary of World Bowls and
shall administer and manage World Bowls in accordance with the
Act and the Articles. |
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| 31.3 |
The Chief Executive Officer shall: |
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| 31.3.1 |
be entitled to notice of, and as far as is practicable, shall attend and participate in debate at, all meetings of the Board and the Council; |
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prepare the agenda for all Board Meetings and all Council Meetings; |
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| 31.3.3 |
facilitate the recording and preparation of minutes of the proceedings of all meetings of the Board and the Council, and shall use his best endeavours to distribute relevant minutes to Directors within 14 days from the date of the meeting; and |
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report quarterly on the activities of, and issues relating to, World Bowls. |
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Minutes |
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The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose: |
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| 32.1 |
of all appointments of officers made by the Directors; and |
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| 32.2 |
of all proceedings at meetings of World Bowls, and of the Directors, and of committees of Directors, including the names of the Directors present at each such meeting. |
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Seal |
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World Bowls shall not have a seal. The Directors may determine who shall sign any instrument and unless otherwise so determined, it shall be signed by a Director and by the Secretary or by two Directors. |
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Accounts |
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No Member shall (as such) have any right of inspecting any accounting records or other book or document of World Bowls, except as conferred by statute or authorised by the Directors or by ordinary resolution of World Bowls. |
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Notices |
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| 35.1 |
Any notice to be given to or by any person pursuant to the Articles shall be in writing except that a notice calling a meeting of the Directors need not be in writing. |
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| 35.2 |
World Bowls may give any notice to a Member either personally or by sending it by post in a prepaid envelope addressed to the Member at his registered address or by leaving it at that address. |
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| 35.3 |
A Member present, either through a National Delegate or by proxy, at any meeting of World Bowls shall be deemed to have received notice of the meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which it was called. |
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Proof that an envelope containing a notice was properly addressed, prepaid and posted shall be conclusive evidence that the notice was given. A notice shall be deemed to be given at the expiration of 48 hours after the envelope containing it was posted. |
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Winding up |
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On the winding‑up and dissolution of the World Bowls the provisions of the Memorandum of World Bowls shall have effect as if repeated in these Articles. |
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Indemnity |
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Subject to the provisions of the Act but without prejudice to any indemnity to which a director may otherwise be entitled, every director or other officer or auditor of the World Bowls shall be indemnified out of the assets of the World Bowls against any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application in which relief is granted to him by the court from liability for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the affairs of the World Bowls. |
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Official Language |
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The Official Language of World Bowls shall be English, and all communications to and from World Bowls shall be in English. |
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