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Voting Rights |
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| 18.1 |
Each Member National Authority represented personally by its National Delegates at any Council Meeting shall be entitled to exercise the number of votes set out in Article 17.2 (provided always that the Member National Authority has met its financial obligations to World Bowls). |
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| 18.2 |
Member National Authorities shall have the number of votes set out below (up to a maximum of 24 votes) determined by using the following combined gender membership numbers:
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votes for membership up to 5,000 |
| 8 |
votes for membership of 5,001 - 50,000 |
| 12 |
votes for membership of 50,001 - 100,000 |
| 16 |
votes for membership of 100,001 - 175,000 |
| 20 |
votes for membership of 175,001 - 250,000 |
| 24 |
votes for membership of 250,001 and above |
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| 18.3 |
Where a nation has more than one Member National Authority, that nation shall reconcile its voting rights. In the event of any disagreement between those Member National Authorities, the matter shall be determined by the Board. |
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| 18.4 |
Each of the following shall be entitled to attend and take part in, but not to vote at any Council Meeting: |
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| 18.4.1 |
Associate Members or National Delegates appointed by Associate Members; |
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| 18.4.2 |
Life Members; |
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Directors; |
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| 18.4.4 |
The Chief Executive Officer; and |
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| 18.4.5 |
The auditor. |
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Voting |
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A resolution put to the vote of a Council Meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless before, or on the declaration of the result of, the show of hands a poll is duly demanded. Subject to the provisions of the Act, a poll may be demanded: |
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by the chairman; or |
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| 19.1.2 |
by at least two Members having the right to vote at the meeting; or |
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by a Member or Members representing not less than one‑tenth of the total voting rights of all the Members having the right to vote at the meeting;
and a demand by a person as proxy for a Member shall be the same as a demand by the Member. |
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| 19.2 |
Unless a poll is demanded, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution, on a show of hands, has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost and entry to that effect in the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of World Bowls shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, without proof of the number of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution. |
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| 19.3.1 |
The demand for a poll may, before the poll is taken, be withdrawn but only with the consent of the chairman and a demand so withdrawn shall not be taken to have invalidated the result of a show of hands declared before the demand was made. |
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| 19.3.2 |
A poll shall be taken as the chairman directs and fix a time and place for declaring the result of the poll. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. |
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| 19.3.3 |
A poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken either forthwith or at such other time and place as the chairman directs not being more than 30 days after the poll is demanded. The demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll was demanded. If a poll is demanded before the declaration of the result of a show of hands and the demand is duly withdrawn, the Council Meeting shall continue as if the demand had not been made. |
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| 19.4 |
In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman shall be entitled to a casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have. |
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| 19.5 |
Where voting is required to be by secret ballot or where a poll is demanded the Chairman will appoint a returning officer and scrutineers (who need not be Members). |
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| 19.6 |
A resolution in writing executed by or on behalf of each Member who would have been entitled to vote upon it if it had been proposed at a Council Meeting at which the Member was represented shall be as effectual as if it had been passed at a Council Meeting duly convened and held and may consist of several instruments in the like form each executed by or on behalf of one or more Members. |
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| 19.7.1 |
A Member entitled to attend and vote at a Council Meeting shall be entitled to appoint a proxy to represent the Member at the Council Meeting. |
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| 19.7.2 |
An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing, executed by or on behalf of the appointer and shall be in the following form (or in a form as near thereto as circumstances allow or in any other form which is usual or which the Directors may approve)
We [ ] of [ ] being members of World Bowls, hereby appoint [ ] of [ ] or failing him [ ] of [ ] as our proxy to vote in our name and on our behalf at the Annual/Biennial/Special Council Meeting of World Bowls to be held on and at any adjournment thereof.
Signed on . |
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| 19.7.3 |
Where it is desired to afford Members an opportunity of instructing the proxy how he shall act, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be in the following form (or in a form as near thereto as circumstances allow or in any other form which is usual or which the Directors may approve):
We [ ] of [ ] being members of World Bowls, hereby appoint
[ ] of [ ] or failing him [ ] of [ ] as our proxy to vote in our name and on our behalf at the Annual/Biennial/Special Council Meeting of World Bowls, to be held on 20 , and at an adjournment thereof.
This form is to be used in respect of the resolutions mentioned below as follows:
Resolution No 1 +for +against
Resolution No 2 +for +against
+ strike out whichever is not desired.
Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy may vote as he thinks fit or abstain from voting.
Signed this day of 20 . |
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| 19.7.4 |
The instrument appointing a proxy and any authority under which it is executed or a copy of such authority certified notarially or in some other way approved by the Directors may: |
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| 19.7.4.1 |
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be deposited at the Office or such other place as is specified in the notice convening the Meeting or in any instrument of proxy sent out by World Bowls in relation to the Meeting not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the Meeting or adjourned Meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote; and |
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and an instrument of proxy which is not deposited or delivered in a manner so permitted shall be invalid. |
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| 19.7.5 |
A vote given or poll demanded by proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous determination of the authority of the person voting or demanding a poll unless notice of the determination was received by World Bowls at the Office or at such other place at which the instrument of proxy was duly deposited before the commencement of the Meeting or adjourned Meeting at which the vote is given or the poll demanded. |
