Section 29: General meetings of delegates
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29. General meetings of delegates
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 28, where the general meeting of
a large association consists in a meeting of delegates of branches of the association, the association shall, not later than 14 days before the general meeting, give each branch written notice of the general meeting, specifying—
(a) the matters to be considered at the meeting;
(b) the number of delegates to be elected by the branch; and
(c) the number of delegates to be elected by every other branch of
the association.
(2) Every branch shall, not later than 7 days after receiving a notice under subsection (1), convene a branch general meeting at which—
(a) all the matters to be discussed at the general meeting of the delegates shall be considered; and
(b) the delegates to represent the branch shall be elected.
(3) For the purpose of a general meeting of delegates of branches of a
large association—
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the rules of the association shall specify the basis, which shall be the same for all branches, on which
the number of delegates of a branch shall be determined;
(b) no branch shall be entitled to elect—
(i) less than 2 delegates;
(ii) any delegate unless the branch was established more than
5 months before the date of the general meeting.
[S. 30 amended by Act 18 of 1997.]