Constituion of the Southbroom Golf Club.

Primarily to provide ground and facilities to foster the game of golf;
To provide such amenities and services as may be desirable in the interest of the members of the Club.
To supply food and refreshments and conduct social functions;
To do all things necessary or incidental to the running of the Club and the provision of facilities for other sports and amenities which do not conflict with the primary object of the Club.

3. RULES OF THE GAME

The Rules of the Game shall be those of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews and such rules as may from time to time be framed by the Committee.

4. POWERS OF THE CLUB

The Club shall be entitled to exercise all such powers and authorities as are conferred upon it by this Constitution and as are or may be vested in it by operation of law, provided that the Club shall under no circumstances have the power or be permitted to distribute any of its profits or gains to any person, and shall utilise its funds solely for investment or for the objects for which it is established, and shall in particular have the following powers:-

To erect, construct, maintain, improve, alter, demolish, replace, repair, renovate, manage or control any buildings, erections, or other improvements upon the land at any time owned by the Club, or over which it enjoys a right of occupation.
To develop and lay out the grounds of the Club by the establishment of such gardens, and other facilities as are necessary to enable it to fulfil its objects, and to maintain and improve same.
To borrow, collect or raise money and in particular by means of subscriptions, entrance fees, levies and debentures with or without security.
To apply to any licensing authority for the grant to the Club of any licence it may require for the proper conduct of its affairs, to accept transfer of any existing licences, and to cede, transfer, amend or otherwise deal with the same, and to apply for the renewal thereof from time to time.
To establish Pension, Provident and Medical Aid Schemes for the benefit of, and to grant pensions, allowances, gratuities and bonuses to, employees or ex-employees of the Club, or the dependants of such persons and to support or subscribe to any charities, clubs, institutions, or societies.
To lend money, either with or without security to permanent employees of the club subject to the approval of the Committee.
To do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the aforegoing powers.

5. MEMBERSHIP

Membership of the Club may be granted in any one of the following categories:-
5.1

a) Ordinary Members
i) Men
ii) Ladies
b) Life Members
c) Honorary Life Members
d) Senior Members
e) Appointed Members
f) Country Members
g) Honorary Members
h) Social Members
i) Temporary Members
j) Junior Members
k) Student members
l) Reciprocity Member
m) Special Members

a) An Ordinary Member:
Shall be any person over the age of 18 duly elected to ordinary membership.

b) A Life Member:
Means a member who, in terms of the constitution of the Club in force in 1940, paid the required sum of money to convert his membership to that of a Life Member.

c) An Honorary Life Member
Shall be any existing Member who is elected to this category of membership in a General Meeting on recommendation of the Committee in recognition of some special benefit or service rendered to the Club.

d) A Senior Member
Shall be any member who has been an ordinary members for at least five years and who has attained, or within 6 months of the start of the financial year of the Club will attain, the age of 70 years (ladies 65) and who is granted this status upon written application.

e) Appointed Member:
Shall be any person holding any office in the Club and who is duly appointed to this category of membership by the Committee.

f) A Country Member
Means a member already appointed to this category at the date of this Constitution, but the Committee reserves the right to re-introduce this class of membership if deemed fit.

g) An Honorary Member:
Shall be any person admitted to the Club by the Committee by reason of such person holding some public office or having conferred some special benefit to the game of golf.

h) A Social Member
Shall be any member duly elected to Social membership or any member who has elected to transfer membership to that of Social member. Members transferring to Social membership may transfer their membership back to any playing category of membership at any time. Social members are entitled to full use of the Clubhouse facilities only.

i) A Temporary Member
Shall be a person engaged at the Club in any match or competition:-
Provided that :-
a) the period of such membership shall be limited to the actual day or days during which such person is actually engaged at the Club in such match or competition and
b) the Club, shall have the right in its absolute discretion to withdraw such membership summarily at any time;

j) A Junior Member:
Shall be a person who, being under the age of 18 years, has been elected a Junior Member and who shall be entitled to the use of Club facilities in accordance with regulations laid down by the Committee.

k) A Student Member
Shall be any person over the age of 18 years and under the age of 25 years, who is duly elected to Student Membership is a registered student at a university, college or other institute of learning including articles, housemanship, apprenticeship etc, and who shall be entitled to use the Club facilities in accordance with regulations laid down by the Committee.

l) A Reciprocity Member
Shall be a member of another Club with which a formal reciprocal arrangement of membership has been concluded.

m) A Special Member
Shall be a person who in view of special services to the Club, is appointed to this category of membership by the Committee for any period not exceeding one year and under such terms and conditions as the Committee may impose.

5.2 Members of the categories 5.1 a) to 5.1 f) above shall be deemed to be Full Members of the Club.

6. APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

6.1 A person desiring to be a member shall submit an application in the form prescribed by the Committee and shall be proposed by a member and seconded by a member to both of whom such person shall be personally known. Both the Proposer and Seconder must be a Full Member of at least 2 ( two) years standing.

6.2 No person shall be elected a member of the Club less than 14 (fourteen) days after nomination and without his or her name having been displayed in the Clubhouse for that full period. Objections to any applicant must be lodged with the Club in writing within the last day of the display.

6.3 The applicant shall complete and sign the application form and shall furnish the name of four members to whom reference shall be made and who shall complete the relevant portion of the form.

6.4 The Committee may call for such additional references or information and take steps as it deems appropriate to determine the suitability of the applicant.

6.5 The election of a member shall be by the Committee, with power of deferment should further investigation be necessary if any objection is lodged. Should one third of the Committee present at the relevant meeting vote against acceptance, such applicant shall be refused membership.

6.6 No candidate who has been rejected for membership shall again be eligible for election until 6 (six) months have expired from the date of such rejection.

6.7 If the application is successful the applicant’s name shall be placed on a waiting list until a vacancy occurs in the membership of the relevant category. If there is no waiting list, the applicant shall become a member on election.

6.8 The Committee shall be entitled to grant precedence in election to membership to any person who has rendered valuable service in the interest of golf or is an outstanding player or is a child or ward of a member or for any other reason considered good and sufficient. Save as aforesaid no applicant shall be given priority over another.

7. RIGHTS OF MEMBERSHIP

Membership of the Club does not and shall not give to any member of any category any right, title, interest, claim or demand in or to any of the monies, property or assets of the Club, but only confers upon such member the right and privilege of entering into and upon the grounds and erections of the Club, and to use the same in accordance with the uses to which they are devoted by the Committee of the Club, and subject to such restrictions and charges as the Committee may from time to time impose, and subject to the Rules, and Regulations of the Club from time to time in force.

8. LIABILITIES OF MEMBER

In the event of the Club being wound up, there shall be no liability incurred by any member other than in the respect of his or her unpaid subscription and any article or money he or she may owe to the Club.

9. MEMBERS BOUND BY THE RULES AND REGULATIONS

The payment by or on behalf of a member of his or her first subscription shall be acknowledgement on the part of such member that he or she is bound by the Rules and Regulations of the Club, that have been or may hereafter be made by the Committee, and that he or she accepts the ruling of the Committee in all cases, and no person shall be absolved from the effects of the Rules and Regulations in the plea of not having received a copy of them.

10. ENTRANCE FEE

10.1 The Committee in its discretion shall from time to time determine:

10.1.1 The entrance fee payable for each category of membership and shall have the right to decrease the entrance fee in particular circumstances of individual cases.

10.1.2 The entrance fee, if any, to be paid by a member who transfers from one category of membership to another.

10.2 The Committee may, in its discretion, decide upon any reduction of entrance fee for the immediate family of a Full Member. The immediate family will include the members’ spouse or partner and dependants up to the age of 21, unless a dependant is a full-time student, in which case the age limit shall be 25.

11. SUBSCRIPTIONS

11.1 The annual subscription of members in the various categories shall be such amount as the Committee may from time to time determine, but no increase in excess of 20% (twenty percent) above the prevailing fee may take place without the approval of full members given at a General Meeting or a Special General Meeting.

11.2 Honorary Members, Honorary Life Members, Life Members and Appointed Members shall not be obliged to pay any subscriptions imposed by the Committee.

11.3 The Committee may, at its absolute discretion, remit the whole or part of the subscription of any member for such a period and on such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem fit. Any dispensation granted by the Committee in terms shall be conveyed to the Member in writing and be duly recorded as a minute of such decision of the Committee.

11.4 Subscriptions are payable in respect of the Club’s financial year and shall become due on the first day of September of each year.

11.4.1 Any member whose subscription has been in arrears for three calendar months shall be liable to have his or her name posted in the Clubhouse as being in arrears, and if such member fails to pay the amount due within one month from the date of the name being posted as aforesaid, the Committee shall be at liberty to erase his or her name from the list of Members of the Club; but such member may be reinstated by the Committee at its discretion, subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may impose: provided, however, that before such member’s name be posted as aforesaid a notice calling upon him or her to pay the arrear subscription within 14 days (fourteen) days shall be sent to such member by registered post.

11.4.2 A minute of the Committee Meeting stating that any member subject to notice, has had such notice duly sent, and that his or her name has been duly posted in the Clubhouse in accordance with 11.4.1 shall be conclusive evidence that such notice was duly and properly given, and that such posting had duly and properly taken place;

11.4.3 A member who has not paid his or her subscription within 4 (four) months after it became due shall not be allowed to continue as a member or exercise any of the privileges of membership while his or her subscription is unpaid.

11.5 A member whose name is posted in the Clubhouse as provided in 11.4.1 shall not be allowed the privileges of the course or the Clubhouse, nor be eligible to vote at any meeting.

12. MEMBERSHIP ALTERATION AND REINSTATEMENT

12.1. A member may on written application transfer his or her membership to another category of membership for which he or she is eligible.

12.1.1 Junior and Student members shall automatically progress to the next highest level of membership applicable, based on status and age without having to pay an additional entrance fee.

12.1.2 Other categories of membership not specified in 12.1.1 will be liable to pay the differential in entrance fee between an existing category of membership and that to which they choose to transfer in the year in which transfer is effected at the discretion of the Committee.

12.2 Former members who have relinquished their membership of the Club for any reason, may be re-admitted to membership on such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine in each particular case.

13. FINANCIAL YEAR

The financial year of the Club shall end on 31st August each year.

14. COMMITTEE

14.1 The affairs of the Club shall be governed and managed by a committee of eight persons, consisting of six Executive Members including Chairman, Captain, Vice Captain and three others and two Ex Officio Members being the President and Director of Golf .

14.2 Full Members who have been members of the Club for 2 (two) years shall be eligible for election to the Committee.

14.3 The Captain of the Ladies Section shall be co-opted as a member of the Committee for each meeting for such time as may be necessary for her to bring to the attention of the Committee those matters that affect the Ladies Section.

14.4 The Committee shall permit Lady Members to form a Ladies Section and to conduct their affairs of this Section in accordance with the provisions approved by the Committee which affairs may not be in conflict with this constitution. Conduct of the affairs of the Ladies Section are set out in Annexure A to this Constitution

15. ELECTION OF THE COMMITTEE

15.1 The Executive Members of the Committee shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting, or a Special General Meeting called for such purpose, from Full Members of the Club, and shall hold office until the next Annual General Meeting.

15.2 A retiring member of the Committee shall be eligible for election to any position on the Committee without written nomination provided notice of his intention to do so is posted on the Notice Board at least six days prior to the Meeting. A member other than a retiring member of the Committee, shall be eligible for election to the Committee only if a nomination signed by two Full Members and endorsed with the consent of the nominated member has been received by the Club at least 6 (six) days prior to the date of the Meeting.

15.3 At the first meeting of the Committee after the Annual General Meeting there shall be elected a Chairman and a Vice Captain.

15.4 The Committee shall cause to be formed sub-committees comprising of Grounds, Finance, Audit, and House Committees and any other sub-committees as may be necessary.

16. PRESIDENT AND CAPTAIN

16.1 A President shall be elected at an Annual General Meeting of the Club and shall hold office for a period of two years. The nominee shall have served at least one full year on the Committee during a six year period immediately preceding nominations for the position.

16.2 In the event of a new President being elected at an Annual General Meeting the past President shall automatically be eligible for election as one of the Executive Members of Committee to be elected at the Annual General Meeting.

16.3 A Captain for the ensuing year shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting from among the six Executive Members elected to the Committee.

16.4 Should there be more than one nomination for the position of President or Captain a ballot shall be taken.

17. POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE

17.1 The Committee shall have the power and authority to do any act, matter or thing which could or might be done by the Club excepting such matters as are in this Constitution specially reserved to be dealt with at a General Meeting.

17.2 The Committee shall in addition to the general powers and authorities granted to the Committee by this Constitution have the following special powers:

17.2.1 To appoint a Director of Golf;

17.2.2 To appoint, suspend or discharge any employee of the Club and to fix their remuneration and terms of employment;

17.2.3 To fix or amend from time to time tariffs and charges including green, playing and locker fees and caddies’ remuneration;

17.2.4 To institute, conduct, defend, compound or abandon any legal proceedings by or against the Club, or its officers, or otherwise concerning the affairs of the Club;

17.2.5 To make, vary and repeal Rules for the Regulations for the running of the affairs of the Club, its officials and servants, provided that such Rules and Regulations do not conflict with the Constitution; the Committee shall cause all Rules and Regulations which it brings about to be recorded in a special register therefor which shall be maintained by the Club and available for inspection by members at all reasonable times.

17.2.6 To grant consent to persons, upon such terms as the Committee may think fit, or to refuse consent in its discretion;

17.2.7 To hold competitions and tournaments, and to make any special arrangements therefor, and to set aside the Club’s grounds, or any part thereof, for any special purpose whatsoever;

17.2.8 To arrange terms of reciprocity with other Clubs;

17.2.9 To obtain and hold any licences or authorities which may be required to enable the Club to exercise any of its rights or functions;

17.2.10 To co-opt, at their discretion, a member or members for any purpose;

17.2.11 To fill such vacancies amongst their number as may occur during their term of office;

17.2.12 To acquire by purchase or lease:-
a) Any Capital equipment or immovable property, limited to:-

          i) An amount approved, for the forthcoming year, by members at an Annual General Meeting
          or
          ii) An amount approved by members at a General Meeting .
Capital Expenditure shall be defined as expenditure on capital items as contemplated by GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

b) In the event of an emergency, any capital equipment necessary for the proper upkeep and running of the Club, without the prior consent of General Meeting, but subject to the unanimous approval of the members present at a properly constituted meeting of the Committee confirming the urgent nature of the purchase and taking cognisance of the financial position of the Club and the ratification thereof by members at the following Annual General Meeting.

17.2.13 To authorise by resolution any two members of the Committee to sign on behalf of all the members of the Club all Powers of Attorney, contracts, agreements or other deed or documents requiring signature;

17.2.14 To fill any vacancy occurring in the position of Auditor.

17.2.15 To raise and borrow money for the Club

17.2.16 To determine the maximum number of members permitted in any category;

17.2.17 To discipline members for any misconduct in terms of this Constitution;

17.2.18 To deal with any conditions or circumstances arising for which specific provision is not provided for in this Constitution or in the Rules and Regulations of the Club.

18. MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE

18.1 The Committee shall meet once every month or more often as occasion requires.

18.2 Two clear days notice at least shall be given of all meetings of the Committee, unless all members of the Committee agree to accept shorter notice.

18.3 At all meetings of the Committee, four shall constitute a quorum.

18.4 Any member of the Committee absenting himself or herself without leave from more than three consecutive meetings, of which due notice has been given, shall cease to be a member of the Committee, provided that such three meetings do not take place within a period of thirty days.

18.5 A meeting of the Committee may be convened at the request of the Chairman or on the written request of at least two members of the Committee.

18.6 Voting procedure:

All decisions at Committee Meetings shall be decided by a majority of votes,unless otherwise specified herein, and the declaration of the result by the Chairman shall be conclusive.

The Chairman of a Committee meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote.

19. CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE

The Chairman or in his absence the Captain or in his absence a member elected by the members present shall be Chairman of the Committee. The Chairman of any meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote.

20. SUB - COMMITTEES

20.1 The Committee shall have power to appoint Sub-Committees for any purpose and to delegate to Sub-Committees such powers as may be deemed desirable.

20.2 The Chairman shall be an ex-officio member of all Sub-Committees

21. LIABILITY OF COMMITTEE

The members of the Committee and Sub-Committees are hereby indemnified and held harmless against any loss or damage that may be suffered as a result of endeavours made by them in good faith to give effect to the duties and powers vested in them.

22. GENERAL MEETINGS

22.1 Only Full Members shall be entitled to vote at General Meetings.

22.2 Notice of the date and hour of all General Meetings shall be posted in the Clubhouse, and emailed or posted to all members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting at their addresses reflected on the Membership Roll, at least 14 (fourteen) days prior to the date of such meeting. All General Meetings shall be held in the Clubhouse.

22.3 The accidental omission to send a notice to any member shall not invalidate the Meeting.

23. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS

23.1 An Annual General Meeting shall be called for not later than four months after the commencement of the financial year. The financial year shall commence on the 1st September.

23.2 The quorum at an Annual General Meeting shall be twenty full members.

23.3 No provision of this constitution shall be repealed, amended or substituted and no new rule made save by a resolution carried by at least two-thirds of the Full Members present and voting at a General or Special General Meeting of which due notice of the proposed alteration has been given.

24. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS

24.1 Special General Meetings may be called by resolution of the Committee, or on a requisition addressed to the Chairman signed by not less than fifteen Full Members.

24.2 The requisition shall set forth clearly the business for which such Special General Meeting is to be convened and the resolution which is to be proposed.

24.3 Only such business shall be considered at a Special General Meeting as has been specified in the notice of the meeting.

24.4 A special General Meeting requisitioned by fifteen members shall be convened by the Chairman within 30 (thirty) days of his receipt of such requisition provided that no such meeting shall be convened if the business of the Meeting shall be to consider what in the opinion of the Committee is substantially the same as that at the General Meeting held less than 12 (twelve) months previously.

25. NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

25.1 Notice of the date and hour of the Annual General Meetings shall be posted in the Clubhouse, and emailed or posted to all members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting at their addresses reflected on the Membership Roll, at least 14 (fourteen) days prior to the date of such meeting. All Annual General Meetings shall be held in the Clubhouse.

25.2 The notice of the Annual General Meeting shall include the Report of the Committee, an Audited Financial Statement of the affairs of the Club for the previous year and a summary of the Capital Expenditure budgets and estimates.

26. CHAIRMAN AT GENERAL MEETING

The Chair at all General Meetings shall be taken by the Chairman or in his absence the Captain or in his absence the President.

27. QUORUM AT MEETINGS

27.1 The quorum for a General Meeting shall be twenty full members Should no quorum be present within 15 (fifteen) minutes after the time fixed for the meeting, the meeting shall, in the case of an Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting called by the Committee, be postponed to the same place, day and hour in the following week, and at such adjourned meeting those members present shall be deemed to be the quorum for the transaction of all business of the meeting.

27.2 In the case of a Special General Meeting called by requisition of members, if no quorum be present within the time specified above, the meeting shall be dissolved.

28. VOTING AT GENERAL MEETINGS AND ADJOURNMENTS

28.1 A General Meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of votes

28.2 Unless otherwise provided in this Constitution:

28.2.1 all decisions at General Meetings shall be decided by a majority of votes and the declaration of the result by the Chairman shall be conclusive;

28.2.2 all votes other than for election of members of the Committee shall be taken by a show of hands unless a ballot is demanded by not less than ten members, in which event the Chairman shall fix the time and mode of such ballot. All votes for members of the Committee shall be by ballot.

28.2.3 Voting procedure

Members must vote for at least the minimum number of candidates necessary to fill the committee. A spoilt paper will be considered one where there are less or more votes than the vacancies to be filled.

29. CASTING VOTE AT GENERAL MEETINGS

In all cases of an equality of votes at General Meetings, the Chairman shall have a casting vote.

30. BUSINESS AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS

The business to be transacted at the Annual General Meetings shall be:

30.1 To confirm the Minutes of the previous General or Annual General Meetings;

30.2 To receive the Report of the Committee on the affairs of the Club;

30.3 To receive and consider the Audited Financial Statement for the preceding year;

30.4 To receive and consider the Proposed Capital budgets for the ensuing year and estimates for the year thereafter.

30.5 To elect the Committee for the ensuing year;

30.6 To elect Honorary Life Members, if any, recommended by the Committee, of which notice has been given;

30.7 To appoint an Auditor;

30.8 To consider resolutions concerning the affairs of the Club, of which notice has been given within two months from the start of the new financial year.

30.9 To consider any business concerning the affairs of the Club.

31. MISCONDUCT OF MEMBERS

31.1 Should any member in the opinion of the Committee, commit any wilful breach of the Constitution or the Rules and Regulations of the Club, or be guilty of improper, dishonest or unworthy conduct, or fail to make any payments of monies due to the Club after due notice, or be guilty of conduct unbecoming or prejudicial to the interests of the Club, whether within the Club’s precincts or outside them, or become insolvent, the Committee shall have the power :-

31.1.1 To reprimand such member;

31.1.2 To call upon such member to rectify any misconduct;

31.1.3 To expel such member;

31.1.4 To deprive such member of any or all rights and advantages of his or her membership during such time or period as the Committee in its absolute discretion may deem fit and advisable;

31.1.5 To call upon such member in writing to resign, and if he or she fails to resign, within 30 (thirty) days of the date of such request, to expel such member;

31.1.6 To call upon such member in writing to appear before the Committee and there explain his or her conduct and should such member fail to appear when called upon, to expel or otherwise deal with such member as provided in this Constitution;

31.1.7 Declare such member ineligible for re-election

32. EXERCISE OF POWERS BY COMMITTEE

In exercising the powers conferred by clause 31 hereof, the Committee shall be bound by the following provisions:

32.1 Any action taken by the Committee under the provisions of 31.1.3, 31.1.4, 31.1.5, 31.1.6 or 31.1.7 above shall not entitle any member so dealt with, to a refund in either part or whole of any entrance fee or subscription which has been paid in terms of this Constitution.

32.2 No member shall be dealt with in terms of the provisions of 31.1.3; 31.1.4; 31.1.5, 31.1.6 or 31.1.7above, unless and until the Committee shall have given him an opportunity to appear before it at such time and place as it may deem fit to explain or justify his conduct, and at such hearing the Committee shall determine the procedure to be adopted. The Committee shall have the power to summon any member or request any other person to appear before it to give evidence for or against such member, and any such member shall have the like power to tender the evidence of any member or any other person he may deem fit.

32.3 All communications between the Committee and a member dealt with in terms of 31.1.3, 31.1.4, 31.1.5, 31.1.6 or 31.1.7 shall be confirmed in writing.

33. RIGHT OF APPEAL

33.1 Any member expelled or called upon to resign by the Committee, shall have the right to appeal against the Committee’s decision to a Special General Meeting of full members by giving notice to that effect to the Committee within 1 (one) month of its decision.

33.2 Such Special General Meeting shall be convened without delay after the member concerned has notified in writing his or her desire thus to appeal and has deposited with the Club a sum of money which, in the opinion of the Committee, would be sufficient to cover all reasonable expenses which would be incurred in convening and holding the Special General Meeting.

33.3 Only in the event of the member’s appeal proving successful shall the deposit be refunded.

33.4 Where an appeal has been lodged in respect any decision of the Committee, the Committee’s decision shall remain in abeyance, but the member concerned shall, from the date of such decision until the decision of the Special General Meeting, be precluded from all privileges of membership.

33.5 A special General Meeting convened to hear an appeal in terms of this clause shall have the power to confirm, revoke or vary the decision of the Committee within the terms of clause 31hereof.

34. ALTERATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION

Any addition, or alteration to the Constitution shall require the sanction of a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present at a General Meeting.

35. DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

35.1 The Club may be dissolved by a resolution passed at any special meeting called for that purpose provided that such resolution is passed by a majority of two - thirds and further, that such resolution is confirmed at a Special General Meeting held not less than one month thereafter by the majority of members entitled to vote thereon.

35.2 Upon winding - up or liquidation of the Club, all its assets remaining after the satisfaction of its liabilities shall be given or transferred to some or other Club, having objects similar to those of the Club.

35.3 Upon winding-up or liquidation of the Club, none of its assets remaining after the satisfaction of its liabilities shall be distributed to any member of the Club.

36. COMMENCEMENT OF THIS CONSTITUTION

This constitution shall come into effect on adoption and the previously existing Constitution shall then stand repealed, provided that anything done under previously existing Constitution shall be presumed to have been done in terms of the corresponding provision of this constitution.

37. ANNEXURE A - LADIES SECTION

37.1.1 The Lady Members accept the Rules and Constitution of the Southbroom Golf Club, but reserve the right to conduct the affairs of their section in accordance with the wishes of the Lady Members, with the approval of the Committee of the Club in terms of clause 14.3 of the Constitution.

37.1.2 The Lady Members adhere to the provisions of this annexure A in the Conduct of their affairs and may, with the approval of the Committee and by simple majority vote at any AGM of the Ladies Section, amend annexure A.

37.2.1 The affairs of the Ladies Section shall be conducted by a committee elected at an Annual General Meeting of Lady Members convened in the same manner as that set out for members of the Club in clause 25.1 of the Constitution.

37.2.2 The Annual General Meeting of Lady Members shall be convened not later than one week prior to the A.G.M. of the Club.

37.3 At the A.G.M of Lady members there shall be elected a Committee of Lady Members consisting of a Captain, Vice-Captain and a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 5 members, all of whom shall be Lady Members and one of whom shall act as Honorary Secretary to the Ladies Section and 4 of whom shall form a quorum. Lady members must have served at least 1 year on the Ladies Committee to be eligible for election as Captain and Vice Captain. Committee members elected must have been full members at Southbroom Golf Club for at least 1 year.

37.4 The nominations of Captain and Vice - Captain and Committee shall be posted by the Honorary Secretary on the Ladies Notice board 6 days prior to the Ladies Annual General Meeting. These nominations must be signed by a proposer, seconder and the nominee. Nominees for the office of Lady Captain, if defeated in a ballot, will ipso facto be eligible for immediate nomination as Lady Vice-Captain, and nominees defeated in a ballot for either office will be eligible for immediate nomination to the Committee.

37.5 The Lady Captain and Lady Vice-Captain shall, ipso facto, be Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Ladies Committee.

37.6 A Lady President shall be elected by the Lady Members at an A.G.M of Lady Members and will hold office for a period of 3 years, but may be re-elected for a further term of office. The Lady President shall, ex officio, be a Member of the Ladies Committee and shall have a casting vote .

37.7 The Committee at their discretion shall have the right to co-opt any Lady Member for any purpose. All other office bearers will be elected at the meeting of the Committee after the Ladies Annual General Meeting.

37.8 The Ladies Committee shall present a statement of its financial affairs at the Ladies A.G.M. and a copy thereof shall be made available to the Chairman of the Club prior to the A.G.M. of the Club.

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