NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES OF MALAYSIA INCORPORATION ACT 1958

“Association” means the National Association of Women’s

Institutes of Malaysia registered as a society under the Societies

Act 1966 [Act 335];

“Central Council” means the Central Council constituted in accordance with section 5;

“Corporation” means the body incorporated under the name of

“National Association of Women’s Institutes of Malaysia” by this

Act.

Incorporation of the National Association of Women’s Institutes of Malaysia and powers of the Corporation 3.

The persons now members of the voluntary association known as the National Association of Women’s Institutes of Malaysia and all such persons as may hereafter become members of the Corporation pursuant to this Act or of rules and by-laws made thereunder shall

*NOTE—All references to “West Malaysia” shall be construed as reference to “Peninsular Malaysia”—

see the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997 [Act A996], subsection 5(2).

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be a body corporate by the name of the National Association of

Women’s Institutes of Malaysia and by the same name shall have perpetual succession and may enter into contracts, and may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description, and may convey, transfer, assign, surrender and yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property vested in the Corporation upon such terms as to the Corporation may deem fit, and by the same name may sue and be sued in all courts and in all manner of actions and suits and may do all other matters and things incidental or appertaining to a body corporate.

Objects of the Corporation

The objects of the Corporation are to provide an organization which shall be open, without any discrimination on the grounds of religion, race or politics, to all women and girls resident in

Malaysia to enable women and girls, particularly those in rural areas, to take an effective part in the life and development of the community and generally to do all such things as the Corporation or its Central Council may deem incidental or conducive to the attainment of that object.

The affairs of the Corporation shall be administered by a

Central Council to be constituted in accordance with the rules and by-laws for the time being of the Corporation.

The first members of the Central Council shall be those ladies who at the date of the coming into force of this Act are the members of the Executive Committee of the Association.

The Central Council shall cause a register to be kept in which every person who is at the date of the coming into force of this

Act a member of the Association or who may thereafter become a duly admitted member of the Corporation shall have her name inscribed and in which shall be recorded such other matters as may from time to time be determined by the Central Council. The register may be kept in such number of parts as the Central Council may from time to time decide and the duty of keeping parts of the register may be delegated to any member or official of the

Corporation.

It shall be lawful for the Central Council from time to time to make, alter or revoke such rules and by-laws as it may deem expedient for the management of the affairs of the Corporation and the accomplishment of its objects and all such rules and by-laws shall be binding at all times upon the members for the time being of the Corporation.

On the coming into force of this Act all and every property belonging to the Association, whether held in the name of the

Association or in the name or names of any person or persons in trust for the Association, shall be and the same is hereby vested in the Corporation, and the same, together with all after-acquired property movable or immovable, and all subscriptions, contributions, donations, fines, amounts of loans and advances received or to be received shall be held by the Corporation for the purposes of this

Act and subject to the rules for the time being of the Corporation.

All debts and liabilities of the Association existing at the time of the coming into force of this Act shall be paid by the

Corporation, and all debts due to and subscriptions and contributions payable to the Association shall be paid to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act.

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The income and property of the Corporation, whencesoever derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the aforesaid objects of the Corporation and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise howsoever by way of profit to the members of the Corporation:

Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the payment in good faith of remuneration to any officers or servants of the

Corporation or to any members of the Corporation in return for any services actually rendered to the Corporation.

The liability of each member of the Corporation in respect of the transactions of the Corporation shall in no case exceed the amount of such annual subscriptions as may be due from such member to the Corporation.

True accounts shall be kept of the sums of money received and expended by the Corporation. Once in every year the accounts of the Central Council shall be examined and their correctness ascertained by one or more properly qualified auditor or auditors.

Copies of the accounts shall be furnished by the Central Council to the principal association of Women’s Institutes in each State.

An annual report shall be prepared by the Central Council in respect of every year and published by it.

Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Rulers or the Yang di-Pertua Negeri or of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Act and those claiming by, from or under them.

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National Association of Women’s

Institutes of Malaysia Incorporation

Act 510

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES

OF MALAYSIA INCORPORATION ACT 1958

LIST OF AMENDMENTS

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Act 510

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES

OF MALAYSIA INCORPORATION ACT 1958

LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section

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