THE PURE LIFE SOCIETY (SHUDDHA SAMAJAM) INCORPORATION ACT 1957 (REVISED - 2023)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), the High Court may on an application by the committee declare the President to be incapable of performing the functions of his office in which event the President shall be deemed to have retired from the office of

President.

The President is entitled to nominate any member in writing to succeed him as the President consequent to his death or retirement.

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In the event that any President fails to nominate his successor under subsection (3), the President shall be a member elected by the Corporation in a general meeting.

Membership of the Corporation

Subject to this Act, any person irrespective of race or creed who subscribes to the Corporation’s objects and purposes and who aspires to lead a life of purity shall on application in writing in the form set out in the First Schedule be eligible for election as a member of the Corporation.

A person shall not be eligible for membership of the

Corporation unless at the time of his application for membership he has attained the age of twenty-one years.

The committee may reject any application for membership made under subsection (2).

An applicant whose application has been rejected is not entitled to apply again for membership of the Corporation until after the expiration of six months from the date of rejection.

The President with the consent of the members of the committee may admit a dedicated person as a member.

The committee shall cause to be maintained a register of members of the Corporation and to be recorded in it the name, address and occupation of—

For the purpose of any person specified in paragraph (c), the date of election or admission as a member of the Corporation shall be recorded in the register.

Rights on incorporation

The Corporation may sue and be sued in its name.

The Corporation may, upon such terms as it thinks fit—

to promote the study and practice of Dharma (righteousness)

and Yoga (mystical communion) in their purest form as propounded by the great teachers of the world and the study of comparative theology and philosophy in their widest form;

to promote the study of the arts, sciences and industries;

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to establish or maintain or to assist in the establishment or maintenance of, spiritual and educational institutions, orphanages, workshops, laboratories, dispensaries, houses for the infirm, the invalid and the afflicted, and institutions of a like nature;

subject to any written law, to print and publish and to sell or distribute gratuitously or otherwise, journals, periodicals, books or leaflets which the Corporation may consider desirable;

to assist at and, subject to any written law, to conduct or officiate marriage ceremonies, funerals or other ceremonial occasions;

to train workers in all branches of knowledge for the purpose of carrying on educational and social work; and

subject to this Act and any other written law, to set up an endowment fund or funds for the purposes of the

Corporation.

Management

The members of the committee shall be elected in the manner provided in this Act.

The members of the committee shall retire from office at the annual general meeting of the Corporation held next after their becoming members of the committee; and such member shall be eligible for re-election at the meeting at which he shall retire.

Every new committee shall take over from the outgoing committee within one month of the date of its appointment.

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If any member of the committee desires to retire from acting as such, he shall give the Corporation one month’s notice in writing of his intention to do so and his retirement shall take effect from the date of the expiration of such notice or its earlier acceptance by the committee.

If for any cause any vacancies shall occur in the committee, such vacancies may be filled by members elected by the committee and any member so elected shall, unless otherwise arranged at the time of his election, hold office for the remainder of the period during which the member of the committee in whose place he shall be elected would have held office had such vacancy not occurred.

If the number of vacancies existing at any one time exceeds five in number, an extraordinary general meeting shall be convened for the purpose of filling the vacancies.

Subject to subsection (9), if in the opinion of the committee any member of the committee misconducts himself or his affairs or otherwise is or becomes unfit to continue as a member of the committee, he may, by the vote of not less than two-thirds of the members present at a meeting of the committee, be expelled from the committee.

No resolution to expel a member of the committee shall be considered unless—

a vice-President, an Honorary Secretary and an Honorary

Treasurer from their number in such manner as they think fit; and

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an auditor or auditors from outside the committee.

If any officer of the Corporation, during his term of office, is absent from Peninsular Malaysia or be incapacitated from officiating as such officer, the committee may appoint a substitute to act in his place and the person so appointed shall hold office only during the absence or incapacity of the officer in whose place he is appointed.

Proceedings of the committee

The Honorary Treasurer shall, not later than the last day of September in each year, cause to be prepared—

The accounts kept by the Honorary Treasurer and the annual statement prepared by him in accordance with subsection (2) shall be audited by the auditor or auditors as and when requested by the committee, and the auditor or auditors shall certify in writing the result of his or their audit.

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When and as soon as the annual statement had been audited under subsection (3), a copy of the audited annual statement shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the Corporation for at least seven days prior to the holding of the next annual general meeting of the Corporation.

Annual general meeting

The business to be transacted at an annual general meeting shall be—

The requisition shall state the objects of the meeting and shall be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the office of the Corporation.

The requisition may consist of more than one document provided that the documents are duly signed and specify the same or similar objects.

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The committee shall within ten days from the receipt of the requisition under subsection (2) cause an acknowledgment to be sent to the requisitionists and shall within thirty days from the receipt of such requisition cause an extraordinary general meeting to be held to discuss the objects specified in the requisition.

If the committee does not within the time referred to in subsection (4) cause an extraordinary general meeting of the

Corporation to be held in the manner provided under this section, the requisitionists or a majority of them may themselves convene the meeting.

Any meeting convened by the requisitionists under subsection (5) shall be convened in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which such meetings ought to be convened by the committee.

General meetings

The committee shall give to the members at least ten days’

notice in writing of any general meeting and such notice shall specify—

Every member other than the President shall have one vote.

The President shall have no original vote but he shall have and exercise a casting vote.

Notwithstanding subsection (2), any member other than the President presiding at a meeting shall have an original vote as well as a casting vote.

Voting shall be by a show of hands or by a ballot if a ballot is demanded by not less than one-quarter of the members present.

Quorum

The quorum for a general meeting shall be twenty.

Minutes of meetings

The minutes shall be submitted for confirmation at such meeting or at the next succeeding meeting of the committee or the general meeting, as the case may be, and if then confirmed shall be signed by the President or other member presiding at the meeting at which the minutes are confirmed and shall be prima facie evidence of all proceedings evidenced by the minutes.

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Where register, etc., to be kept

The title deeds and securities of the Corporation shall be kept at such place and in such custody as the President, with the approval of the committee, shall decide and the President shall be responsible for the safe custody of the title deeds and securities.

Common seal

All deeds and other documents requiring to be sealed shall be sealed with such seal in the presence of and be signed by the

President or the vice-President and by the Honorary Secretary and one other member of the committee.

The signature of the President or vice-President and the

Honorary Secretary and one other member of the committee shall for all purposes be accepted as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of all deeds, documents and other instruments sealed on behalf of the Corporation.

Associate members

Subject to this section, an associate member shall have such privileges as may be prescribed.

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The President may admit a dedicated person to be an associate member of the Corporation for such period as he shall in his absolute discretion determine and any such dedicated person so admitted shall enjoy such privileges as the President shall in his absolute discretion thinks fit.

No payment from the funds of the Corporation, other than a payment for services rendered, shall be made to the person referred to in subsection (3) without the consent of the committee.

An associate member shall not be eligible for membership of the committee nor shall he be entitled to vote at any general meeting.

Vesting of property

The Corporation shall not engage in or in any way associate itself with any activities which in the opinion of the President are trading, political or trade union activities.

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Rules

to prescribe the conditions relating to the eligibility for membership of the Corporation and the method of election of members;

to prescribe the conditions relating to the eligibility for persons other than dedicated persons for associate membership of the Corporation and the method of election of such associate members;

to prescribe the powers and privileges of members and associate members not being associate members who are dedicated persons and of such categories of members and such associate members as may be specified;

to prescribe the procedure for the resignation or retirement of members and associate members not being associate members who are dedicated persons and the circumstances under which and the procedure whereby members and such associate members shall cease to be members or associate members;

to regulate the election of members of the committee;

to regulate the calling and conduct of meetings of the committee and their procedure in transacting business;

for the appointment of subcommittees of the committee to which may be delegated powers to manage any property of the Corporation;

to allocate duties to and to delegate exercise of executive powers by the President, the officers of the Corporation, the committee and subcommittees of the committee;

to regulate the collection of subscriptions for the purposes of the Corporation;

to regulate the keeping and presentation of accounts;

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to regulate the appointment, conduct and dismissal of servants of the Corporation; and

for any other purpose necessary or expedient to carry out the provisions of this Act.

The rules made under this section shall have effect from such date as the committee may appoint for the purpose.

Any such rule may be revoked or amended by resolution of a general meeting and shall thereupon cease to have effect or have effect as amended but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the rules.

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First Schedule

[Section 6]

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

I, of desire to be elected a member of the Pure Life Society (Shuddha Samajam) a body incorporated under The Pure Life Society (Shuddha Samajam) Incorporation

Act 1957, and to have my name recorded in the register of members of the

Corporation under section 6:

And I agree that if I am elected to be a member, I will abide by the rules of the Corporation.

Dated

…………………………………

Signature of applicant

Second Schedule

[Section 24]