(3).    In addition to the seats provided in clause (1) and (2) above the immediate past Chairman of the Association shall be an ex-officio member of the executive committee without voting right.

52).     If any seat reserved for any of the stipulate categories remains vacant, it shall not be filled with members from other category.

53).     Where the General Body of the Association comprises of at-least fifty percent members from Associate class, there shall be rotation of office of Chairman between the Associate and Corporate Members.  After first elections under the Trade Ordinance, the Chairman would be from such class of members as may be decided by the Executive Committee.

54).     Where there is rotation of office of Chairman, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, shall not be from the same class of members.

    Provided that if there are more than one Vice-Chairman, at-least one shall be from the class of members other than that of the Chairman.

55).     The Chairman and Vice-Chairman, in addition to the functions and responsibilities assigned to them in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, shall be ex-officio members of the Executive Committee of the Association.

56).     The tenure of all elected office bearers shall be one year.  

57).     The tenure of the Members of the Executive Committee shall be two years subject to:

a).    Fifty percent of the members of the Executive Committee shall retire every year;

b).    After the first election of the Executive Committee under the Trade Ordinance a draw shall made to determine the fifty percent members who shall retire after expiry of first year

58).    On completion of the term, office bearers and members of the Executive  Committee  shall not be eligible to contest election or co-option in any representative capacity in the trade organization for the next one year

Provided that the above condition shall not apply to the office bearers and members of the Executive Committee elected under the Trade Organizations Ordinance 1961.


SUB-COMMITTEE

59).     The Executive Committee shall be competent to constituted the sub-committees with such powers and duties as may be determined by the Executive Committee from time to time.  The Executive Committee shall also nominate the conveners of the Committees so constituted.


CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETINGS

60).     In the case of the Executive Committee, the Chairman or in his absence the Vice-Chairman or in the absence of both of them any member of the Executive Committee elected for the time being by a majority of votes shall preside at the meetings of the Executive Committee.


    VACANCIES

61).     Any casual vacancy caused in the Vice Chairman any member of the Committee during the interval between two General Meetings shall be filled in by the Executive Committee in such manner as it may decide.