Constitution of the Bombay Nursing Homes Association

 MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION:-
A) The affairs of the Association, financial or otherwise, shall be vested in the Managing Committee, which shall consist of the Committee Members, the total strength of which shall not be more than 16(Sixteen), which shall consist of the immediate Past President and the other 15 being elected at Annual General Body Meeting. Thus the Managing Committee shall consist of: -
1. One President;
2. Two Vice Presidents;
3. One Secretary General;
4. One Hon. Joint Secretary;
5. One Hon. Treasurer;
6. Nine Committee Members;
7. Immediate Past President

Of the 15 members to be elected, 2 may be co-opted if adequate number of members(15) are not elected at AGM.

The tenure of such Managing Committee will be for three years normally, but it will continue to function till new one is appointed in the Annual General Body Meeting.

B) If a vacancy arises amongst the Office-Bearers of the Members of the Managing Committee, it shall be filled in by the Managing Committee Member.
C) Any Office-Bearer of the Association or Member of its Managing Committee can be removed by the General Body Meeting of the Members by 3/4ths of the members present for committing any fraud, or showing dishonesty or having acted against the interest of the Association, provided such office-bearer/s or Member/s to be removed are given adequate opportunity to explain his conduct, to the Managing Committee.
D) The Managing Committee shall meet at least 3(three) times every year on such days and at such places as may be fixed by the Hon. Secretary General in consultation with the President. At least one third (l/3rd) Members of the Managing Committee shall be necessary to form a quorum. A Meeting of the Managing Committee shall be called by a notice of at least 3 (three) days in advance.

An Emergency Meeting of the Mg. Committee can be called at a short notice/telephonic contact.

F) Any Member of the Managing Committee who remains absent for 3(three) consecutive Meetings of the Mg. Committee without prior reasonable excuse, can be removed at the discretion of the Managing Committee.
G) The Managing Committee will fix the date and time of Annual General Body, Special General Body and Extra Ordinary General Body Meeting.

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 BANK ACCOUNT:-
The Association shall open a Bank Account in its name and it shall be operated jointly by any two of the Office Bearers namely, the President, Hon. Secretary General, 1^st Vice President and Hon. Treasurer, or any signatory authorized by the Managing Committee, Hon. Secretary General or Hon. Treasurer shall not keep more than Rs. 1,000/-(Rupees One Thousand Only) each with him for current expenses.
The General Body Meeting of the Association shall be held at least once in a year and within six months of the closing of the account in a year to transact the following business:
a. To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting.
b. To adopt annual report of Hon. Secretary General.
c. To adopt & approve the audited Statement of Accounts for the year.
d. To elect managing committee for ensuing year.
e. To appoint Hon. Auditor and Hon. Legal Advisor for the ensuing year & to fix their Honorarium.
f. Any other business with the permission of the Chairman.

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 NOTICE OF THE GENERAL BODY MEETING:-
a. A Notice of the General Body Mooting shall be given at least 15 (Fifteen) Days in advance and In writing to all the Members along with the Agenda. Such Notice shall be given by the Hon. Secretary General and, in his absence by the Hon. Joint Secretary.
b. The invitation for Nomination for Election to various offices will be sent 10 days in advance of the General Meeting and the Nominations will be scrutinized by the Secretary or any Officer appointed by Managing Committee. A Member can withdraw his Nomination within 3 days of General Body Meeting.

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 QUORUM:-
The Quorum of the Annual General Body Meeting shall be at least 30 members who are entitled to vote at such meeting. In case the Quorum is not formed at that time the meeting shall stand adjourned at the same date and place for 15 minutes. The adjourned meeting shall be held at the same place & date, irrespective of quorum.

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 SPECIAL/EXTRA-ORDINARY GENERAL BODY MEETING:- An extra-ordinary General Body Meeting shall be called after giving at least 15(Fifteen) days' prior notice to all members entitled to vote and the business of such Meeting shall be as follows:-
a. To amend any of the Clauses of the Constitution;
b. To remove any Member of the Association;
c. To wind-up the Association;
d. Any other business, which is urgently, to he discussed and decided;
The Quorum for such a meeting should be 30(thirty) otherwise the Meeting stands adjourned for 15 minutes. The adjourned meeting shall be held at the same place & date, irrespective of the quorum.

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 VOTING:-
To pass any resolution in any Extra-Ordinary General Body Meeting at least 3/4^ths(three-fourths) of the Members present at voting, must vote in favour of the Resolution.

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 LEGAL ADVISOR:-
Hon. Legal Advisor shall be appointed each year. The Honorarium shall be approved by the General Body.

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 AUDITORS:-
Auditors will also be appointed for each year. The Honorarium shall be approved by the General Body.

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The Association shall be dissolved as per Section 13-14 of the Society Registration Act, 1860.