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Salient. Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 26, No. 1. Monday, February 25, 1963
Power To Fine
Power To Fine
The Executive shall have power to and may for any reason deemed by it sufficient impose on any member a fine not exceeding five guineas together with the cost of any damage caused by such member (such fine to be a debt immediately payable by such member to the association) and may impose such fine upon any such terms and conditions as it may deem fit and may declare that such fine shall be part of the subscription of such member for the then current financial year and such fine shall then form part of such subscription for all purposes.
The Executive shall have power to and may for any purpose make contracts engage and dismiss servants control the properly and funds of the Association, open operate and close banking accounts, acquire and dispose of property of all kinds expend reserve and invest moneys and generally control and manage the finance affairs of the Association.
The Executive shall have power to and may by agent or otherwise demand sue for enforce payment of receive and give discharge for all moneys securities for moneys debts stocks shares and all other real or personal estate now belonging to or hereafter to belong to the Association or claimed so to belong; to commence and carry on all actions and other proceedings touching the real or personal property of the Association or in which the Association is in any, way concerned settle compromise; or submit to arbitration all accounts claims and disputes between the Association and any other person or persons.
The Executive shall at its discretion have power to and may borrow for the purposes of the Association from any person or corporation any sum or sums of money on the security of all or any of the property of the Association by mortgage charge bond overdraft or other manner upon such terms as to the Executive shall seem fit.
Membership of the Students' Association is open to all students of the Victoria University of Wellington. People who have attended any University or University College within the previous two years are also eligible.
| (a) | for the securing of the objects of the Association and for the giving of effect to this Constitution. |
| (b) | for regulating in greater detail any matters provided for in this Constitution. |
| (c) | for the regulation and determination of any matter of contingency not provided for or not fully provided for by this Constitution. |
| (d) | for regulating the procedure of the Executive or any committee of the Executive. |
| (e) | for the affiliation and control of affiliated bodies or any of them. |
| (f) | for the efficient management or control of any matter under its control or supervision. |
| (g) | for the interpretation and construction of any matter contained in this Constitution or in any regulations made hereunder; provided, however, that for the purposes of this Section l he Blues Regulations hereinafter appearing shall be treated as if they were part of this Constitution and shall be amended in the same manner as provided by Section 9 hereof. |
| (h) | for any other purpose for which the Executive is by this Constitution empowered to regulate. |
| (a) | repugnant to this Constitution; or |
| (b) | ultra vires the objects of the Association; or |
| (c) | not made in accordance with the next succeeding subsection. |
Any such regulation shall be made by the Executive only by resolution passed at an ordinary meeting thereof by a majority of those present and entitled to vote provided that at the last preceding ordinary meeting notice shall have been given to such meeting by some member of the Executive then present of the intention to move a motion for the making of such resolution such notice not to be required to state the exact terms of the proposed resolution.
Within seven (7) days after passing of any such resolution the Secretary shall post a copy of such resolution on the Notice Board and shall permit such copy to remain thereon for at least fourteen days thereafter Provided that the validity of any such resolution shall not be affected by the non-observance of this sub-section.
Every such regulation shall come into force and take effect as from the time when the resolution by which it is made is passed by the Executive provided that the Executive shall have power to fix any prior or subsequent time as the time of such coming into effect.
All resolutions of the Executive and all acts and things duly done or executed in good faith thereunder shall be binding upon all members of the Executive whether present at any such meeting or not and upon all the property and assets of the Association Provided that such resolutions shall not be shown to be ultra vires the Executive or made in bad faith or with any Improper motive.
Every such resolution shall take effect as from the date when it is passed by the Executive: provided that the Executive shall have power to fix any prior or subsequent date as the date of such coming into effect.