EC Meeting July 2017

Gibraltar General & Clerical Association – Rules & Constitution

APPENDIX I

DISCIPLINARY REGULATIONS

1.1 Subject to the provisions of the Union’s Rules, the GGCA Executive Committee may by resolution reprimand and/or fine and/or remove from office and/or prohibit from holding office for such specified period as it thinks fit or suspend from membership for such specified period as it thinks fit or expel from membership any member if in its opinion: (1) that member has individually or in concert with others (whether in connection with the business of the Union or otherwise) taken any action or been guilty of any conduct which is derogatory to the interests of the Union; or

(2) that member has persistently failed to comply in any respect with the Union’s Rules.

1.2 In particular, and without prejudice to the general proposition of Regulation 1.1, the following specific grounds shall apply:

(1) that the member gained admission by supplying misleading information on his/her application form;

(2)

that the member injured or attempted to injure the Union;

(3) that the member worked or acted contrary to the interests of the Union or its members;

(4) that the member attempted to break up or dissolve the Union otherwise than allowed by the Rules;

(5)

that the member brought the Union into discredit;

(6) that the member refused to comply with an order or decision of any council or committee having jurisdiction over the member in accordance with these Rules;

(7) that the member obtained or attempted to obtain any benefits of the Union set out in these Rules by misrepresentation;

(8) that the member’s conduct was inconsistent with the duties of a member of the Union;

(9) that being an Officer of the Union the member refused in the opinion of the GGCA Executive Committee to perform the duties imposed upon him/her by these Rules.

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