THE

CONSTI
TUTI
ON

OF

MADONNACENTRAL
CHOI
R
 THE

CONSTI
TUTI
ON

OF

MADONNACENTRALCHOI
R

PREAMBLE:

MadonnaCentralChoir,beingabodycreatedinMadonna
Uni
versit
y,Oki
jaCampus,forthepurposeofhandlingall
musicalaff
air
softheCathol
icChaplaincysit
uat
eint he
Uni
versit
yhasnowgr owntobeabodyspr eadaroundthree
Campusesoft heUni
versi
ty,t
owit;Okija,
Elel
e,Apugoand
anyotherCampusestabli
shedtherei
n.

MadonnaCent r
alChoir,surv
ivesonf i
v ecardinalpr
inci
ples
whichareCor di
ali
ty,Regular
ity,
Punct uali
ty,
Mor alConduct,
AndSacr i
fi
ce.Thesepr i
nciplescreateloveuni t
y and 
respectamongstitsmember swhi l
est udyi
ngt hei
rdiff
erent
coursesinschool,duri
ngchoi rpract
ices,duringoccasions,
andalsoaftergraduati
on.

Now, havi
ngproducedgr eatprofessionalsi
nvar i
ous
di
scipli
nes,andsti
l
lholdingfastt othefoundational
pri
ncipl
esthatkeptthefami l
ytogether,ithasbecome
necessarytofor
m anAl umni bodyinor dertofostert
hese
pri
nci
plesandalsoventur
eint
oacti
vi
ti
esthatwouldmeet
ourcol
lect
iveaspi
rat
ionsandgoal
s.Hence,t
hisConst
it
uti
on.

ARTICLE1: NAMEANDSUPREMACY
(1)Thenameoft hisassoci ati
onshallbecal l
edMadonna
Central
 
Choir, abbrev
iatedas" M. C.C"hereinaftercal
ledthe
Associ ati
on.
 
(2)Thi sconstit
utionissupr emeandbi ndsallregister
ed
member softheAssoci ation.
(3)Wher eanyconf li
ctar i
sesbetweent hisconst i
tuti
onand
anyot herdocument, thisconstit
uti
onshal lprevai
l andthat
otherdocumentshal ltot heextentofit
si nconsist
encybe
void.

(4)Themot
tooft
heAssoci
ati
oni
s"LETYOURLI
GHT
SHINE"

ARTI
CLE2:
ADDRESS

Theaddr
essoft
heCHOI
Rshal
lbei
nNi
ger
ia

ARTI
CLE3:
AIMSANDOBJECTI
VES

Theai
msandobj
ect
ivesoft
heCHOI
Rar
e:

• Topr
omotethespi
ri
tofoneness,
lov
eandf
ort
it
ude
wi
thandamongstmembers.

• Todecent
lyent
ert
ainpeopl
ethr
oughsi
ngi
ng,dr
ama,
 danci
nget
c

• Togrowinthespi
ri
tofpray
erbysingi
ngtoGod
knowingf
ull
ywell
thathewhosingswell
pray
stwi
ce

• Tonouri
shouraudiencewi
thspiri
tualmel
odi
esdur
ing
mass,nat
ional
eventsandotheroccasi
ons

• Tocr eat
ear el
i
giousfor
um wherestudent
sand
graduatescandevelopandexer
cisethei
rmusi
cal
tal
entstothegloryofGod

• Tocarr
youtf
uncti
onst
hatarel
awfulandconduci
vef
or
thebet
ter
mentoft
heassoci
ati
onandsociet
y.

• Tocont
ri
but
etonat
ional
growt
handdev
elopment
.

ARTI
CLE4:
MEMBERSHI
P/REGI
STRATI
ON

a)Member
shipisopent
oeveryStudentandSt
affof
MadonnaUni
versi
tywhomeetstherequi
rement
.

b)Uponeachi nt
roducti
onofaprospecti
vemembertothe
choir
,he/sheshal
l aut
omati
cal
lybeplacedonSI
Xmont hs
probati
onperi
od/term.Heshal
lrecor
da70%at t
endanceto
theeventsoftheChoir.

c)AnyStudent-
member ,upongr
aduati
on,
oranyStaf
fat
entr
ance,shal
lobtaint
heMCCAl umniMembershi
pForm at
thecur
rentpri
cefixedfori
t,t
oconti
nuemembershi
p.

d)Thespouseofamembershallautomati
cal
lybecomea
memberoftheAssoci
ati
onbutshallnotbeeli
gibl
eforany
execut
iveposi
ti
on.

ARTI
CLE5:
TRUSTEES

TheTrust
eesofMADONNACENTRALCHOI Rforthe
pur
poseoftheCompaniesandAll
i
edMatt
ersActCapC20
LFN2004shall
beel
ectedwhentheneedar
isesataGener
al
Meeti
ng,wit
h2/3maj
orityvot
esofmemberspresent
.

• SuchTrustees(
herei
naft
err
efer
redtoas,
“The
Trust
ees”)shal
lbefouri
nnumber.

• TheTr
usteemayhol
dof
fi
cef
orl
i
febutshal
lceaset
o
hol
doff
iceifhe:

• Resi
gnshi
sof
fi
ce

• Ceasestobeamemberoft
her
egi
ster
edTr
ust
ees
ofthebody.

• Becomesi
nsane.

• Divor
cesorSeparat
eswiththewif
eand/or
husbandtr
adit
ional
ly,
rel
i
giousl
yorbyanycour
tof
competentj
uri
sdict
ion

• I
sof
fi
cial
l
ydecl
aredbankr
upt

• I
sconvict
edofacr
iminalof
fenseinv
olv
ing
di
shonest
ybyacourtofcompetentj
uri
sdi
cti
on.

• I
srecommendedf
orr
emov
alf
rom of
fi
ceby
 membersoftheBoardofTr
usteesmajor
it
yvot
e
pr
esentatanyGener
alMeet
ingofthebody.

• Ceasestoresi
deand/
orv
isi
tinNi
ger
iaf
ormor
e
than5year
s

• Uponavacancyoccur
ri
ngint
henumberofTrust
ee,a
General
Meet i
ngwil
lbehel
dtoappoi
ntanot
herel
igi
ble
memberoft heCHOIR

ARTI
CLE6:
COMMONSEAL

• TheTr
ust
eesshal
lhav
eacommonSeal

• SuchcommonSeal wil
lbekepti
nthecustodyofthe
SECRETARYwhoshallproducei
twhenrequir
edforuse
bytheTr
usteesandanyotherOf
fi
cerwhohav ebeen
empoweredtouseit
.

• Alldocument
stobeexecutedbytheTrusteesshal
lbe
signedbysuchnumberofthem andsealedwiththe
commonseal

ARTI
CLE7.
1:MEETI
NG

a. TheAssoci
ati
onshal
lhol
dit
sgener
almeet
ingoncei
n
everytwoyear
s

b. 
TheAssoci
ati
on,i
ftheNati
onal
Execut
iveCounci
ldeems
i
tfi
t,mayhol
dextraor
dinar
ygener
almeeti
ngsasregul
aras
maybenecessar
y.

c.TheNat
ional
Execut
iveCounci
lmayhol
dmeet
ingsas
r
egul
arasnecessary
,eit
herphy
sical
lyorelect
roni
cal
l
y,f
or
t
hegoodadminist
rati
onoftheAssociat
ion.

d.ForanymeetingoftheNat
ional
Execut
iveCounci
l
,the
quorum shal
lbetwo-
thir
d(2/
3)ofitsmembers.

7.
2: 
VENUEOFMEETI
NG

(a)Exceptasot
her
wiseresol
vedbytheNat
ional
 Execut
ive
Council
,meeti
ngsshal
lbeheldei
ther
:

i
)elect
roni
cal
ly
,thati
stosay
,thr
oughanyoft
hedesi
gnat
ed
soci
al-
mediapl
atfor
ms;or

i
i
)phy si
cal
l
y,t
hatistosay,atanyvenuetheNational
 
Executi
veCounci
lshal
ldeem expedientandconveni
ent
.

(b) Anydecisiontakenatanyproper
lyconsti
tutedmeet
ing
shallbebindingon  membersbothpresentandabsent
.The
fol
lowingquor um operat
esinthemeetingsoftheCHOIR
hereinunderlist
edunderuntil
changed:

• Mont
hlyGener
alMeet
ing

• Annual
Gener
alMeet
ing

• Emer
gencyGener
alMeet
ing
 • Execut
iveCommi
tt
eeMeet
ing

8.
1. GOVERNI
NGBODY

Notwit
hstandi
nganyt
hingtothecont
rar
y,t
hefol
l
owing
shal
lgoverntheadmi
nist
rat
ionofMadonnaCent
ral
Choir
:

i
.Tr
ust
eesoft
heAssoci
ati
on

i
i
.Nat
ional
Execut
iveCounci
l

Shal
lconsi
stof

a)TheNat
ional
Execut
iveCounci
lMember
s

b)St
ateCoor
dinat
ors

c)TheResponsi
ble

i
i
i.St
ateExecut
iveCounci
l

Thi
sshall
consi
stofOffi
cer
sconst
it
utedbyt
heStat
e
Coor
dinat
orst
ooverseethesmoot
hrunni
ngoft
heChapt
er

i
v.St
udentExecut
iveCounci
l

Thi
sshal
lconsistofOffi
cer
sel
ect
edi
naccor
dancewi
tht
he
Byl
awsoftherespecti
vecampus.
8.
2 Hi
erar
chy
/Or
ganogr
am:

Subj
ectt
osection8.1abovethehier
archyoft
heassoci
ati
on
shal
lbeobser
vedfrom descendi
ngorder.

8.
3 NATI
ONALEXECUTI
VECOUNCI
LMEMBERS:

8.
3.A. PRESI
DENT

i
.Theof f
iceoft
hePresi
dentoft
heassoci
ati
onshal
lbe
occupiedbyagraduat
ememberwhoi sofunquesti
onabl
e
character
.

I
II
.He/ sheshall
bet heHeadoftheAssociati
onandshal
l
prevai
lovereveryotherof
ficei
ntheAssociat
ion.
i
ii
.He/sheshallpresideoveral
lmeet
ingsintheNati
onal
Executiv
eCouncil.

i
v.He/sheshal
lseet
otheSust
ainabi
l
ityoft
heBi
enni
al
Meeti
ng/MCCReuni on

v.He/sheshallensureasmoot hr unni
ngoftheassociati
on.
vi
.Atev eryBienni
al GeneralMeeting(
BGM),heshallpresent
acompr ehensivereportofthestateofaf
fai
rsofthe
Associat
ion.
v
ii
.He/
sheshal
lbeasi
gnat
oryt
otheAssoci
ati
on'
saccount
.

vii
i
.He/sheshal l
,subj
ectt
oapprovaloftheGoverni
ng
Counci
lcreateStateChapt
ersandappointsubst
anti
ve
Coordi
nat
or s(ati
ncepti
onofsuchchapter)
.

vi
x.He/sheshal
lbef
inanci
all
yupdat
edbyt
hef
inanci
al
secr
etary
.

C.VICEPRESIDENT.
i
.Heshal l
carryoutt
hefunct
ionsoft
hePr
esi
denti
nhi
s
absenceorwhendelegat
edto.

i
i.Heshal
lincol
l
abor at
ionwi t
hthewelf
areOf
fi
cerstr
eat
andresol
veanydisputeari
singbetweenmembers.

D.SECRETARY

i
.He/ sheshallbeinpossessi onofalladminist
rat
ive
document softheAssoci at
ion.
i
i.He/sheshal lt
akethemi nutesatev erymeeti
ngoft he
Associat
ion.
i
ii
.He/sheshall r
ecei
veal lcorrespondenceforthe
Associat
ion.
i
v.Inconsultat
ionwiththePr esident,
he/sheshallf
ixthe
ti
meanddayf orexecuti
v eorgener almeeti
ngs.
v.He/sheshallbeassistedbyanASSI STANTSECRETARY.
E.MUSI
CDI
RECTOR

i
.He/sheshallbeinchargeofthemusicalaf
fai
rsofthe
Associat
ion.
i
i.He/sheshall
seetothemusi cal
developmentofal
l
member softheAssociati
on.
i
ii
.He/sheshallbeassi
stedbyanASSI STANTMUSI C
DIRECTOR.

F.FINANCI ALSECRETARY
i
.He/ sheshal l
keepr ecordsofallf
inancialt
ransacti
onsof
theAssoci at
ion.
i
i.He/ sheshallcol
lectallmoniesaccruingtotheAssociati
on
andr emitsamet ot heTreasur
y .
i
ii.He/sheshallpresentanupdat eofthef i
nancialr
eport
mont hly.

IV.He/sheshallgi
veafi
nanci
alr
epor
toftheAssociat
ion
yearl
y .
i
v .He/sheshall
,i
nconj
uncti
onwit
hanyexter
nalaudit
ors
contracted(
ifneedbe)
bytheNECadvi
setheAssociat
ion.

G.TREASURER
i
.He/Sheshal
lwor
khand-
in-
handwi
tht
hef
inanci
al
secr
etar
y.
i
i
.He/
Sheshal
lbeasi
gnat
oryt
otheAssoci
ati
on'
saccount
.

I
II
.He/SheshallbeinchargeoftheTreasur
y.
i
v.He/Sheshallbeinchargeofhol
dingmoni esaccr
uingt
o
t
heAssociati
onandt hoseremit
tedtohim/herbythe
f
inanci
alsecr
etary.

H.PUBLI
CLEI
SONOFFI
CERSIANDI
I

i
.Shal
lbet
hemout
hpi
eceoft
heassoci
ati
on.

I
i.Shal
lconveyinf
ormati
onfr
om t
heexecuti
vest
otheent
ir
e
member softheAssoci
ati
onandvi
ceversa.

i
ii
.Shal
lmakeavai
labl
eormai
ntai
neff
ect
ivemeansof
di
sseminat
ionofi
nfor
mati
onandtomembers.

(
Iist
heChi
efPLOandI
Iist
heAssi
stant
)

I
.WELFAREOFFI
CERS(
MALEANDFEMALE)

i
) 
Theyshal
lseetothesocial
,economic,
andemot i
onal
wel
far
eofChorist
ers.Gi
vingCounselwhereneededand
Sol
uti
onswherePossibl
e.

i
i) 
Theyshal lbyaPro-
acti
v emeans,beinchargeofspecial
celebrat
ionsofMember s(e.g.Weddi
ngs,Birt
hdays,Wedding
Anniversari
esetc)
,byfeli
cit
ati
ngwiththem andarrangi
ngfor
attendancetosuchcelebrati
onwhereimpli
ed.Theyshall
al
sot akecareofthewelfareofatt
endeeswi t
hresources
providedbytheorgani
sationorthecel
ebrant.

i
i
)Theyshal
li
nanyev
entoft
heor
gani
sat
ion,
bei
nchar
geof
t
hewel
far
eoft
hemember
sasment
ionedi
n(8,
I
,i
).

MALEANDFEMALEWELFAREOFFI CERSareequal
inr
ank.
Howeverthegenderspecif
icat
ionistoenabl
emembersto
conf
idefr
eelyi
nanyoft hei
rchoice.

J.DI
RECTOROFSOCI
ALS(
MALEANDFEMALE)

 
i)Shal
l,i
ncollaborat
ionwitht
heWelf
areOff
icersandt
he
Fi
nanci
alSecretary
,or gani
zeal
ltheSoci
aleventsint
he
Associ
ati
on.

i
i
)Mal
eandFemal
eDi
rect
orsofSoci
alsar
eofEqual
Rank.

K.SPI
RITUALWELFARECOORDI
NATORS(
SWCIANDI
I)

i
)Theyshal
lcoor
dinat
eal
lthespi
ri
tual
act
ivi
ti
esoft
he

or
gani
sat
ion,
incl
udi
ngt
hosedur
ingev
ent
sandf
unct
ions.

i
i)Theyshallbyanactiv
emeans,worktowar dsbri
ngi
ngup
regul
arl
y,acti
vi
ti
es/pr
ogrammes thatkeep member svery
closetoGod(monthlyj
ointpr
ayer
s,spi
ri
tualbulkmessages
etc)

i
ii)
They shallorgani
se counsel
li
ng forany memberon
request as wellas organise pr
ayersfor peopl
e wi
th
special
/per
iodi
c prayer needs and eit
her organi
se a
combined fami
ly pray
erand/orbook Masses wi
tht
he
fi
nanci
alsuppor
toftheOrgani
sat
ion.
 

i
v)SWCI Iistheassi
stantofSWCI
.Ei
theroft
hem canbeof
anygenderandbothcanbesamegender.

L.STATECOORDI
NATORS

I
)He/
Sheshal
lbet
heheadoft
heSt
ateExecut
ivecounci
l

i
i)The post shallbe by Appoi nt
ment by t he Nat
ional
Executi
veCouncil(
NEC)ati ncept
ionofaStateChapterand
subsequentl
y by El ect
ion ( wi
th other State Chapter
Executi
ves)byStateChapterMembersundertheapprovalof
theNEC.

i
ii
)Shallbe in char
ge ofor
gani
zi
ng t
he affai
rs ofthe
desi
gnat
edstate(
s),i
ncl
udi
ngevent
sdesignat
edas' St
ate
Event
s'

i
v)ShallConductSt at
eChapterPhy si
calgeneralmeeti
ngs
(
atleasttwiceay ear)andregul
arelectr
onicstateChapter
meeti
ngsandsubmi tther
eportofthePhy si
calmeeti
ngst o
t
heNECwi thinonemont haft
ersuchmeet i
ng.

v)Shal
lbeSi
gnat
oryt
oaStat
eAccountwhichshal
lbeint
he
sameBankusedbytheNati
onalBodyunderawrit
tenNEC
approv
al.

vi
)ShallbeRemov
edorSuspendedbyt
heNEC i
ffound
want
ing.

v
ii
)Shal
lber
epl
acedbyt
heAssi
stantSt
ateCoor
dinat
or(
if
Remov ed)whowi
l
lhav
enoAssi
stantt
il
ltheexpi
rat
ionof
thatt
enure.

M:
RESPONSI
BLE

Notwithstandinganythi
ngtothecontr
ary,t
heHEADoft he
choi
rint heUni v
ersi
tycampus(StudentExecut
ivecouncil
)
shal
l beaddr essedasRESPONSI BLEand shallsubj
ectto
themandat esandi nstr
uct
ions 
oftheNationalExecut
ive
Councildot hefoll
owing:

i
.Maker egul
ati
onsgover
ningt
heaf
fai
rsoft
heChoi
rint
hei
r
di
ff
erentUniver
sit
ies

i
i.SubmittotheNationalExecut
iveCounci
lNamesoft
he-
graduati
ngmember sfrom theUniver
sit
yChoi
rthr
eemont
hs
beforegraduat
ionparty
.

i
ii
.Disci
pli
ne,suspendandr ecommendanyr ecal
citr
ant
Chori
sterwit
hintheUniversi
tyforExpul
sionf
rom theChoi
r
totheNati
onal Execut
iveCouncil
.

i
v.Anddoanyot herthi
nghedeemsf itsubj
ecttothe
approvaloft
heStudentExecuti
veCouncilt
hatwil
lnot
vi
olatethepr
ovi
sionsofthisconst
it
uti
on.

ARTI
CLE9.
1: SOURCESOFI
NCOME

Thesour
cesofi
ncomef
ort
heCHI
ORshal
li
ncl
udebutnot
beli
mit
edto 

a)
.Regi
str
ati
onf
eesoft
hemember
s 
b)
.Mont
hlycum Annual
duesandl
evi
es 

c)
.Speci
all
evi
eswhi
chshal
lbemadeasneedsar
isesf
rom
members 

d).Fi
nanci
aldonationsorassi st
ancefrom members,
publ
ic
andcooperat
eor ganizat
ions,andanyotherlawf
ulmeansor
resour
cesli
keincomey i
eldi
ngproject
s. 

e)
.Incomegottenf
rom ser
vicesr
ender
edbyt
he
or
ganizat
ion.
 

f)
.Paymentsofpenal
ti
es,f
inesandanyotherl
evi
esthe
execut
iveCounci
lmaydeem fi
tint
hecir
cumstance.

ARTI
CLE10:
DISBURSEMENTANDAPPLI
CATI
ONFOR
FUNDS

 A.Uponadi sclosedproject
/need,andupontheconsentof
theNationalExecuti
veCouncil(NEC)fundsshal
lbe
disbur
sedf orthefol
lowingreasons:    

i
.Fort
hegener
alwel
far
eofMCCmember
s.

i
i
.Tof
ulf
ilt
hef
inanci
alent
it
lement
sofmember
s

i
i.TohelpandassistChori
ster
sfi
nanci
all
ywher
etheneed
ari
ses(aft
erathoroughinv
esti
gat
ionanddeep
consi
derati
onbytheNEC)         
 

B.Allexpendit
uresMUSTbeappr ovedbyt
heNEC.However
,
thePresidentret
ainstheri
ghttomakeaneedf
ulemer
gency
expendit
ure,notexceeding100,
000NGNai
raandMUST
accountf
ori
ttotheNECt hroughthefinanci
alsecr
etar
y
befor
eanyothernecessar
yemer gencyexpendit
ureismade

ARTI
CLE11:
KEEPI
NGOFACCOUNT

  TheOrgani
sati
onshall
openbankaccountsin
reputabl
eNiger
ianBankswher
ehermoni esshal
lbe
kept,

 TheGeneralPresi
dentandTr easur
ershal
lbethe
si
gnatori
estotheOrganisat
ion'saccountf
ort
he
purposeofwit
hdrawalsfrom t
hebanks.

 
Transact
ionsshall
besubj
ectt
opr
ovi
sionsmadeby
Ar
ticl
e10abov e.

ARTI
CLE12:
APPOI
NTMENTOFAUDI
TOR(
S)

•Independentqual
if
iedandl i
censedAudit
orsshall
be
appointedattheGeneralMeetingtoaudi
tthefi
nanci
al
recordsoftheCHOI Rannuall
yandsubmi tanaudi
ted
reporttotheAnnualGeneralMeeti
ngoftheCHOI R.

• Theaudit
edfinanci
alstat
ements(balancesheetand
i
ncomeandexpendi tur
eaccount)dulycert
if
iedby
i
ndependentaudit
orsshallbeannexedtotheannual
ret
urnsandfi
ledwiththeCorporat
eAf f
air
scommi ssi
on.

ARTI
CLE13:
APPOI
NTMENTOFLEGAL
REPRESENTATI
VE(
S)

• Theassociat
ionshall
ret
aintheSer
vicesofLegal
Repr
esentati
ve(s)whoshall
dothefoll
owing:

i
.Representt
heChoi
rinanyLegal
mat
ter
sbot
hinNi
ger
ia
andabroad.

i
i.Renderaqual
i
tyandr
obustl
egal
adv
icet
othe
associ
ati
on.

ARTI
CLE14.MEDI
CALHEALTHI
NSURANCEOFMEMBERS

•I
nordertor
educet
heri
skofl
osingt
heli
vesoft
he
members,t
heChoi
rmayappoi
ntareput
abl
e
I
nsur
anceCompanyto:

i
.str
uctur
eafavourabl
eMedicalHealt
hPoli
cyt
hat
wil
lenabl
ethemember stohaveaccesst
omedical
t
reatmentatl
eastonceinamonth.

i
i.at
tendt
henat
ional
andSt
ateReuni
ont
ocar
ryout
aMedical
checkontheMembers.

ARTI
CLE15:
GENERALMEETI
NGS

• TheCHOIRshal
lhol
dit
sphy
sical
Gener
alMeet
ings
Bi
annual
l
y(BGM)
 • Not
iceoft
hemeet
ingshal
lbegi
vent
oal
li
tsmember
s

ARTI
CLE16:
REUNI
ON

a.TheAssoci ationshallorgani
zear eunionf orall
her
member s.
b.TheNat ionalreunionshallbeheldonceev erytwoy ears
whi l
ethest at
eReuni onbehel deveryy ear .
c.Theexecut i
vesshal l
setupacommi tteetoor ganizethe
reunion.
d.Suchacommi tteeshallbesetupi ntheBGM t oallowt he
commi t
teeenought i
met oplanaheadoft henextreunion.
e.Themember soft hecommi t
teeshal lincl
udebutnotbe
l
imi t
edt otheseexecut i
vemember s:Publ icRelati
onsOf ficer
,
DirectorofSocials,Fi
nancialSecretary,andWel f
areOf f
icers.

ARTI
CLE17:
RIGHTSANDPREVI
LEDGESOFMEMBERS.

i
.Ther ightsandpr i
v i
legesofmember sshallbe
appl
icablebutnotl imi tedtothefollowing:
 Weddi ng
 Or di
nati
onorsi milarRel
igiousengagement s
 Demi seofamember
i
i.Subjecttoconf ir
mat i
onoft hepay mentofal lthe
outstandingDUES, LEVIESANDPENALTI ES, t
heExecut iv
e
Councilinvolvedshal l
whendul yinformeddi sburseatleast
notlesst han10,000t ent housandNai raonl ytothemember
concerned.
i
ii
.Not withstandingany thingtothecont rar
y, theNat i
onal
ExecutiveCounci lshallhav epowerst ogi veaspeci al
di
rect
ivetot
her
ight
sandpr
ivi
l
egesofamemberast
hey
deem f
it.

ARTI
CLE18:OFFI
CETERM ANDELECTI
ON

i
.Thet erm ofof f
iceandel ectionsofSt udentExecut i
ve
Counci lshal lbeSubj ectt otheenabl i
ngRegul ati
onoft he
Campuses.
i
i.Thet erm ofof f
iceoft heNat ional andSt ateExecut i
v e
Counci lsshal l bef oraper i
odoff oury ear s.
i
ii.El
ect i
onsi nt otheof f
icesoft hest at eCoor dinatorand
Secr etaryshal lbeconduct edNat ional l
ydur i
ngt hegener al
election.
i
v .Noof fi
cershal lholdt hesameof fi
cef ormor ethant wo
termsexcepthehadst ay edoutoft heof ficef oratl eastone
term.
v.Noof ficeshal lbev acantf ormor et hansi xmont hsf or
bot htheNat ional andSt ateExecut i
v eCounci ls.
vi.Allmember sshal l
hav erighttov oteandbev otedf or
exceptt hoseonpr obation, auxili
ar yandcer emoni al
member s.
vii
.Foraper sont obequal i
fiedf orel ect ioni ntoanof fi
ce:
 he/ shemustpossessl eader shipqual iti
esandbe
readyt omakebi gsacr i
f i
cesf ort heassoci ation
 he/ shemustbef i
nanci allyupt odat ewi th
pay mentofdues/ l
ev i
es
 he/ shemustr ecor dami nimum of60%
attendancei nt heassoci ationact i
viti
es
 he/ shemustbeagr aduat e( f ort heNECandSEC)
 he/ shemustbepr esentatt heBi annual Gener al
Meet i
ng/ el
ectionpr ocess
 PROCEDUREFORELECTI ONSHALLBE:
• Di ssol utionofal ltheNat ionalorSt ateExecut i
ve
Counci l
sast hecasemaybebyt hePr esi dentor
theSt at eCoor dinat or(s)ast hecasemaybe.
• Appoi nt mentoft hreeI nterim Elect oral
Commi ssi onmember swhoshal l bef resh
graduat esf rom t heUni versi
ty( oronest udent
eachf rom t hedi fferentcampuses)
• Asecr etbal lot
• Anomi neei sf reet onomi nateandv ot
e
• Aper sonnomi nat edand/ ordecl ar edwi nnershal l
notbenomi nat edagai n
• Forev erynomi nat ion,t hesuppor toft hehousei s
required
• Bef oreel ectionsar econduct edi tshal lbev eri
fi
ed
ifthenomi neehasanyi mpedimentt herein.
• Ver di
ctf orev eryof ficeshal lbebysi mplemaj ori
ty
andel ect i
onr esul tannounced
• Fort heel ectionconduct edbyt heI nteri
m El ector
al
Commi ssi ont obeconsi deredf reeandf air
, 2/
3
(twot hir d)vot eoff air
nessi sr equi red.

ARTI
CLE19:
DISCI
PLI
NARYMEASURES

Thefol
lowingar
emeasurestobetakenincasesof
mi
sconductand/orv
iol
ati
onoftheassoci
ati
on’
sconsti
tut
ion:

• Cauti
onanddischarge
• Fi
ne:thi
sshallbesubj
ecttogravi
tyoft
heoffence
commi t
tedanddecisi
onreachedbytheExecuti
ve
Council
.
• Demotionorej ect
ionfr
om offi
ce
• Suspension
• Expul
sion:thisshall
onlybeexerci
sabl
ebyt
he
Nati
oanal Executi
veCouncil
.

ARTI
CLE20:
OATHOFOFFI
CE

Thisshallbetakenbyal lelectedof
fi
cerscoll
ecti
vel
yand
administ
eredbyanyoft heTr ust
eeorappoint
edmember
oftheAssociation.Refusalbyanyoffi
certopart
ici
patei
n
thi
sshallnul
li
fyt heelecti
onofsuchperson(s).t
heOath
shall
beadmi nisteredasfollows:

I………………………( NAME) ……………………………………………………………

……………dosol emnl yswearthatIwilldi
schar gemydut i
es
tothebestofmyabi lityandshal
lrespect,protectand
upholdtheconsti
tutionofMadonnaCent ral Choir,
andI
shall
notall
owmyper sonali
nter
esttoaffectmywor k
as……………( OFFICE)………………………………………. .ofMadonna
Central
Choir.SohelpmeGod.

ARTI CLE21: CONSTI TUTI ONREVI EW AND

AMMENDMENT
i
.Anypr oposedamendmentoft heConst it
utionshal
lbe
bywayofawr it
tenmot ionaddr essedt otheExecut i
ve
Secretaryoftheassoci ationandsuchmot i
onshallbe
mov ednotl essthant hreeconsecut i
vegener almeeti
ngs
oftheNat ionalExecutiveCounci l bytheper sonmaking
thepr oposal.
i
i.Anamendmentt hereinshal lr
ecei vea2/ 3(twothi
rd)
voteoft hemember sbef oreitcanbeef fected.
i
ii.Theconst i
tuti
onissubj ectt
or eview/amendmentf rom
 ti
met ot i
me.
Aconst it
ut i
onreviewCommi t
teeshallbesetupbyt he
Execut i
veCounci ltorev
iew/amendt heConst it
utionwhen
theneedar i
ses
i
v .TheNat ionalExecuti
veCouncilreserv
est herightto
i
mpor torexpungeanyi ssueand/ormat tersnot
contempl atedthereinorhasbecomeobsol etebywayof
societalchange.Butsuchal t
erati
onoraddi ti
onshal lbe
subjectto2/ 3maj ori
tyvot
eoft heCounci l
.
v.Suchal terat
ionoradditi
onshallbedocument edand
submi tt
edt otheConst i
tut
ionamendmentCommi tt
ee
uponcr eation.

ARTI
CLE21:
SPECI
ALCLAUSE

i
.THEI NCOMEANDPROPERTYOFMADONNACENTRAL
CHOI Rshallbeappli
edsol elyt
owar dsthepromotionofthe
objecti
veofthebodyassetf ort
hi nthi
sRULEAND
REGULATI ON/CONSTI TUTI ONandnopor t
ionther
eofshall
bepai dortr
ansferr
eddirectlyorindir
ectl
y,bywayof
i
ndividual
,bonusorotherwi sehowev erbywayofpr of
it
,to
themember soft heCHOI R.

i
i.PROVIDEDt hatnothi
ngher
einshall
preventthepay ment
i
ngoodf aith,orreasonabl
eandproperremuner at
iontoany
off
icerorservantoftheCHOIRinreturnforanyser v
ice
actual
lyrenderedtotheCHOIR.

i
i
i.Wi
ththeexcept
ionofex-
off
ici
omembers,
nomemberof
t
heCounci
lorGoverni
ngBodyshall
beappoi
ntedt
oany
sal
ari
edoff
iceoft
heCHOI
Roranyof
fi
ceoft
heCHOI
RPai
d
byfees.

i
v .Noremunerat
ionorot herbenefi
tinmoneyormoney ’
s
wor t
hshallbegi
venbyt hebodyt oanymemberofsuch
councilorGover
ningBodyexceptr epaymentofoutof
pocketexpensesorreasonableandpr operrentf
orpremises
rented,orl
ettot
heCHOI Rorr easonablefeesforser
vices
rendered.

v.Ifintheev entofawi ndingupordi ssolutionoft he

corporatebodyi ft
hereremai nsafterthesat isfacti
onofal
l
i
tsdebt sandl i
abil
it
iesanypr opertywhat soev er,t
hesame
shallnotbepai dtoordistributedamongt hemember softhe
CHOI Rbutshal lbegivenort ransf
err
edt osomeot her
i
nstit
utions,havingobjecti
v esimil
artot heobj ecti
veofthe
CHOI R,suchinstit
uti
onst obedet erminedbyt hemember s
oftheCHOI Ratorbef oret het i
meofdi ssolution.

vi.I
feff
ectcannotbegiv
entotheaforesai
dprovi
sions,
then
theremaini
ngpropert
yshal
lbetransf
erredtosome
chari
tabl
eobject
.

ARTI
CLE23:
COMMENCEMENT

• ThisConsti
tuti
onshallbecomeoperat
ional
thedayand
yeartheExecuti
vePresidentandt
heSecret
arysi
gnsas
stat
edbelow.
Dat
edt
his…………………….
dayof……………………………2019

…………………………………. ………………………………….

SI
GNATUREOFEXECUTIVE SI
GNATUREOF
SECRETARY PRESI
DENT&DATE
&DATE

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NAMEOFEXECUTIVE NAMEOF
SECRETARYPRESI
DENT&TELNo.
&TELNo.

MEMBERSOFCONSTI
TUTI
ONDRAFTI
NGCOMMI
TTEE

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VESATDRAFTREVI
EW

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