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Part I: Associations

Chapter III

Machinery of the Association

General Assembly 

Article 24:

The general assembly shall be composed of all active members who have completed at least six months and satisfied obligations under the association's statue. 

Article 25:

The general assembly shall be convened up in an invitation in writing to each member eligible to attend the assembly. This invitation shall define the place, date of agenda and the meeting shall be addressed by:

1-The board of directors.

2-A number of persons authorized by twenty five percent members eligible to attend the general assembly.

3-The commissioner appointed under Article 40 hereof.

4-The competent administrative body should it deem it necessary. 

Article 26:

The general assembly shall be held at the main headquarters of the association. It may also be held in any other place to be defined on the invitation to which the agenda is enclosed. A copy of the documents to be submitted to the general assembly shall be sent to the administrative body and to the federation to which the association is affiliated, at least fifteen days before the meeting. The federation may authorize someone to attend the meeting.

The general assembly may discuss other issues, not stated in the agenda subject to the approval of the absolute majority of total members.

The administrative body and the competent federation shall be notified with a copy of the minutes of the general assembly meeting within thirty days as of the date of meeting. 

Article 27:

The general assembly shall be convened to an ordinary meeting at least once a year during the four months following the end of the association fiscal year to discuss balance sheet, final account and the board of directors' report on results of the year, auditor's report.. Besides it elects new directors to replace those whose term has expired or terminated in addition to appointing an auditor and determining his fees as well as such other issues as the board of directors may enter into the agenda. The general assembly may be convened for an ordinary meeting whenever necessary.

The general assembly may be convened to extraordinary meetings to discuss amendments to the statutes of the association, dissolving, merging with other associations, discharging all or some of the directors or for any other issues that are required under the statute of the association to be discussed in an extraordinary meeting. 

Article 28:

The meeting of the general assembly shall be considered as valid if attended by absolute majority of its members:

In case of incomplete quorum, the meeting shall be adjourned for another session to be held within a period of at least one hour or at most fifteen days of the date of the first meeting as may be decided by the statute of the association. In this case the meeting shall be valid if attended in person by a t least ten percent of the members or twenty members whichever less provided that the number of attendees in the first case shall be at least five members. 

Article 29:

A member of the general assembly may authorize in writing another member to represent him in attending the general assembly according to such rules as may be decided by the statute of the association. A member may not represent more than one member.

Article 30:

A member of the general assembly shall not participate in voting if he has a personal interest in the proposed resolution, save for the election of the machinery of association.

Article 3l:

Resolutions of the ordinary general assembly shall be issued by the absolute majority of the attending members. Resolutions of the extraordinary general assembly shall be issued by an absolute majority of its members unless the statute stipulates a special majority. 

 


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  Issued by: Egyptian Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs, June 1999

  Contacts:   Embassador: Ahmed Abul-Kheir       Tel & Fax (202) 3382572

                     Address: Insurance and Social Affairs Ministry Head Office, 19 Maraghi St. , Agouza, Giza , Egypt