Bylaws

BYLAWS OF DARUL ULOOM ARABIC COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

( The functions of this Association shall be in accordance with the Society Registration Act XXI, 1860)

1. NAME OF THE ASSOCIATION:

The name of the Association shall be “Darul Uloom Arabic College Alumni Association ” ( DUAC Alumni).

2. ADRESS: Vazhakkad PO, Malappuram District, 673640

3. OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATION:

The Office of the Association shall function in the campus of the Darul Uloom Arabic College, Vazhakkad Panchayat, Ward No: 5 and Building No: 567

4. WORKING AREA: Darul Uloom Arabic College, Vazhakkad.

5. AIMS & OBJECTIVES:

The objectives of the Association shall be:

a) To maintain the contacts of the Alumni with the mother institution
b) To foster the relationship between the past and present students of the institution.
c) To promote goodwill and mutual assistance among the members.
d) To promote academic excellency in the college with instituting awards, scholarships, prizes, book banks etc.
e) To co-operate with the students in literary, cultural and sports activities of the college

6. MEMBERSHIP:

• There shall be five classes of members.

a) Patrons

The chairman of the Institution and the Principal shall be Patrons of the Association. The General Body may invite other outstanding personalities to be Patrons of the Association.

b) Life Members

All those former students of the College, who pay an entrance subscription not less than Rs.500/- shall be Life Members. Life Members need not pay any annual subscription.

c) Ordinary Members

All former students who pay an amount of Rs.200/- as entrance fee and Rs.100/-as Annual Subscription shall be ordinary members.

d) Honorary Members

All members of the Teaching Staff of the College shall be Honorary Members of the Association.

e) Associate Members

All former members of the teaching staff of the College shall be eligible to become Associate Life Members or Associate Members of the Association on payment of the fees prescribed for the corresponding class of members for former students.

• Patrons, Honorary Members, and Associate Members shall enjoy all the privileges of the Association except that of voting in the Annual General Body Meeting.

7. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

• The affairs of the Association shall be managed by the Executive Committee consisting of one President, one General secretary, three Vice Presidents, three Secretaries, one Treasurer and ten other members. The Executive Committee shall consist of not less than 7 members and not more than 19. The Executive Committee shall have the power to constitute Sub Committees to further
activities of the Association.
• The President shall be elected from the former students.
• Two Vice Presidents shall be elected from amongst the former students and the other Vice President from the Teaching Staff of the College.
• Two Secretaries shall be elected from amongst the former students and the other from the Teaching Staff of the College.
• The Treasurer shall be elected from amongst the Teaching Staff of theCollege.
• All classes of members shall be eligible for election as members of the Executive Committee.
• All the office bearers of the Association shall be elected once in a year of the Annual General Body Meeting of the Association which shall be held normally on April of the academic year of the College. Interim vacancies in the Executive Committee may be filled up by the Executive Committee.
• Students of the final year class of the College shall have the right to participate and vote in the Annual General Body Meeting if they are enrolled as members of the Association at least one week before the meeting by paying entrance fee.
• The official year of the Association shall be April 1st of one year to the 31st March of the succeeding year, and the Annual subscription is payable in advance.

8. GENERAL BODY

General body means all the members of the association.

9. QUORUM:

The quorum for a Meeting of the Association shall be twenty five and for a Meeting of the Executive Committee five including president/ secretary.

10. POWER AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OFFICE BEARERS:

a. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

• The Executive Committee is responsible for the overall management of the association and will be the custodian of all the assets of the association.
• The Executive Committee shall meet at least twice in a year.
• The Executive Committee shall have the power to peruse all the accounts of the association and The Executive Committee shall have the power to frame bye-laws which are not inconsistent with these rules. All bye-laws by the Executive Committee shall be placed before the General Body for approval at the next Annual General Meeting.
• The Executive Committee shall receive the Subscription and donation/ Contributions against serially machine- numbered receipts with counterfoils to be signed by the Secretary or an Executive Committee member authorise by the Secretary.
• The annual accounts and budgets shall be prepared by the Executive Committee and it shall be placed for consideration of the association.

b. General body:

The General Body is the supreme authority on all matters of the Association and shall meet at least once in a year. It shall, if needed, verify the accounts and appoint a Chartered Accountant to audit the accounts. It shall receive the annual report and pass it and shall amend the constitution.
The decisions of the General Body shall be final and binding in all matters connected with the Association.

c. President

• The president shall preside over the meetings of the General body and Executive Committee.
• The president shall have the power to peruse the accounts of the association whenever necessary.

d. Vice President:

The Vice president shall perform the duties of the President in his absence or when the President so authorises.

e. Secretary:

• The Secretary shall be custodian of the records of the association.
• The Secretary shall receive the applications for membership and place them before the Executive Committee for appropriate action.
• The Secretary shall keep the accounts and vouchers regarding receipts and expenditure, shall maintain all registers of the association, shall keep the minutes and proceedings of the Executive Committee and General Body, shall convene the meetings of the Executive Committee and General body, and shall perform all other functions as the Executive Committee
may assign to him/ her.

f. Joint Secretary:

The Joint Secretary shall assist the Secretary and shall perform the duties of the Secretary in his/ her absence or when so authorized by the Executive Committee/ Secretary.

g. Treasurer:

Treasurer is responsible for the all the financial accounts of the association.

h. Executive members:

Executive members should attend the general body meeting and executive committee meetings.

11. OPERATION OF FUNDS:

The funds of the Association shall be invested in such Bank or in such authorized securities as the Executive Committee may decide and shall be operated jointly by the Treasurer and the President of the Association.

12. AMENDMENT OF BYLAW:

When it becomes necessary to make any amendment in the bylaw, it shall present in the annual general body and have to get three of five of the members present in the annual general body and the amendment shall file before the registrar.
13. ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING & ELECTION:
The tenure of the executive committee is one year. An Annual General Body meeting shall be convened in any convenient date in the month of April every year. General body members will elect the new executive committee. Or a panel of new executive committee may be presented in the Annual General Body and pass it accordingly. Election can be conducted either through secret ballot or by raising hands.

14. NO - CONFIDENCE MOTION

a. The motion of no-confidence must be supported and signed by 30 members.
b. A notice prior to minimum of two weeks is required for such a resolution to be moved.
c. The motion of no-confidence shall be voted. It shall only be passed if 2/3 majority of those present in the meeting.

15. RECORDS TO BE KEPT

a. Registration book
b. Meeting minutes and Report book
c. Account book

16. DISMISSAL

In case the committee ceases to function or is dissolved for any reason, the rest of assets will be given to other associations working with the same purpose after paying off debts otherwise it will be vested in the government.

The members should not own the assets and it should not be distributed among the members for whatever reason.

We certify that the above furnished is the original copy of bylaws of Darul Uloom Arabic College Alumni Association and it is approved by the general body held on April 14, 2019.