Membership Instructions
Membership Eligibility
Any registered trade associations, corporations or firms (which expression wherever appearing in this Constitution shall include sole-proprietorships and partnerships) having been duly registered under the relevant law of Malaysia; or any individual having attained the age of twenty-one (21) years who is or was registered as a member of a professional body regulated by legislation in Malaysia and has not been struck off the register or suspended from practice of that professional body for any period of time; and are engaging or intend to engage himself in commercial activities or professional services between Malaysia and China and are willing to abide by the Constitution of the Association as amended from time to time and agrees and undertakes to observe all the rules, regulations, by-laws and conditions made hereunder and all resolutions and decisions made by the National General Assembly, National Counciland or other competent authorities of the Association shall be eligible to apply to become a member; Provided That notwithstanding the aforesaid, the National Council may if deem fit, admit such registered trade associations, corporations, firms or individuals which do not fulfill all of the above stated qualifications as Associate Life Members in accordance with Articles 5(4).
Application of Membership.
(1) Any applicant desirous of being admitted as a member of the Association shall complete the prescribed application form duly supported by a nominator and a seconder and submit the same to the secretariat of the Association (hereinafter referred to as “the Secretariat”) for consideration by the National Council.
(2) The Secretariat of the Association shall cause the relevant application to be posted on the notice board of the Association for not less than ten (10) clear days. Any existing member who wishes to object to the said application shall do so by submitting a notice in writing to the Secretary-General setting out the grounds thereof within the aforesaid period.
(3) An applicant shall become a member of the Association only upon approval by the National Council of his application and upon payment of the relevant entrance fee and annual subscription or the lump sum subscription as provided under Article 8 hereof to the Chamber.
(4) The National Council shall have absolute discretion in rejecting any membership application and shall not be required to assign any reason thereto.
(5) In the case wherethe applicant is a trade association, a corporation or a firm, the applicant shall nominate a person in the application form to be its authorized representative;
Provided That the representative shall be:-
in the case of a trade association, an office bearer; in the case of a corporation, either a shareholder, director or executive; in the case of a partnership, a partner; or the sole proprietor of a sole proprietorship.
