FEDERALUNI

VERSI
TYWUKARI
WUKARI
,TARABASTATE

THECONSTI
TUTI
ONOF
THENIGERIANUNIVERSITI
ESACCOUNTINGSTUDENTS
ASSOCI
ATION(NUASA) [FUW WUKARI
CHAPTER]
THETABLEOFCONTENTS
1
 Ar
ti
cleOne
1
. Pr
ocl
amat
ionofName
2.Supr
emacyoft
heConst
it
uti
on
 Ar
ti
cleTwo
1
. Obj
ect
ivesoft
heAssoci
ati
on
2.Member
shi
p
3.St
affAdv
iser
4.Dut
ies,
Right
s,Benef
it
sofMember
sandDr
essCode
 Ar
ti
cleThr
ee
1
. Or
gansoft
heAssoci
ati
on
2.Composi
ti
onoft
heExecut
iveCounci
l(EC)
3.Subsi
diar
yExecut
ives
4.Si
tt
ings
5.Dut
iesofOf
fi
cer
s
 Ar
ti
cleFour
1
. Senat
eHouse(
SH)
2.Composi
ti
onoft
heHouse
3.Funct
ionsandPower
soft
heHouse
4.Of
fi
cer
soft
heHouse
5.Dut
iesoft
heOf
fi
cer
s
6.Quor
um oft
heSenat
eHouse
7.Emer
gencyMeet
ing
8.Ri
ghtofAt
tendanceoft
heHouseMeet
ing
9.Suspensi
onandr
emov
alofamemberoft
heHouse
1
0.Recal
l/Rei
nst
atement
1
1
.Resi
gnat
ion
1
2.Dr
essCode
1
3.PassageofaBi
ll

2
 1
4.HouseCommi
tt
ee
1
5.Dut
iesoft
heHouseCommi
tt
ee
 Ar
ti
cleFi
ve
1
. St
andi
ngOr
der
2.Funct
ionsandComposi
ti
onoft
heSt
andi
ngCommi
tt
ee
3.AD–HOCCommi
tt
ee
4.Funct
ionsandComposi
ti
onoft
heAD–HOCCommi
tt
ee
 Ar
ti
cleSi
x
1
. El
ect
ionandVot
ingPr
ocedur
es
2.Ext
ernalEl
ect
ions
3.Swear
ing–i
n–Cer
emony
4.Tenur
eofOf
fi
ce
5.El
igi
bil
it
y
6.Cer
ti
fi
cat
ionofSer
vedMember
s
 Ar
ti
cleSev
en
1
. Vacancy
2.Resi
gnat
ion
3.Suspensi
onandRemov
al
4.Rei
nst
ati
ngofOf
fi
cer
(s)pr
evi
ousl
ysuspended
 Ar
ti
cleEi
ght
1
. Fi
nance/
Funds
2.Banker
s’oft
heAssoci
ati
on
3.Aut
hor
izedSi
gnat
ori
es/
Trust
eesoft
heAssoci
ati
on
4.ChangeofSi
gnat
ori
es
5.Budget
s
 Ar
ti
cleNi
ne
1
. Amendmentoft
heConst
it
uti
on
2.Suspensi
onofPr
ovi
sions

3
 Ar
ti
cleTen
1
. Const
it
uti
onalAbsence
2.Quor
um andExpr
essi
ons
3.Or
derofPr
oceedi
ngs
4.Recogni
ti
on
5.ModeofAddr
essi
ng
6.Decor
um Tr
ansgr
essi
on
 Ar
ti
cleEl
even
1
. Execut
iveBenef
it
 Enabl
ingAct

4
 THECONSTI
TUTI
ONOF

THENI
GERI
ANUNI
VERSI
TIESACCOUNTI
NG
STUDENT’
SASSOCI
ATI
ON

FEDERALUNI
VERSI
TYWUKARI
,TARABASTATE
ASDRAFTEDBYTHE2020/
2021
EXECUTI
VES
And
AMENDEDBYTHE2021
/2022EXECUTI
VES
ARTI
CLE1
1
. PROCLAMATI
ONOFNAME
Thisassociat
ionshal
lbeknownastheNIGERI
ANUNIVERSI
TIESACCOUNTI
NG
STUDENTSASSOCI ATION(NUASA)FEDERALUNI
VERSITYWUKARICHAPTER’
,
ther
einafterr
efer
sto
‘
NUASA,
FUW CHAPTER’
2.SUPREMACYOFTHECONSTI
TUTI
ON
a)Thi
sconst
it
utioni
ssupremeandi
tspr
ovi
sionshal
lbebi
ndi
ngt
oal
l
membersoftheassoci
ati
on.
b)Thisconsti
tut
ionshal
lbeamendedorr
epl
acedonl
yinaccor
dancewi
thi
ts
provi
sions
c)Anyotherlawthati
sinconsi
stentwi
ththeprovi
sionofthi
sconsti
tut
ion,
shal
lbet otheext
entofit
sinconsi
stency,
beregardedasNullandVoi d.
ARTI
CLE2
1
. OBJECTI
VESOFTHEASSOCI
ATI
ON
Theobj
ect
ivesoft
heNUASA,
Feder
alUni
ver
sit
yWukar
iar
e;
i
. Tor
epr
esentt
heov
eral
lint
erestofaccount
ingst
udent
sofFUW
i
i. Tocomplementi
tsmember
s’f
ormaleducat
ionwi
thexposur
eto“
real
wor
ld”i
ssueswit
hint
hef
iel
dofaccount
ing;
i
ii
. Toprovi
desuppor
ttoi
tsmember
sint
hei
rvar
iousacademi
cchal
lenges
andendeav
ors
i
v. Organizat
ionofsoci
algat
her
ingf
ormember
stobui
ldst
rongr
elat
ionshi
p
betweenstaffandst
udent
s
v
. Under
takeanyact
ivi
tyoract
ivi
ti
esdeemednecessar
yfort
headv
ancement

5
 oft
heAssoci
ati
on/
Depar
tment
v
i. Tocomportit
smember si
nawayt
hatt
heywi
llbeusef
ult
othemsel
ves
andthesoci
etyatl
arge.

2.MEMBERSHI
P
Subj
ecttot
heprov
isi
onoft
hisconst
it
uti
on,
ther
eshal
lbet
hef
oll
owi
ng
cat
egori
esofmembers:
a)ORDI
NARYMEMBERS
Shal
lbear
egi
ster
edandanaccount
ingst
udentoft
hedepar
tmentFUW
b)LI
FEMEMBERS
LifeMembersmaybeconf erredby2/3Senat
eHousethr
ough
Recommendat i
onbyt heExecuti
veCounci
lonanyal
umniwhor ender
disti
ngui
shedserv
icestotheassoci
ati
onfort
heperi
odnotlessthan5
years.
c)HONORARYMEMBERS
Honorarymembersmaybeconf er
redby2/3oft
heSenatehouseon
Deservi
ngLect
urer
/Alumnisi
npubl i
cli
fet
hatshownposit
ivei
nter
esti
nthe
af
fair
softheAssociat
ionandthedepar
tmenti
nGeneral
d)SPECI
ALMEMBERS
Speci
almembermaybeconf er
redby2/3oftheSenateHousethrough
RecommendationbytheExecuti
veCouncilonmystudentswhorender
i
ntell
ect
ualpropert
ytotheassociat
ionandthathasshownposit
iveInt
erest
i
ntheaffai
rsoftheAssoci
ati
onandt hedepart
mentinGeneral
.
3.STAFFADVI
SER
a.TheExecuti
veCounci
lwit
hdueconsul
tat
ionoft
heSenateHouseandt
he
HeadofDepartment,
shal
lfr
om t
imetoti
meappointst
affAdvi
serf
ort
he
Associ
ati
on.
b.Theappoi
ntmentoft
heSt
affAdv
isershal
lst
andt
ermi
nat
ed
1
.Ifhedi
eswhi
lehol
dingof
fi
ce
2.I
fheresi
gnshisappoint
mentasamemberoftheSt
affoft
he
Depar
tmentofAccounti
ng,
Feder
alUni
ver
sit
yWukari
.
c.Dut
iesoft
heSt
affAdv
iser
;Thedut
iesoft
heSt
affAdv
iserar
e:
I
. t
oadv
iseandf
aci
li
tat
etheact
ivi
ti
esoft
heassoci
ati
on

6
 I
I. toserv
easaninter
mediar
ybetweent
heassoci
ati
onandt
hedeci
sion
ofthedepar
tmenttot
hestudent
s
I
II
. t
oexamineandat
testt
hebudget
spr
epar
edbyassoci
ati
onf
orher
r
unni
ng
I
V. t
obeamemberofel ector
alcommit
teei
nordertoascer
tai
nthe
v
iabi
li
tyandqual
if
icat
ionoftheel
ector
alcandi
dates
d.Tenur
eOfOf
fi
ceOfSt
affAdv
iser
Thedur at
ionoftheof f
iceoft
heStaffAdvi
sershallbef
oraperiodof
fouryearsf r
om whichtheCentr
alExecut
iveshal
lappointanewStaff
Adviserafteradueconsultat
ionwi
thmember softheSenateHouseand
theHeadoft heDepart
ment

4.DUTI
ES,
RIGHTSANDBENEFI
TSOFMEMBERS

 a.Membersshal
lpar
ti
cipat
eef
fect
ivel
yint
heact
ivi
ti
esoft
he
Associ
ati
on
b.Membersshal
lpayt
hei
rannualduesi
fappr
ovedbyt
heschool
aut
hor
it
ies.
c.Al
lor
dinar
ymember
sshal
lhav
ether
ightt
ovot
eandbev
otedf
or.
 DRESSCODE
1
.Mondays:Thedr esscodeofmembersshal
lbestri
ctl
ycorpor
ate(
sky
blueshir
t,bl
acktr
ouser ,
blandar
edt
ieformale;f
orfemal
e,askyblue
shir
t,bl
ackskir
tortrouser)
2.Wednesdays:Thedr esscodeofmember sshal
lbestri
ctlythe
depart
mentalT-Shirt
.Everyst
udentmustappearinthedepart
mentalT-
Shir
texceptt
hosewhopai dbutareyett
obeissued.Int
hiscir
cumstance,
anotewillbeissuedtotheaffect
edPersonsbythecommi t
teeincharge
ofT-Shi
rtort
hepr esi
dent.
NOTE:
TheordinarymembersoftheAssoci
ati
onarer
est
rict
edfr
om wear
ingthe
depart
ment alwear
s(especi
all
ytheT.Shi
rt
)onotherday
sasidef
rom
theapproveddate.
I
I)PUNI
SHMENTFORNONCOMPLI
ANCE
Fai
lur
etocompl
ytheabov
edr
esscodeshal
lthef
oll
owi
ngpuni
shment

7
 beappl
ied:
1
. Thathe/
sheshal
lnotbeal
lowedi
ntoanyl
ect
ure
2. He/
sheshal
lnotbeat
tendedt
obyanyl
ect
ureroft
hedepar
tment
ort
heHOD
3. He/sheshallnotbeal
lowedt
oaddr
esst
hegat
her
ingofany
account
ingstudent
s
4. He/sheshal
lnotbeallowedtopart
ici
pateinanyclass
assessment
,submi
ssi
on/col
lect
ionofassignment
ARTI
CLE3
1
. ORGANSOFTHEASSOCI
ATI
ON
a)TheExecut
iveCounci
l(EC)
b)TheSenat
eHouse(
SH)
c)TheCommi
tt
eesoft
heAssoci
ati
on
2.COMPOSI
TIONOFTHEEXECUTI
VECOUNCI
L(EC)
1
) ThePr
esi
dent - opent
oyear3st
udent
sonl
y
2)TheVi
cePr
esi
dent - opent
oyear2st
udent
sonl
y
3)TheGener
alSecr
etar
y - opent
oyear3st
udent
sonl
y
4)TheAssi
stantGener
alSecr
etar
y - opent
oyear2st
udent
sonl
y
5)TheFi
nanci
alSecr
etar
y - opent
oyear3st
udent
sonl
y
6)TheTr
easur
er - opent
oyear3st
udent
sonl
y
7)TheAudi
tor - opent
oyear3st
udent
sonl
y
8)ThePubli
cSecr
etar
y/Medi
aDi
rect
or - opent
oyear3and2
st
udent
s
9)TheSoci
alDi
rect
ors(
M&F) - opent
oyear3and2st
udent
s
1
0)TheWel
far
eDi
rect
ors(
M&F) - opent
oyear3and2st
udent
s
1
1
)Thespor
tDi
rect
ors(
M&F) - opent
oyear3and2st
udent
s
1
2)TheDi
rect
orsofSt
udi
es(
M&F) - opent
oyear3st
udent
sonl
y
1
3)TheDi
rect
orf
orChr
ist
iansAf
fai
rs - opent
oyear3or2st
udent
s
1
4)TheDi
rect
orf
orMusl
imsAf
fai
rs - opent
oyear3or2st
udent
s
3.SUBSI
DIARY EXECUTI
VES

8
 i
.Mr
.&Mr
s.NUASA
i
i
.FaceofNUASA
i
ii
.Mr
.&Mr
s.Fr
esher
i
v.Cour
seRepr
esent
ati
ves
4.SI
TTI
NGS
I
. TheCent
ralExecut
iveshal
lsitt
wicepersemest
erexcl
usi
veofemer
gency
meeti
ngswhichshallbeheldasoft
enasneedsari
ses.
I
I. Theassoci
ati
onshallhol
dit
sCongr
essMeet
ingt
wicei
nasessi
on(
fi
rst
semest
erandsecondsemest
er)
.
NOTE:
I
nrespecttot
heimportance/
necessi
tyofthesi
tt
ingsfort
heexecuti
vecounci
l,
t
heabsenteei
sm ofanymemberissubjecttoapprov
albythePresi
dentor
membersofthesenatehouseaft
erconsi
derat
ionwithatangi
blereason.
Also,
ifanymemberwil
lhavetoexcuset
hemeet i
ngwhilei
t’
songoi
ng,heorshe
hastohavei
nfor
m anymemberofexecut
ivecounci
lorsenat
ebefor
ethe
commencementofthemeet
ing.
5.DUTI
ESOFOFFI
CERS
a.THEPRESI
DENT
i
. ThePresi
dentshallbet
hef
ir
stmemberandheadt
otheassoci
ati
on
andtheexecut
ives
i
i. Shal
lrepresentwit
hin/
outsi
det
heuniv
ersi
tyandbri
eft
hespeakerof
ther
esult
(s)ofsuchengagementwi
thi
nareasonabl
eti
me
i
i
i. Shallrepr
esentt
hest
udent
satt
hedepar
tmentcommi
tt
eewher
e
necessary
i
v. Shallatt
endthesitt
ingoft hehousetodeli
verandaddressthe
aff
airsofaccount
ingst udent
s,makestat
ement sanddecisi
onoft
he
executi
veasheconsi derssuchmatterst
obei nthemember ’
s
i
nterest
.
v
. Shal
lpr
esentt
heassoci
ati
onbudgett
othehouse
v
i. Shallsummonal lexecut
ivesmeet
ingandcongressesin
consultat
ionwi
ththeGeneralSecr
etar
yandpresideoversuch
meetings
v
ii
. Shalldi
schargeanyot
herdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
yinci
dent
alt
o
hi
s/herOff
ice.

9
v
ii
i. Shallbeoneoft
hesi
gnat
ori
esi
nal
lfi
nanci
almat
ter
soft
he
associ
ati
on
i
x. Shal
lgivereportt
ot hehouseinconsultat
ionwi
ththeprogr
am
committ
eechairpersonofanyoffi
cialengagementoft
heassoci
ati
on
notl
aterthantwoweeksaf tert
heprogram.
b. THEVI
CEPRESI
DENT
i
. Shal
lst
andi
ntheabsenceoft
hePr
esi
dent
i
i. ShallbetheChai
rmanofwelfar
ecommi t
teeandshallst
andi
nfor
thePresi
denti
nthecaseofanunav
oidableabsence.
i
ii
.` Shal
lberesponsi
blef
ort
hewel
far
eofal
lguestoft
he
associ
ati
on
i
v. Shal
lber
esponsi
blef
ort
hewel
far
eoft
heassoci
ati
on.
v
. Shalldi
schargeal
lsuchdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
yinci
dent
alt
o
hi
s/heroff
ice.
c. THEGENERALSECRETARY
i
. Shallconductanddealwi
thal
ltheof
fi
cialcor
respondenceof
theassoci
ati
on.
i
i
. Shallsummonmeeti
ngsoftheexecut
iveandcongr
essont
he
recommendat
ionoft
hepresi
dent.
i
ii
. Shal
lkeepmi
nut
esandr
ecor
dofsuchmeet
ingi
n(i
i)abov
e
i
v. Shallcompleteandpr
esentagener
alrepor
tont
heact
ivi
ti
esof
theassoci
ati
ontothemeeti
ngofthehouse
v
. Shal
lmakeavai
labl
eacquir
edt
otheaudi
tcommi
tt
eeatt
he
endoft
headmini
str
ati
on.
v
i. Shal
ldischargeallsuchdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
yinci
dent
al
tohi
s/heroff
ice.
d. THEASSI
STANTGENERALSECRETARY
i
. Shallassi
stt
hegener
alsecr
etar
yint
hedi
schar
geofhi
s/her
off
ice
i
i
. Shallper
for
m al
ldut
iesofgener
alsecr
etar
yint
hehi
s/her
absence.
i
ii
. Shal
lkeepr
ecor
dofat
tendanceofmeet
ing
i
v. Shal
ldi
schar
geal
lsuchdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
einci
dent
al

1
0
 t
ohi
s/herof
fi
ce
e. PUBLI
CSECRETARY/
MEDI
ADI
RECTOR
i
. Shallber
esponsi
bleforpubli
cit
yofal
lassoci
ati
on’
sact
ivi
ti
es
wit
hinandout
sidetheuni
versi
ty
i
i
. ShallbeChai
rmanoft
heedi
tor
ialcommi
tt
ee/
boar
d/medi
a
team.
i
ii
. Shallmakeavai
labl
etot
hel
ibr
ari
anal
lpubl
ici
zedwor
kfor
recor
dpurpose
i
v. Shallliai
sebetweenthemembersandrecognizedprof
essi
onal
bodiesespecial
lyinmatt
ersr
elat
ingt
ot hestudent
’s
regi
strati
on.
v
. Shal
lperfor
m suchot
herdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
yinci
dent
al
tohi
s/herof
fi
ce.
f
. THETREASURER
i
. Shal
lbet
hecust
odi
anoft
heassoci
ati
on’
smoney
i
i
. Shal
lbeoneoft
hesi
gnat
ori
esi
nal
lfi
nanci
almat
ter
s
i
ii
. Shallber
esponsi
blef
orbankingthemoneyfort
heassoci
ati
on
wit
hin2worki
ngdaysofr
eceiptofsuchmoney
i
v. Shal
lkeept
heassoci
ati
on’
sbankpassbook(
s)/
chequebook(
s)
v
. Shal
lkeepanimprestaccountofnotmoret
hanN5000ata
ti
mesubject
edtoproperaccount
abili
ty
v
i. Shal
lperfor
m anyot
herdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
yinci
dent
al
tohi
s/herof
fi
ce.
g. THEFI
NANCI
ALSECRETARY
i
. Shallcoordinat
ethecol
lecti
onofannualdues,donat
ions,
and
proceedsfrom sal
esofjour
nalandotherpubli
cati
onsofthe
associat
ionandshallbethechai
rmanoffundraisi
ng
commi tt
ee
i
i
. Shallhandov
eral
lmoniest
othetr
easur
erwit
hin2daysof
coll
ecti
onandmakepr
operfi
nanci
alr
ecordsofsuch
i
ii
. Shalli
nconsul t
ati
onwithotherexecut
ive’
smembersprepar
e
thebudgetoftheassoci
ationfort
heperiodforwhi
cht
he
execut
ivewil
lbeoper at
ive.
i
v. Shal
lensur
ethatal
lrecei
pti
ssuedar
eser
ial
lynumber
edf
or

1
1
 pr
operaudi
ti
ng.
v
. Shallgi
veoutrecrui
tmentsuchasmembershi
pcar
ds,
door
label
,andconsti
tuti
onetc.t
ofinanci
almember
.
v
i. Shal
lbeoneoft
hesi
gnat
ori
esi
nal
lfi
nanci
almat
ter
s.
v
ii
. Shallrespondtoanyi
nvi
teoft
hebudgetandfinance
commi tt
eeoftheSHonmatter
srel
ati
ngtofinancialst
ateof
theassociat
ion.
v
ii
i. Fai
lur
etohonorsuchi
nvi
tat
ionshal
lber
egar
dedascont
empt
tot
hehouse
i
x. Shal
ldischargeanyot
herdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
yinci
dent
al
tohi
s/heroff
ice.
h. THEDI
RECTORSOFSOCI
ALS
i
. Shal
lber
esponsi
blef
oral
lsoci
alact
ivi
ti
esoft
heassoci
ati
on
i
i
. Shal
lbet
hechai
rmanoft
hesoci
alcommi
tt
ee
i
ii
. Shal
lpr
omot
etheassoci
ati
on’
scul
tur
eandsoci
alher
it
age
i
v. Shal
ldischargeanyot
herdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
yinci
dent
al
tohi
s/heroff
ice.
i
. THESPORTDI
RECTORS(
MALEANDFEMALE)
i
. Shal
lhav
ear
egi
sterf
orr
egi
ster
edmember
soft
hespor
tteam
i
i
. Shal
lberesponsi
blef
orprovi
dingrecr
eat
ionalf
aci
li
ti
esf
ort
he
usebyt
hemember softheassoci
ati
on
i
ii
. Shalldi
schargeanyotherdut
iesassi
gnedt
ohi
m/herbyt
he
EC/SHandt hecongr
ess.
j
. THEWELFAREDI
RECTORS
i
. Shal
lseet
othewel
far
eofev
erymemberoft
heassoci
ati
on
i
i
. Shal
lberesponsi
blefort
hewellbei
ngofvi
sit
orsandi
nter
nal
andext
ernalf
uncti
onsoftheassoci
ati
on
i
ii
. Shal
ldischargeal
lsuchdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
einci
dent
al
tohi
s/heroff
ice
k. THEAUDI
TOR
i
. Shal
laudi
ttheaccountofanyor
ganoft
heassoci
ati
on
i
i
. Shal
laudi
tthemont
hlyi
mpr
estoft
het
reasur
er

1
2
 i
ii
. Shallmakeavail
ablei
tsfi
ndi
ngs/
repor
tnotlat
erthanaweek
aft
ertheswear
ingincer
emonyofthenewexecuti
ves
i
v. Shal
lperfumeanyot
herdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
yinci
dent
al
tohi
s/herof
fi
ce.
l
. DI
RECTOROFSTUDI
ES/
LIBRI
RIAN
i
. Shallcol
lectandst
oreal
lacademi
cmat
eri
alsf
oreasyaccess
ofpastquesti
ons
i
i
. Shal
lor
gani
zet
utor
ial
sforev
erymemberoft
heassoci
ati
on
i
ii
. Shallpr
ovi
demateri
alsandai
dst
oassi
sttheacademi
c
perf
ormanceofev
erymemberoft
heassoci
ati
on
i
v. Shallor
ganizesymposi
ums,academicacti
vi
tiest
oimpr
oveand
enhancetheacademi
cleveloftheassoci
ati
on
v
. Shal
lperform anyot
herdut
iest
hatar
ereasonabl
yinci
dent
al
tohi
s/herduti
es.
m. MARSHAL
i
. Shal
lbet
heChai
rmanoft
heNUASAmar
shalcr
ew
i
i
. Shallorgani
zeor
ient
ati
ont
omember
spr
iort
oof
fi
cial
programs
i
ii
. Shal
lchoosedr
esscodef
orev
eryev
entf
orhermember
s
i
v. Shalldi
rectandcont
roleventoft
heuni
ont
oensur
ecooper
ate
part
ici
pati
onandorderl
iness.
ARI
TCLE4
1
. SENATEHOUSE(
SH)
i
. Subjecttotheprovi
sionofthisconst
it
uti
onthel
egisl
ati
vepower
sof
theassociati
onshallbevestedinthesenat
ehouse(SH)whi
chall
consistofHonorabl
es
i
i. t
heSenat
eHouse(
SH)shal
lher
einber
efer
redt
oas“
House”
i
ii
. TheBusi
nessoft
he“
House”shal
lbei
nEngl
ish
i
v. Shouldthepresi
dentorv
icePresi
dentbedeclaredv
acant,
theVice
presi
dentand/ort
hegeneralsecr
etar
yshallassumetheoff
ice
respect
ivel
yand``
`beaddressedassuch
v
. Wi
thoutprej
udiceto(
II
)aboveifanyoffi
ceothert
hant
heonce
ment
ionedin(d)abov
eisdeclaredvacant,
theSHshal
lnot
if
y

1
3
 member sandsubsequent
lythei
nterest
edmember s(
s)shallf
orward
anapplicat
ioni
nwr i
ti
ngtothespeakerforpr
operscr
eeningbythe
house.
2.COMPOSI
TIONOFTHEHOUSE
i
. Thehouseshal
lbecomposedofhonor
abl
emadeof(
12)t
wel
ve
st
udents;
thr
eefrom each
i
i. Thevari
ousl
eveloft
hedepar
tmentshal
lbeaddr
essedas
fol
lows:
A. Pl
ati
num (
400L) - 3r
epr
esent
ati
ves
Pl
ati
num l
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 1
(Gov
ernor
)
Pl
ati
num l
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 2
Pl
ati
num l
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 3
B. Di
amondl
evel(
300L) - 3Repr
esent
ati
ves
 Di
amondl
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 1
(Gov
ernor
)
 Di
amondl
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 2
 Di
amondl
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 3
C. Gol
denl
evel
(200L)
: - 3Repr
esent
ati
ves
 Gol
denl
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 1
(Gov
ernor
)
 Gol
denl
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 2
 Gol
denl
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 3
D. Si
lverl
evel(
100L) - 3Repr
esent
ati
ves
 Si
lverl
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 1
(Gov
ernor
)
 Si
lverl
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 2
 Si
lverl
evelr
epr
esent
ati
ve - 3
3.FUNCTI
ONSANDPOWERSOFTHEHOUSE
i
. Thehouseshallhavepowerstomakelawsandregul
ati
onsf
or
thepeace,
orderandgoodrunningoft
heassoci
ati
on.
i
i. Thehouseoranyofhi
scommi
tt
eeshal
lhav
ethepoweratany
ti
metosummon:
 anymember(
s)oft
heassociat
iontoatt
endit
ssitt
ing(
s)submita
Recor
d(pr
ogressr
epor
t,f
inancialr
eport
,br
eakdownofexpenses,
1
4
 et
c)ort
est
if
ytoani
ssuebef
orei
t.
 Toi
nter
pretandi
mpl
ementt
hepr
ovi
sionoft
hisconst
it
uti
on.
i
ii
. Subjectto(
ii)above,
fai
lur
etorespondtosuchsummonshallbe
regardedasCONTEMPToft hehouseandshallberepor
tedt
othe
relev
antauthorit
yforappr
opri
atedisci
pli
nar
yacti
on.
i
v. Shal
lrat
if
ythecommi
tt
eemember
sasnomi
nat
edbyt
heEC.
v
. Thehouseshallhavethepowert
oregul
ateit
sproceedi
ngs
i
ncludi
ngprocedureforsummoni
ngandrecessoftheHouse.
v
i. Shal
lapprov
eallExt
ernalf
unctionsandr
ati
fyt
hedel
egat
esas
nominat
edbytheECtosuchfuncti
ons.
4.OFFI
CERSOFTHEHOUSE
Thehouseshal
lhav
ethef
oll
owi
ngof
fi
cer
s:
 Thespeakert
obeel
ectedatt
het
imeofel
ect
ionorby
appoi
ntmentbyt
hePresi
dent
 Thedeputytobeel
ect
edatt
het
imeofel
ect
ionorbyappoi
ntment
bythePresi
dent
 Thecler
kt obeelect
edatt
het
imeofel
ect
ionorbyappoi
ntment
bythePresident
 Thewhiptobeelect
edatt
het
imeofel
ect
ionorbyappoi
ntment
bythePresi
dent
5.DUTI
ESOFTHEOFFI
CERS
i
. THESPEAKER
 Shallsummon(
viat
hecl
erk)andpr
ovi
deov
eral
lmeet
ingsoft
he
House
 Shallatt
hemeet
ingoft
heHouse,
int
erpr
ett
heconst
it
uti
onoft
he
associ
ati
oni
ngoodfai
th
 Shal
lhav
eacast
ingv
otei
nthehousewhent
her
eisat
ie
i
i. THEDEPUTYSPEAKER
 Shal
lassi
stt
hespeakerfr
om t
imeinthedischar
geofhisduti
es
andper
for
m alldut
iesoft
hespeakeri
nhis(speaker
)absence.
 Shallberesponsi
blef
orconduct
ingel
ect
ionswi
thi
nthehouseat
allmeeti
ngs

1
5
  Shal
lper
for
m anyot
herdut
iesasr
equi
redbyt
heHouse
i
ii
. THECLERK
 Shallberesponsi
blef
ort
aki
ngpropermi
nut
eoft
hemi
nut
e
duri
ngthemeet i
ngoft
hehouse
 Shal
lpreparedinadvancetheagendaf
oral
lthemeet
ingsand
publ
ici
zethem asappropri
ate
 Shallpubli
ciz
ealladopt
edminut
eoft
hehousewi
thi
nfor
ty-
Eight
(48)hour
sofsuchadopti
on.
 Shallkeepproperf
inanci
alrecor
dsoft hehouse/shal
lbe
responsi
blef
orcompi l
ati
onforproceedingoftheHousef
ort
he
parli
amentar
yyearforproperdocumentati
on.
i
v. THEWHI
P
 Shal
lber
esponsi
blef
ort
hemaze
 Shal
lcar r
ythemazeontheent
ryofthespeakerandensur
ethat
i
tispresentdur
ingt
hehousesi
tt
ings
 Shallmaint
aindi
sci
pli
ne/
decor
um i
nthehouseont
headv
iceof
thespeaker
 Shalli
nconsul t
ati
onwithspeakersendoutanymemberor
observerwhom isi
nhisopini
onhasmi sconducthi
msel
fthr
ough
persi
stentdi
sregar
dtotherulesoftheHouse.
 Shal
lchai
rthedi
sci
pli
nar
ycommi
tt
eeoft
hehouse.
6.QUORUM OFTHESENATEHOUSE
 4ofal
lthemembersi
ncludi
ngt
hespeakershal
lfor
m aquor
um
i
nanemergencymeet
ing
 5ofthemembersincludi
ngatl
east2offi
cer
sshal
lfor
ma
quor
um atanor
dinarymeeti
ngofthehouse
7.TheHouseshal
lconvenet
otr
ansactbusi
nessatl
eastoncei
nev
ery
monthi
nthesemester
8.St
andingor
derdur
ingsessi
onsshal
lbeascont
ainedi
nthest
andi
ng
or
ders.
9.EMERGENCYMEETI
NG
 Aspeci
aloremer
gencyoft
hehouseshal
lbeconv
enedont
he
or
derof7members

1
6
  Subjectt
otheprov
isi
onsof(i
)above,anot
icesupport
edbynot
lessthanfi
ve(
5)membersofthehouseshallbelai
dbefor
ethe
speaker.
1
0.RI
GHTOFATTENDANCEOFTHEHOUSEMEETI
NG
 Anymember( s)mayatt
endt
hemeeti
ngsoftheHouseandshal
l
conductthemsel
vesi
nanorder
lymannerasspeci
fi
edbythe
consti
tut
ion.
 Anyperson(s)i
nattendanceshallhav
etherightt
oaddressthe
houseonobservat
ionortoinfor
m andtoeducatethehouse.
Observ
ersshallnotvoteduri
ngthehousesi
tti
ngs.
1
1
.SUSPENSI
ONANDREMOVALOFAMEMBEROFTHEHOUSE
 Member sshal
lber
emov
edonl
yincaseofmal
pract
iceor
absent
eeism
 Membershallbedeemedt ohavev acatedhi
sseatifheisabsent
fr
om sit
ti
ngfortwo(2)consecut
iveti
meswi t
houtajustcause
unlesst
hepersoncerti
fi
esinwrit
ingthatheissat
isfi
edthatt
he
absencewasforajustcause.
 Alev
elmayr ecommendtothespeakerf
orsuspensionofa
member,
ifheisall
egedofanymisconductandforhisr
emovali
f
f
oundgui
lty.
1
2.RECALL/
REI
NSTATEMENT
Amemberoft
hehousemayber
ecal
ledi
f:
 Apeti
ti
oninthatregar
ds,signedbymor et
hantwot hi
rd(2/
3)of
member si
nhisconsti
tuencyallegi
ngthei
rconf
idenceinhimis
pr
esentedtot
hespeakeroft hehouse.
 Asuspendedhonor
ableshallberei
nstat
edifhewr i
tesalett
erof
apologygi
vi
ngclar
if
icat
ionasregardshi
sremov alandmustbe
support
edby2/3majori
tyofthehouseaft
erproperdeli
berat
ions.
1
3.RESI
GNATI
ON
 AMemberofthehousemustgi
veatl
easttwo(2)weeknot
iceof
hi
sint
ent
iont
oresi
gnhismembershi
pofthehouse
 Not
icer
efer
redt
oin(
i)abov
eshal
lbei
nwr
it
ingt
hrought
hecl
erk.
1
4.DRESSCODE
 Thedr
essshal
lbef
ormal
.Al
lhonor
abl
eshal
lber
equi
redt
o

1
7
 obser
vet
hiscode.
 Wit
houtprej
udiceto(i
)abov
e,formerdresscodeincludesashi
rt
andtr
ouserwit
hat i
eornati
veatti
rewithacapandf emale
Honor
abledressedinashort
/blouseskir
tandshoest omatch.
1
5.PASSAGEOFABI
LL
 Abil
lshallnotbecomeal awunl
essithasbeendulypassedby
2/
3maj ori
tyofHonorabl
eandshallbepresent
edtothe
Pr
esidentt
oassent
 Whereabilli
spresentedtothepresi
dentforassent
,heshall
wit
hinthr
ee(3)daysthereofsi
gni
fythatheassentsorwi
thholds
assent
s.
 Wherethepresidentwi
thhol
dshi
sassent,
thehouseshal
l
f
orwardthebilltothecongr
essf
orassent
.
1
6.HOUSECOMMI
TTEE
Thehouseshal
lhav
ethef
oll
owi
ngcommi
tt
ees:
 Budgetandf
inancecommi
tt
ee
 Educat
ionandl
ibr
arycommi
tt
ee
 Di
sci
pli
nar
ycommi
tt
ee
 Theabovenamedcommitt
eehaveseven(7)member
sandthei
r
appoi
ntmenti
satprer
ogat
iveoft
hespeakeroft
hehouse
 Eachcommit
teeshallappoi
nti
tschai
rmanandsecr
etar
y
amongstt
hemselves
1
7.DUTI
ESOFTHEHOUSECOMMI
TTEE
I
. Budgetandf
inancecommi
tt
ee
 Monitor
ingandensur
ingt
hepr
operi
mpl
ement
ati
onoft
he
budget
 Shal
lpr
epar
ethebudgetoft
hehouse
 Shalllookintoallbudgetoftheassociat
ionandt
her
eby
submititt
ot hehouseforproperrat
if
icati
on.
 Shallaudi
tev
eryof
fi
cesorcommi
tt
eesaf
teranyof
fi
cial
engagement
 Shal
lsubmi
tal
linf
ormat
ionneededf
orpr
operaudi
ti
ngt
othe

1
8
 audi
tcommi
tt
eeoror
gani
zat
ion.
 Shallmakeav
ail
abletot
hehousethebudgetr
ati
fi
ed24hour
s
befor
etheSHparli
ament
arysi
tt
ing
 Anyot
herf
unct
ionsasmayber
equi
redbyt
hehouse.
I
I. EDUCATI
ONCOMMI
TTEE
 Shal
lmonitorandassistt
heAcademicandEditor
ial
commit
teesincarr
yingoutthei
rdut
iesef
fi
cient
ly
 Shelldi
schar
geanyot
herf
unct
ionsasmayber
equi
redbyt
he
House
I
II
. DI
SCI
PLI
NARYCOMMI
TTEE
 Moni
tor
ingandensur
ingpr
operdi
sci
pli
nei
nthedepar
tment
wi
thmostregar
dstothedr
esscode
 Anyot
herf
unct
ionasmayber
equi
redbyt
hehouse.
ARTI
CLE5
1
. STANDI
NGORDER
a)Thestandi
ngcommi
tt
eeoft
heassoci
ati
onshal
lconsi
stt
he
fol
lowing
 Soci
alcommi
tt
ee
 Edi
tor
ialcommi
tt
ee/
Medi
ateam
 Academi
cCommi
tt
ee
 Spor
tsCommi
tt
ee
 Fundr
aisi
ngCommi
tt
ee
 Wel
far
eCommi
tt
ee
 Di
sci
pli
nar
ycommi
tt
ee
b)TheECshallseektor ecr
uitt
heinterest
edandcompet ent
membersandf orwardsuchlistt
ot hehouseforproperscr
eeni
ng
andrat
if
icat
ion.Aft
erwards,t
heECshal lwrit
eal ett
erof
appoi
ntmenttothesuccessfulpersons.
2.FUNCTI
ONSANDCOMPOSI
TIONOFTHESTANDI
NGCOMMI
TTEE
a)SOCI
ALCOMMI
TTEE
 Shal
lbea3-
membercommi
tt
eef
rom al
llev
els

1
9
 Thedi
rect
orofsoci
alsshal
lbei
tschai
rman
 Thecommi
tt
eesecr
etar
yshal
lbeel
ect
edbyi
tsmember
s
 Shallberesponsi
blef
ororgani
zingt
heassociat
ion’
sweek,wel
come
ceremonyforthefr
eshst
udentsandallsoci
alactiv
iti
esoft
he
associ
ati
on.
 Shal
lrai
sef
undsf
oranyofi
tspr
ogr
ams.
b)EDI
TORI
ALBOARD
 Shal
lbe3member
scommi
tt
eef
rom al
llev
els
 Thepubl
ishi
ngsecret
ary/
mediadir
ectorshal
lel
ectanyotherpost(
s)
deemednecessar
ybyiteg.Theedi
tor
,theDeput
yEdit
or,
Secretary
etc.
 Shal
lber esponsi
blef
ortheregulareducat
iveandi
nfor
mati
ve
publ
icat
ionsandthatofoff
ici
aljournaloft
heassoci
ati
on.
 Shallorgani
zepoli
ti
caldebat
esf
oraspi
rant
sinconj
unct
ionwi
tht
he
elect
oralcommitt
ee.
c)ACADEMI
CCOMMI
TTEE
 Shal
lbea3-
membercommi
tt
eef
rom al
llev
el
 Shallel
ectamongit
smember
s,t
hesecr
etar
yast
heDi
rect
orof
Studi
esist
heChair
man
 Shallseetot
heacademi
cwel
lbei
ngofev
erymemberoft
he
associ
ati
on
I
npursuanceof(i
i)above,shallengageinthedissemi
nat
ionofpast
quest
ionspaper
s,organizat
ionofeffect
ivetut
ori
alsandanyot
her
meansitdeemedfit
 Shallincol
laborat
ionwit
htheEC, or
gani
zeseminar
,symposi
a,
workshoprelat
ingtoover
allacademicdevel
opmentofmember
 Withoutprejudi
cet oot
herpartofthi
sconst
it
uti
on,t
hemember
smay
requestforassist
ancefrom anymemberoftheassoci
ati
on
compet entforanyorit
sf unct
ions
d)SPORTCOMMI
TTEE
 Shal
lbea3-
membercommi
tt
eef
rom al
llev
els
 TheDi
rect
orofspor
tsshal
lbei
tschai
rman

20
 Thecommi
tt
eesecr
etar
yshal
lbeel
ect
edbyi
tsmember
s
 Shallseetot
hewel
far
eoft
hespor
tsmenandwomeni
nthe
associ
ati
on
e)FUNDRAI
SINGCOMMI
TTEE
 Shal
lbeconst
it
utedatt
hedi
scr
eti
onoft
heexecut
ivecounci
l
 Shallbeheadedbyfi
nanci
alsecr
etar
yandt
hesecr
etar
ytobe
appoint
edbyitsmembers
 Shal
lsourceformoneyf
ort
heassoci
ati
onandt
heaccountf
oral
l
moniesr
aised
 Allmoniesr
aisedshal
lbepai
ddi
rect
lyt
otheassoci
ati
onbank
account
.
f
)WELFARECOMMI
TTEE
 Shal
lbea3-
membercommi
tt
eef
rom al
llev
els
 TheVPshal
lbechai
rper
sonasWel
far
edi
rect
ort
hesecr
etar
y
 Shal
lseet
hewel
far
eofev
erymemberoft
heassoci
ati
on
I
npursuanceof(
III
)abov
eshallengagei
nregularandinf
ormat
ive
f
unct
ionsofthesymposi
um t
hatwillbeofbenefi
ttot
heassoci
ati
on
 Shallberesponsi
blefort
hewel
lbei
ngofv
isi
tor
satext
ernal
funct
ionsoftheassoci
ati
on.
 Shal
lel
ectamongi
tsmember
’spostdeemednecessar
y
g)DI
SCI
PLI
NARYCOMMI
TTEE
 Shal
lbea3-
member
’scommi
tt
eef
rom al
llev
els
 TheECshal
lrecr
uit5member
s
 Shal
lconsi
stoft
hehousedi
sci
pli
nar
ycommi
tt
ee
 Thewhi
pshal
lbet
heChai
rman
 Shallseet
otheproperdiscipl
inei
ntheassoci
ati
onwi
thmost
regar
dstocooper
atedressing
3.AD-
HOCCOMMI
TTEE
TheAd-
hoccommi
tt
eesoft
heassoci
ati
onshal
lbet
hef
oll
owi
ng:
 Audi
tcommi
tt
ee

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 El
ect
oralcommi
tt
ee
 El
ect
oralpet
it
ioncommi
tt
ee
 Anyot
herAd-
hoccommi
tt
eet
hecongr
essappr
ovesof
 Thecongressshal
ldeter
minethenumberofthemembersoft
he
committ
eewi t
hexcept
ionoft
hef undr
aisi
ngcommit
tee
4.FUNCTI
ONSANDCOMPOSI
TIONOFTHEAD-
HOCCOMMI
TTEES
a)Audi
tcommi
tt
ee
 Shal
lbean8-
membercommi
tt
ee
 Secr
etar
yshal
lbeelect
edbyt
hecommi
tt
eemember
s.Thechai
rman
shal
lbetheAudi
tor
.
 Shal
laudi
ttheaccountofanyor
ganoft
heaudi
ti
on
 Shallmakeav
ail
ablei
tsfi
ndings/
repor
taf
teraweekt
otheswear
cer
emonyofthenewexecut
ives.
b)ELECTORALCOMMI
TTEE
 Shal
lbea7-
membercommi
tt
ee
 Shallbeaconst
it
utedf
rom t
hest
artofnewadmi
nist
rat
iont
ofost
er
adequat
eprepar
ati
on
 Thepubli
cat
ionoft
heNot
iceofEl
ect
ionspr
esumest
hel
if
tofban
onpoli
ti
cs
 Shallst
anddi
ssol
vedont
heswear
ingcer
emonydayoft
henew
execut
ives
 Shal
lberesponsi
blef
ort
heconductel
ect
ionsi
ntoexecut
ivecounci
l
andtheSH
c)ELECTORALPETI
TIONCOMMI
TTEE
 Shal
lbea5-
membercommi
tt
ee
 Shallbeconst
it
utedbyt
hecongr
essatt
hesamet
imewi
tht
he
elect
oralcommit
tee
 Shallhearanddeci
deonel
ect
ionpet
it
ion(
s)asf
orwar
dedbyany
peti
ti
on(s)
 Shallfor
war
ditsr
uli
ngtot
heelect
oralcommitt
eecongr
essnot
lat
erthan7daysf
rom t
her
ecei
ptofthepeti
ti
on(s)

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  Allelecti
onpet i
ti
onsshallbesubmi t
tednotlatert
han24hour sof
announcementoft heelecti
onsresult
”….Ifthepeti
ti
oner(s)isnot
sati
sfi
edwi t
ht heruli
ng,t
hefinalappealshallbetothejudici
al
councilofstudent’
sunionwhosedecisionshallbethefi
nal.
ARI
TICLE6
1
. ELECTI
ONSANDVOTI
NGPROCEDURES
 El
ect
ionint
oSHshal
lbeconduct
edt
othesameweekast
heEC
el
ect
ion
 SHel
ect
ionshal
lbebasedonl
evelv
oti
ngorbyappoi
ntment
 Elect
ionoftheof
fi
cer
softheSHshallbeconduct
edbyt
heel
ect
oral
commi t
teeaweekaft
ert
heelect
ionoftheSH
 Elect
ioni
ntoSHforsi
lverl
evelshallbeconductedandsuper
vised
bytheSHnotlat
erthan2weeksaf t
erori
entat
ionprogr
amme.
 Nominati
onofcandidate(
s)f
orelect
ionshal
lberequi
redt
obe
support
edby2financialmembersofgoodstandi
ngwhoshal
l
equall
ysignt
henomi nati
onfor
ms.
 Voti
ngshal
lbeopen/
secr
etball
otsyst
em shallbecar
ri
edoutatt
he
desi
gnat
edcent
ergi
venel
ector
alcommi t
tee.
 Votesshallbecount
edandwinner(s)declar
edatt
hiscenter
.
Elect
ionint
oECshallbeheldnotearli
erthan6weeksbeforethe
endofeachacademicsessi
on.
 Elect
ionoftheChair
manandSecr
etar
yofcommitt
eeshal
lbe
conductedatthef
ir
stmeet
ingoft
hecommitt
ee.
 Unopposedcandi
dat
e(s)shal
lbedeemedt
ohav
ewoni
fhesecur
es
½ofallthetot
alvot
escast
 Shouldhefai
ltosecure(
1)above,t
hepostshal
lbedecl
aredv
acant
andthebyeelect
ionconducted.
Iftherei
sstil
lonlyonecandi
datef
orsuchpost
(s)af
terbei
ng
declaredvacant,
suchcandi
datesi
sdeemedtohavebeenduly
electedforsuchpost
.
 Wit
houtpr
ejudi
cetoanyofthi
sconst i
tut
ion,
theelect
oralcommit
tee
mayadopti
tsownprocedureinconducti
ngelecti
ons(
s)intot
heEC
andtheSH(ascont
ainedi
nitsworkingpapers)
 Vot
ingatt
hemeet
ing(
s)andt
hecongr
essshal
lber
isi
ngoft
hel
and.

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2.EXTERNALELECTI
ONS
 TheECshallvi
athenoticeboardnoti
fyt
hemember soft
he
associ
ati
onofext
ernalelect
ionint
otheelect
ivepost
.
 Eli
gibi
li
tyshal
ldependont
her
equi
rementoft
heext
ernalbodyf
or
suchapost
I
nter
est
edandel i
gibl
ecandi
dat
eshal
lnot
if
ytheSHofhi
sint
erest
v
iathespeakeroft
hehouse
 Thecandidat
e(s)shallunder goathoroughandobject
ivescreeni
ng
bythehouseandt heemer gingcandidateshallbef
orwardedtothe
ECforonwardnomi nati
onf ortheexternalel
ecti
on.
 Alli
ncumbentoff
icehol
dersi
nthedepar
tmentshal
lnotbeel
igi
ble
tocont
estsuchel
ecti
ons.
3.SWEARI
NG-
IN-
CEREMONY
 Theswear
ing-
in-
ceremonyshal
lbeorganizedbytheel
ect
oral
commit
teenotlat
erthanoneweekaf
tertheelect
ionofEC
 TheHODorhi srepr
esentat
iveshallsweari
nthepresi
dentandt
he
speakerwhoshalli
nturnswear-i
nmember softheECandSH
respect
ivel
y.
4.TENUREOFOFFI
CE
Withoutpr
ejudi
cetoanypartoft
hisconst
it
uti
on,
thet
enur
eofal
lof
fi
ce
shallbeoneacademicsessi
on.
5.ELI
GIBI
LITY
 Al
loff
icer
softheassoci
ati
onshal
lbeel
ect
edaccor
dingt
othe
pr
ovi
sion(
s)oft
hisconst
it
uti
on
 Withoutprej
udi
cet
oanyotherpar
toft
hisconst
it
uti
on,
allmember
s
shallvoteandbev
otedf
or.
 Adismissedorremovedoffi
ceroft
heassoci
ati
onshallnotbe
eli
gibl
etocontestanyassoci
ati
onelect
ionf
oraperi
odof2
academicsessi
on
 Thechai
rmanoft
hecommi
tt
ee(
s)shal
lbeaf
inalyearst
udent
.
 Thecont est
ant(s)ofthepostofpr
esident
,vi
cepresidentandgener
al
andot herpostshallhavetheC.G.
P.Aofnotlessthan3.5,3.
0
respecti
velyasatt heti
meofcontest
ingforsuchelecti
ons.
 Wi
thoutpr
ejudi
cet
o(4)abov
epar
t1anddi
rectent
ryst
udent
sint
hei
r
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 f
ir
styearar
eexempt
edf
rom suchel
ect
ion.
 Noper
sonshal
lbequal
if
iedf
orel
ect
ioni
f:
 Hehasbeeni
ndi
ctedf
orembezz
lementoft
heassoci
ati
on’
sfunds.
 Hei
samemberofanybannedsoci
ety
 Hei
nvol
vedi
nfi
ght
/assaul
t
 Hehasbeengui
lt
yofdi
shonest
yorf
raud
 Hehasnotpaidannualdueonorbef or
esecondweekoft
he
secondsemest
erofthepresentsessi
on.
 Hei
nvol
vedi
nexami
nat
ionmal
pract
ice
6.CERTI
FICATI
ONOFSERVEDMEMBERS
Allmember si
ntheassociat
ionandthemembersofthecommitt
eeshall
becer ti
fi
edaft
erjusti
fi
cat
ionofser
vicebythehouseandsi
gnedbythe
president,t
hespeakerandtheHODoft hedepar
tmentort
heStaf
f
Adviser.
ARTI
CLE7
1
. VACANCY
Anof
fi
ceshal
lbedecl
aredv
acanti
f:
 Theof
fi
cehol
derr
esi
gnshi
sappoi
ntment
 Anoff
iceshal
lbedecl
aredv
acantatt
hedemi
seoft
heof
fi
ce
hol
der
2.RESI
GNATI
ON
 Anyexecuti
vemember/honor
ablewhowishedt
obereli
evedshal
l
tenderal
etterofr
esi
gnati
ongiv
ingatl
east3weeknot
icetot
he
ECandSH.
 TheEC/SHshallbeforedecidi
ngontheresi
gnat
ionref
ersuch
purpor
tedr
esignat
iontoani nv
esti
gat
ioncommitt
eewhichshall
besetupbytheEC/ SHforthatpur
poseforappr
opri
ate
recommendat
ions.
3.SUSPENSI
ONANDREMOVAL
 Anyexecut
iveoff
iceroftheassoci
ati
onshallberemovedfrom
of
fi
ceifamot i
onf orr
emov ali
ssupport
edby2/ 3majori
tyofSH
memberpresentandv ot
ingprovi
dedaquorum wasformed.

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 Ifanynoticei
nwr i
ti
ngsi gnedbynotlessthan100member softhe
associat
ionisgi v
entot hespeakeroftheSHt hattheconductof
anoffi
cerbei nvesti
gatedsoast oascertai
nwhet herheisguil
tyof
misconductint heperf
or manceofthefunctionofhisoffi
cer,
this
shallbedebat edinthehousewi th2/3maj ori
tyvoteforr
esoluti
on.
 Anoff
icermayberemovedont
hebasi
soft
hef
indi
ngoft
he
i
nvest
igati
ngcommit
tee
 Anof
fi
cerstandssuspendeddur
ingt
hei
nvest
igat
ionpr
ocessof
hi
sof
fice.
I
nobedi
encet
otheabov
e,t
heoff
iceunderconsi
der
ati
onshoul
d
f
aceani
mpeachmentpr
ocess
 Thehouseshal
lappoi
ntt
oanysuspendedoff
icecar
etaker
pendi
ngtheconcl
usi
onofthei
nvest
igat
ion
I
ncaseofimpeachment
,theSHshallconductanel
ect
ioni
ntot
he
v
acantof
fi
cewithi
ntwoweeksoftheimpeachment.
4.REI
NSTATI
NGOFOFFI
CER(
S)PREVI
OUSLYSUSPENDED
 Wherethecommitt
eereport
sthatallegati
onhasnotbeenproven
fur
therpr
oceedi
ngsshallbetakeninrespectoft
hematterand
off
ice(
s)shal
lberei
nstat
edtohi sof
fice.
 Subjectto(3i
ii
)above,wher
ethereporti
ssupport
edbyless2/3
majorit
yofSHmemberpr esentandvoti
ng,t
herepor
tshallbe
considerednotadoptedandtheholderoft
heoffi
ceshal
lbe
rei
nstatedtohisoff
ice.
ARI
TICLE8
1
. FINANCE/FUNDS:wit
houtprej
udi
cetoanypartofthi
sconsti
tut
ion,t
he
fundsoft
heassoci
ati
onshouldbemanagedinaccordancewiththe
previ
ousofthi
sar
ti
clepart
icul
arl
yandtheconsti
tuti
oningeneral
.
2.BANKER’
SOFTHEASSOCI
ATI
ON
Thebank(
s)oft
heassoci
ati
onshal
lbet
hecommer
cialbank(
s)
appr
ovedbytheSH/
EC
3.AUTHORI
ZEDSI
GNATORI
ES/
TRUSTEESOFTHEASSOCI
ATI
ON
 Thesignat
ori
esoft
heassoci
ati
on’
sbankaccountandot
herf
inanci
al
documentsshal
lbe:
 ThePr
esi
dent

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  TheFi
nanci
alSecr
etar
y
 TheTr
easur
er
 Subjectto(1
)abov
e,all3shal
lhavet
heaut
hor
it
ytosi
gnt
he
associat
ion’
sfi
nanci
aldocument
s
 Withoutpr
ejudi
cet
o(2)above,
thedut
yofsubscri
pti
onscoll
ecti
on
fr
om member smaybedelegat
edtoperson(
s)ot
herthan(
1)above
andmustbeadequatel
yaccountedf
or.
 Thepresi
dentshal
lbemandat
orysi
gnat
oryt
osuchf
inanci
al
documentsasstat
edi
n(1
)above.
4.CHANGEOFSI
GNATORI
ES
Signat
ori
estotheassoci
ati
on’sbankaccountshallbesubj
ecttothe
foll
owingprocedur
esattheendoftheterm ofof
fi
cet ot
heexist
ing
execut
ivecounci
latanypart
icul
arsessi
on:
a)ThePr esidentalongwithot
hersi
gnat
oriesshallwr
itet
heassoci
ati
on’
s
bank(s)informingthem oft
heexpi
rat
ionofthei
rter
m ofof
fi
ceand
i
ntroducet henewsi gnat
ori
esi
mmediatelyther
eof.
b)Theassociat
ion’
spassbookand/
orchequesbooksandot
herdocument
s
shal
lthereofbehandedovertot
henewexecuti
ves.
c)Theyshal
ltherefor
ebeaut
hori
zedtooper
atet
heaccountt
ocompl
y
wit
htheprovi
sionsoft
heconst
it
uti
on.
5.BUDGETS
a)Subjectt
otherelevantsect
ionofthisconst
it
ution,t
heexecuti
veshallat
thecommencementofeachf i
nancialyear
,prepareandlaybefor
et he
houseonitsfi
rstmeetingabudgetofitsfi
nancialacti
vi
ti
esfor
examinat
ion,
del i
berat
ionandsubsequentlyapprovalamongstother
thi
ngs
1
. Thepayabl
eamountasmember
’ssubscr
ipt
ion
2.Thecostofst
ati
onar
ies
3.I
ncent
ivesf
ormember
shi
poft
heassoci
ati
on
b)Inprepari
ngthebudget,thefinanci
alsecret
aryshallest
abl
ish
appropri
atebudgetcenters,
andsub- cent
erofincomeandexpendi
tur
e
forpurposeofbudgetar
ycont rolaccount
ing.
c)Ift
hehousedoesnotapprovethebudgetfour(
4)weeksaf
terthe
beginni
ngofanewsession,
thepr esi
denti
nconsul
tat
ionwit
ht he
speakermayaut
hori
zethewithdrawalandexpendi
tur
eofmoneyf ort
he
27
 purposeofmeeti
ngexpendi
tur
enecessaryt
ocarr
yontheservicesofthe
associat
ionf
oraper
iodoftheassoci
ati
onforaper
iodnotexceeding
onemont h.
ARTI
CLE9
1
. AMENDMENTTOTHECONSTI
TUTI
ON
a)Thisconst
it
uti
onmaybeamendedbytheSHuponresol
uti
ont
othe
passedbya2/3major
it
yofmembersofthecongr
ess
b)Aresol
uti
onforamendmentoft heconst
it
uti
onmayal sobemade
uponabil
lbeingbr
oughtbef or
ethehouseandsubsequentl
ypassed
2/3major
it
yofSHpr esentandvoti
ngprovi
dedtheyform aquor
um at
suchmeeti
ngs.
c)Suchamendmentshal
linadopti
onbesenttoaconst
it
uti
onrevi
ew
commit
tee,
whichshal
ldeli
berat
eontheresol
uti
onbroughtbef
orei
t.
d)Suchamendmentshal
lbepresent
edt
othecongressandshallbe
approv
edbyasimplemajor
it
yofthememberaft
erwhichitt
hus
comesint
oful
leff
ect.
e)Anyproposedamendmentoft hi
sconst
it
uti
onshallbesenti
nwrit
ing
tothecl
erkofthehouseatleastaweekbef
orethesai
dmeetingof
theSHandheshal lf
urni
shev er
ymemberofthehousewithanoti
ce
oftheamendmentatleast24hoursbef
orethemeeti
ng.
f
)Thepr oposedamendmentshallt
akeful
leff
ectwhenappr
ovedbya
si
mplemaj or
it
yofmember scast
ingv
otesontheamendmentata
congr
essheldforhi
spurpose.
2.SUSPENSI
ONOFPROVI
SIONS
a)asect
ionofthi
sconst
it
uti
onmaybesuspendedbyatleast2/
3
major
ityoft
heSHmember sorcongr
ess,
provi
dedaquorum i
s
f
ormed.
b)Uponthesuspensionofsuchasect
ion,
awor
kingor
dershal
lbe
adopt
edbyal east2/3majori
tyoft
heSHmembersorcongr
ess.
c)Suchwor
kingorderonadopti
onshal
lremainbi
ndingforaperi
odof
notmor
ethan6weeksdur i
ngwhichi
tshallbeconsi
deredfor
amendmentandshallberender
edassuch.
ARTI
CLE1
0
1
. CONSTI
TUTI
ONALABSENCE
I
mpl
iest
hat

28
a)Thespeakerorpr
esi
denti
snotconst
it
uti
onal
lyt
hepr
esi
dingof
fi
cerf
or
ameeti
ng
b)Thespeakerorhi
sdeput
yort
hepr
esi
dentorhi
svi
ceast
hecasemaybe,
havebeenimpeached
c)Ther
eisdi
ssol
uti
onoft
he‘
HOUSE’
ort
heExecut
ivecounci
l
2.QUORUM ANDEXPRESSI
ONS
a)Unl
essother
wisest
ated,
shal
lbeasst
atedi
ntheconst
it
uti
onf
or
par
ti
cul
arcases.
b)I
faquorum i
snoty
etformedfort
y-f
ive(
45)minutesaft
ert
heschedul
ed
t
imeforameeti
ngthespeakermaycallforanadjour
nmentoft
he
meet
ing
c)Theof
fi
ciall
anguageoft
heassoci
ati
oni
sEngl
ish
d)Wit
houtprej
udicet
o(b)above2/
3of ,
memberspresentatt
hesit
ti
ng
maysuspendthequorum wheni
ssuestobedi
scussedareofpar
amount
i
mportance.
3.ORDEROFPROCEEDI
NGS
a)Decl
arat
ion
Thepresi
dingof
fi
cershal
ldecl
arethemeeti
ngopenwhent hepar
ti
cul
ar
prov
isi
onoftheconst
it
uti
onhasbeenexpr
esslysat
isf
ied.
b)Adopt
ionandAmendmentoft
heAgenda
Theagendashal lbeopentoamendmentwi t
htheconsentofasimpl e
majori
tyofmember satameetingafterwhi
chitshallbeadopt
ed
fol
lowingnof ur
theramendment.Suchamendmentshal lt
aketheform
ofre-
arrangementofit
emsetc.andshallaf
fectfundamentali
ssues
only.
i
. Openi
ngPr
ayer
i
i.Mi
nut
esofl
astmeet
ing
i
ii
.Cor
rect
ion/
amendmentandadopt
ionofmi
nut
es
i
v.Endorsementofadoptedminutesbyt
hespeakerandcl
erkort
he
presi
dentandhisgeneralsecr
etar
y.
v
.Mat ter
sar
isi
ngfrom mi
nut
es,
wher
esuchmat
ter
sar
enotsepar
atel
y
st
atedontheagenda
v
i.Mai
nbusi
nessont
heagenda

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 v
ii
.Anyot
herbusi
ness(
AOB)
v
ii
i.Adj
our
nment
i
x.Cl
osi
ngPr
ayer
4.RECOGNI
TION
a)Aper sonshallst andtoaddr esstheHOUSE/ CONGRESSonl ywhen
thespeaker/presidentrecognizeshisraisedhandunlesssuch
memberi sraisingaconst it
utionalmatterorpointofor
der,whi
ch
carr
iesautomat icrecognit
iononpr onouncement .
b)Bar
ri
ngt
heabov
e,al
lmember
sshal
lremai
nseat
edandcal
m
5.MODEOFADDRESSI
NG
a)Amembershal lst
andbefor
eaddr
essi
ngtheHOUSE/CONGRESS
exceptt
hespeaker
/pr
esi
dentwhomaysitdownf
orthesame.
b)Suchamembershal lt
henproceedwi thhi
saddressbysayi ng“
the
Hon.SpeakerofHOUSE”or“
President:DeputySpeakerortheScri
be
etc.(
menti
onhisnameandhisconst i
tuency)andthenprocesstothe
addresspr
oper.
6.DECURUM TRANSGRESSI
ON
a)Nofoullanguage(abusi
ng,i
nsul
ti
ng,vul
ga,
etc.
)shal
lbeusedonany
memberdur i
ngthecoursei
fameetingandsuchshouldnotbehear
d
ont
hef l
ooroftheHOUSE/ CONGRESS.
b)Suchfoullanguage(s)whi
chhasbeeni
nadvert
entl
yusedshal
lbe
causedtobewi t
hdrawnimmediat
elywi
thunreser
vedapol
ogytot
he
aff
ectedperson(s)
7.Ev
eryspeechshallberest
ri
ctedtothequest
ionunderdi
scussi
onor
di
rect
edpromptlytothepointofor
derorconst
it
uti
onalmatter
.
8.Nomemberexceptwit
hpermi
ssi
onofthespeakeroft
heHOUSEor
Pr
esi
dentshal
lspeakformor
ethanf
iveminut
esatanyonet
ime.
ARTI
CLE1
1
EXECUTI
VEBENEFI
TS
1
. ThePr
esi
dent - N1
000mont
hly
2.Fi
nanci
alSecr
etar
yandTr
easur
er - N500mont
hly
3.Medi
ateam - N500mont
hly
4.TheSpor
tDi
rect
or - i
nvi
ew

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 5.ot
hercent
ralexecut
ives - i
nvi
ew
6.Thesenat
ors - i
nvi
ew
7.Mr
.andMr
s.NUASA - i
nvi
ew
8.FaceofNUASA - i
nvi
ew
9.Mr
.andMr
s.NUASA - i
nvi
ew
1
0.TheVar
iousLev
elCour
seRepr
esent
ati
ves - i
nvi
ew
NOTE:
a.Allmember
softheexecut
iveshal
lbeexemptedf
rom t
hepaymentof
depar
tment
alduesf
ortheperi
odofthei
rtenur
einof
fi
ce.
b.Membersoftheexecut
iveshal
lbegr
ant
edf
reet
icketent
ryt
oal
ldepar
tment
al
soci
alact
ivi
ti
es.
ARTI
CLE1
2
Enabl
ingAct
Uponr
ati
fi
cati
onofthisconsti
tut
ionbytheNUASA,FUW Executi
ve
member
s2020/2021t
hisconsti
tut
ionshallbecomeef
fect
ivei
mmedi atel
y
Also,
havi
ngundergoneadjust
ment sbyt
heNUASA,FUW Executi
ve&Legi
slati
ve
Arms2021
/2022,t
hisconsti
tut
ionisnowbindi
ngandef
fect
iveimmedi
atel
yf or
t
henewdecadeandf orbestpract
ice.

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