Act · 1974

THE ACTION FAMILIALE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1974

Act No. 10 of 1974

Text as enacted.

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Act No. 10 of 1974

24th May 1974.

Section

  1. Short title.
  2. Interpretation.
  3. Section 6 of the ordinance amended.

An Act to amend the Action Familiale Ordinance, 1964

[27th May-

ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows-

  1. This Act may be cited as the Action Familiale (Amendment) Act 1974.
  2. In this Act-

'Ordinance" means the Action Familiale 0rdinance, 1964.

  1. Section 6 of the Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following section-
  2. (1) The Association shall be managed and administered by a Committee consisting of-
  3. (a) seven members elected in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) ; and
  4. (b) a representative of the Ministry of Health appointed annually by the Minister.
  • (2) The election of members of the Committee shall be held at the General Meeting of the Association.
  • (3) A candidate for election to the Committee shall-
  1. (a) be on the register of members,
  2. (b) be over the age of twenty-one,
  3. (c) be proposed and seconded by two other members of the Association at least one of whom shall be over the age of twenty-one, and
  4. (d) have notice of his name forwarded in writing to the Secretary of the Association at least fourteen days before the General Meeting.
  • (4) At the first meeting after every election, the Committee shall appoint from among its members a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and such other officers as it shall deem necessary.
  • (5) (a) No member of the Committee other than the Secretary or the Treasurer shall receive any fee or remuneration for his services to the Association.

THE ACTION FAMILIALE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1974

I assent,

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

A. R. M. OSMAN Governor-General

  • (b) The Committee may pay the Treasurer and the Secretary for their services.
  • (6) In the case of the death, absence, resignation or incapacity to act, of any of its members, other than the representative of the Ministry of Health, the Committee may nominate a member to replace him.
  • (7) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the representative of the Ministry of Health shall not by virtue only of his being a member of the Committee be deemed to be a member of the Association.