Bylaws

Interpretation

1. Definitions. In these Bylaws:
   1. “Act” means the Societies Act (Alberta), RSA 2000, c S-14, as may be amended or replaced from time to time;
   2. “Act of Incorporation” means the Act of Incorporation (11-12 George V Chap.
   3. “Annual Meeting” means the annual general meeting of the Members required pursuant to the Act;
   4. “Annual Period” means the twelve (12) month period commencing on and including September 1 of each year and expiring on and including August 31 of each year;
   5. “Application” means the application to incorporate filed by CBA Alberta pursuant to the Act;
   6. “Board” means the board of directors of CBA Alberta;
   7. “Ballots” means ballots including electronic ballots;
   8. “Bylaws” mean these bylaws of CBA Alberta;
   9. “CBA Alberta” means the Canadian Bar Association – Alberta Branch;
   10. “CBA National” means the Canadian Bar Association;
   11. “CBA National Board” means the board of directors of CBA National;
   12. “CBA National’s Bylaw Number 1” means Bylaw Number 1 enacted by the Canadian Bar Association, as the same may be amended or replaced from time to time;  
   13. “Director” means a director of CBA Alberta;
   14. “Directors at Large” has the meaning set out in Section 3.2(j), and a “Director at Large” means one of such Directors at Large;
   15. “District” refers to each of North Alberta and South Alberta;
   16. “Executive Committee” means the committee described in Section 3.5;
   17. “Fees” means the annual membership fee payable to CBA National and special levies authorized by the CBA National Board or by the Board; 
   18. “Member” means each of the persons set out in Section 2.1;
   19. “Nomination Period” means the 32 day period commencing on and including March 1 of each year and ending on and including April 1 of each year;
   20. “North Alberta” means that part of Alberta north of the south boundary of township 35. For ease of reference, township 35 is located south of the City of Red Deer;
   21. “North Alberta Position” has the meaning set out in Section 3.2(f);
   22. “North Young Lawyer Position” has the meaning set out in Section 3.2(h);
   23. “Objects” means the objects of CBA Alberta set forth in the Application;
   24. “Past President” means the immediate past President of CBA Alberta;
   25. “Position” has the meaning set out in Section 3.2;
   26. “Section” means a section which is created pursuant to Section 3.4(f);
   27. “Sections Regulation of CBA National” means the Sections Regulation enacted by CBA National, as the same may be amended or replaced from time to time;
   28. “South Alberta” means that part of Alberta south of the south boundary of township 35. For ease of reference, township 35 is located south of the City of Red Deer;
   29. “South Alberta Position” has the meaning set out in Section 3.2(g);
   30. “South Young Lawyer Position” has the meaning set out in Section 3.2(i);
   31. “Special Meeting” means a meeting of the Members other than the Annual Meeting;
   32. “Special Resolution” means “special resolution” means (i) a resolution passed (A) at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting of which not less than 21 days’ notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution has been duly given, and (B) by the vote of not less than 75% of those Voting Members who, if entitled to do so, vote in person, (ii) a resolution proposed and passed as a special resolution at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting of which less than 21 days’ notice has been given, if all the Voting Members entitled to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting so agree, or (iii) a resolution consented to in writing by all the Voting Members who would have been entitled at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting to vote on the resolution in person; and
   33. “Voting Member” means a Member who has the right to vote, as set out in Section 2.5.
2. Interpretation.
   1. In the Bylaws, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa.
   2. The headings used in the Bylaws are inserted for convenience of reference only. The headings are not to be considered or taken into account in construing the terms of the Bylaws nor are they to be deemed in any way to clarify, modify or explain the effect of any term of the Bylaws.
   3. A reference in these Bylaws to the Board, Executive Committee, Director, person or committee includes any delegate of the Board, Executive Committee, Director, person or committee.
   4. These Bylaws are subject to the Act, the Application, the Act of Incorporation, the bylaws enacted by CBA National from time to time and the regulations enacted by CBA National from time to time, in that order.