Membership of the Association - full and provisional

(1) Membership of the Association shall be of two kinds, full members and provisional members. the Association- (2) Any person who on the day prior to the date of the commencement of this Act was a member of the Organisation then existing by the name of the Banana Growers’ Association on application therefore to the Committee shall be a full (3) Every licensee who satisfies the Committee that he has not less than thirty acres of bananas in any designated area shall be entitled to become a full member of the Association on application therefore to the Committee. (4) Every other licensee who satisfies the Committee that he is licensed to plant an acreage in bananas of not less than thirty acres in any designated area shall be entitled to become a provisional member of the Association on application therefore to the Committee and on payment of the prescribed fee. 20 (5) Provisional members elected pursuant to sub-section (4) may attend meetings of the Association and for the period of three years from the date of the commencement of this Act may vote and be eligible to hold office in the Association, provided that on the expiration of the period of three years from the date of the commencement of this Act they may attend meetings and take part in the deliberations thereat but they shall have no vote and shall not be eligible to hold any office in the Association.