Constitution of Committee of Management of the Association

(1) The Committee shall consist of nine members who shall be duly elected by the full members of the Association, provided that those persons who were members of the Committee of Management of the Banana Growers’ Association immediately existing on the date prior to the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been elected pursuant to this section and shall hold office until the first annual general meeting of the Association. (2) At the first annual general meeting of the Association all the members of the Committee shall retire from office but they shall be eligible for re-election and at the annual general meeting on every subsequent year one-third of the elected members for the time being or, if the number is not a multiple of three, then the number nearest to one- third shall retire from office. (3) The members to retire in every year shall be those who have been longest in office but as between persons who became members on the same day those to retire shall (unless they otherwise agree among themselves) be determined by lot. (4) A retiring member shall be eligible for re-election.