Membership

(1) Every papaya farmer over the age of 18 years who applies to and satisfies the Committee that either he or his predecessor in title, has produced from his land not less than 100 boxes of papaya during the crop year preceding the date of his application shall be registered as a member of the (2) An application for registration shall be made to the Committee and the application shall contain particulars with respect to the applicant’s cultivation and situation of land as may be required. (3) The Committee shall issue to every registered member a certificate of registration which shall be in a form to be prescribed by the Committee. (4) Every grower who in each of three consecutive crop years delivers less than 100 boxes of papayas to the Association shall cease to be a member of the Association and upon the written request of the Committee shall surrender his certificate of registration within the time stated in the request, such time not being less than seven days from the delivery of the request. (5) Any papaya grower who does not deliver to the Association any papayas in a particular crop year shall not be eligible to participate in the election of a member to the Provided that this prohibition shall not affect the right of a papaya grower to participate in such election where the grower can show reasonable cause to the satisfaction of the Committee that the failure to deliver any papayas in that crop year was due to circumstances beyond his control, such as natural disasters. 12