Operation of the Association & Duties of
Office Bearers
- Executive Council Meetings:
Except as provided under Rule 10
(b) or by order of a Resolution of the Councillors, no
Councillor shall reveal the proceedings of any meeting
of the Executive Council.
- Penalty: Except when otherwise
specifically provided, the Executive Council may
suspend players and/or Clubs and impose pecuniary
penalties not exceeding one hundred dollars in respect
of a breach of a Rule of the Association.
Should any individual fined by the Association fail to
pay the prescribed amount within 14 days of the hearing,
the club for whom that person was playing at the time of
the offence will be held responsible for the payment of
the fine. In any event, the player shall be automatically
suspended if the fine is not fully paid within 14 days of
its imposition and shall remain suspended until it is
fully paid.
- Duties of Honorary Secretary:
(a) The Honorary Secretary shall conduct the
correspondence, prepare for and attend as far as possible
all meetings of the Association and Executive Council,
obey and carry out to the best of his ability all lawful
commands of the Association, Executive Council and
Selection Committee, and shall do all of those things
which are necessary for the full and proper conduct of the
affairs, administration, control and management of the
Association, always providing that it shall be no part of
his duties, except at his own option, to do any of those
duties which are hereunder specifically assigned to the
Honorary Assistant Secretary, but it shall be his duty in
respect of these other duties to see that the officers to
whom they have been assigned carry out the duties in a fit
and proper manner and to report to the Association in
General Meeting of failure on their part to do so.
(b) The Honorary Secretary shall at every General
Meeting submit a report on any business transacted by the
Executive Council at its last meetings.
(c) The Honorary Secretary shall have power to delegate
to the Honorary Assistant Secretary any of his duties and
may also delegate to him power to act for him on any
Committee of which he is a member by reason of his office,
always provided that he shall have no power to delegate
his authority to sign cheques, bills of exchange or like
documents.
- Honorary Assistant Secretary:
(a) The Honorary Assistant Secretary shall carry out
those duties delegated to him by the Honorary Secretary
and shall act for the Honorary Secretary on those
Committees of which the Honorary Secretary is a member by
reason of his office and in respect of which the Honorary
Secretary has delegated to him the necessary authority to
act. Should he be a member of any Committee in his own
right then for the purpose of any particular meeting at
which he is acting for the Honorary Secretary he shall not
be deemed to be a member in his own right.
(b) In addition the Honorary Assistant Secretary shall
attend all meetings of the Association, the Executive
Council and shall take and record Minutes of the
proceedings of such meetings in a book or books kept for
such purpose and shall make available to any Delegate the
minutes of any General Meeting of the Association and to
any member of the Executive Council the minutes of any
meeting of which a record has been made.
- Records Officer: The Records
Officer shall collect and retain the completed match
result sheets and so retain a record of all
performances of all registered players of all
affiliated Clubs in all matches conducted by the
Association and shall make these match result sheets
available to the Selection Committee if required.
Following completion of the final competition match and
by the end of April, the Records Officer shall be handed
by each team the teams record duly completed, as is
detailed in Rule 30. The Records
Officer shall carry out such an audit of the records
submitted and match result sheets as is deemed necessary
in order to check outstanding performances.
- Honorary Treasurer:
(a) The Honorary Treasurer shall keep detailed accounts
of all moneys and of all funds and general accounts and of
all moneys owing to and of all moneys owing by persons,
firms, companies, associations, clubs, and issue receipts
for all moneys received.
(b) He shall cause his books of account together with
the necessary vouchers and other documents in support
thereof to be made available to the two Honorary Auditors
of the Association not later than the sixteenth day of
June in any year.
(c) He shall present at such meetings as the Executive
Council thinks fit a schedule of commitments of the
Association which he proposes to pay and of any payments
which have been made in accordance with Rule 21.
- Honorary Auditors: The Honorary
Auditors shall conduct their annual audit of the
Financial Records of the Association as soon after the
31st May in each year as is practicable and shall
certify to the correctness of the Accounts, Balance
Sheet and supporting documents and shall, if unable to
satisfy themselves of the correctness of the accounts
or of any matter pertaining thereto, report to the
Executive Council with delay and if in their (the
Honorary Auditors') opinion their requirements are
still unsatisfied after reference of same to the
Executive Council they shall report thereon to the
Association in General Meeting.
- Selectors: It shall be the duty
of the selectors for each Grade to select and choose
the teams and Managers for Representative Matches of
the Association and they shall:-
(a) Select the Captain and Vice Captain for all teams
and
(b) Cause a list of the players to be prepared and
handed to the Captain or Manager not less than seven days
prior to the commencement of the match for which the team
has been selected.
- Correspondence: Correspondence
at all meetings shall be dealt with ad seriatim and
any correspondence which is to be dealt with by the
Executive Council need not be dealt with by the
Association. Any circulars which in the opinion of the
Honorary Secretary deal with any matter which is of no
interest to the Delegates or the reading and dealing
with such would be an obstruction to the meeting may
be referred to the Chairman who shall deal with same
as he thinks fit.
- Proceedings at Meetings: The
members of each Committee shall regulate their
meetings inter se and shall meet and dispatch business
as occasion demands.
- Resolutions: Any Resolution
signed by every member of the Executive Council or any
Committee except the Selection Committee shall be as
full and as effectual as if passed at a meeting of
such Executive Council or Committee duly held and
properly constituted. The Resolution shall become
effective as from the date of the last signature
thereto.
- Accidental Omission of Notice:
The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting
to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by, any
Club, Delegate or Officer, shall not invalidate the
proceedings of any meeting.
- Quorum:
(a) The Quorum at any meeting of any Board or Committee
shall not be less than 60% of the members.
(b) The Honorary Assistant Secretary not holding a
delegation from the Honorary Secretary shall not be
reckoned when calculating the number present at any Board
or Committee meeting unless he is a member of that Board
or Committee.
- Fees: The following fees shall
be paid to the Association.
(a) An affiliation fee by each Club (Annual fee).
(b) An entry fee for each team (Annual fee).
(c) A capitation fee for each registered player (Annual
fee).
(d) A batting fee payable for each team for each day on
which play is scheduled even if, through bad weather or
other reason, no play is possible.
(e) An administration fee (included in the batting fee)
to cover trophies and other expenses.
(f) Any fines levied on Clubs in terms of the rules. (New)
Fees in terms of sections (a), (b) and (c) of this Rule
shall be paid not later than 31st October in each year and
batting fees shall be paid not later than one month after
the day on which they are incurred. Fees in terms of
section (f) shall be paid not later than 14 days after the
day on which they are imposed. The Executive Council may
permit the paying of fees by installments during the
course of the season as determined from time to time. (Slight
change)
Failure to make payment within the prescribed time may
incur a fine not exceeding ten dollars for each breach of
this Rule to be imposed at the discretion of the Honorary
Treasurer.
Failure to make payment within the prescribed time may
incur a penalty of points as determined by the Executive
Council, but not exceeding 1 competition point per week
(or part thereof) that any payment is late. The Executive
Council may decide not impose such a penalty if the team
can demonstrate extraordinary circumstances led to late
payment.
- Absence from Meetings: Any
member of any Committee who absents himself without
reasonable cause from any two consecutive meetings of
the Committee of which he is a member, shall upon
being reported by the other two members automatically
vacate his position and his position shall be filled
at the meeting of the Association following such
second absence.
- Suspension of Players: The
Executive Council may by resolution suspend any
player:-
(a) To whom a valid demand has been made requiring him
to attend a Meeting of the Executive Council to be held
not less than seven clear days from the date of the
demand. A valid demand is one approved at a General
Meeting of the Association or one approved at an Executive
Council Meeting and advised to the player or to the
President, the Secretary or a delegate of the player's
club. If he fails to attend such meeting without due cause
he shall be automatically suspended until he attends a
subsequent meeting of the Executive Council;
(b) On whom there has been imposed a disqualification
or suspension by any club or recognised Cricket
organisation;
(c) Who, upon being reported by the Umpires or Captain
concerned, has been proved to have used indecent or
abusive language or to have shown resentment or has
criticised any umpire, captain, player or onlooker or has
misconducted himself or has behaved in any way which is
not in Spirit of Cricket;
(d) Who takes the field in any match controlled by the
Association, not properly attired in orthodox cricket
attire as specified in Rule 50;
(e) Who whilst taking part in any match controlled by
this Association on artificial grass wickets and wears
boots or shoes or sandals with any kind of metal or
leather attachments or appendages from the sole thereof.
In this regard figured rubber soles shall not be
objectionable.
- Suspension of Clubs: The
Executive Council may by resolution suspend any club:-
(a) Which is in default to the Association for dues and
fines;
(b) Which fails to deliver any Association property.
