Bye Laws of 'THE INDIAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN GENETICS'
Art. IV: ELECTIONS
(1) The members shall not participate, encourage directly or indirectly, in electioneering or organizational politics. The members shall try their utmost to maintain a high scientific standard and a pure academic atmosphere in all activities of the Society.
(2) In the first week of August (of the year in which the election in due), the Secretary shall send to each member a list of the vacancies in the Council, requesting him or her to send nominations for the vacancies in the prescribed form. The complete form bearing the signatures of the proposer and seconder as also of the nominee signifying his approval shall be returned to the Secretary so as to reach him by the 1st of October. Any nomination received after that date will be invalid.(3) The Secretary shall prepare ballot papers and send one ballot paper to each member eligible to vote under certificate of posting by the 15th of October. The marked ballot paper shall be returned to the Secretary so as to reach him by the 15th of November.
(4) The President shall appoint at least two scrutineers to record the vote. The Secretary in consultation with the President shall declare the result of voting not later than the third week of November.
(5) If, for any reason, the election are not held on the dates herein laid down, the President shall determine the respective dates to ensure that the elections are completed before the end of December of that year.
(6) If the nominations received by the Secretary are less than the vacancies in the Council, the remaining vacancies shall be filled by election at the Annual General Body meeting. The Secretary shall circulate the list of such vacancies, invite fresh nominations duly proposed and seconded and shall hold the election by ballot. The President may modify the mode of inviting the nomination, if necessary, but all the vacancies in the Governing Council shall be filled by election by ballot at the Annual General Body meeting.
(7) If the Annual General Body meeting is held before the last date for nominations, and the valid nominations received are les than the number of vacancies, the Council can co-opt a member to fill such a vacancy. Such co-opted member shall have all the rights and privileges of a member of the Council, if elected to fill the vacancy.
(8) The decisions of the Council shall be valid irrespective of the existence of any vacancies.
(9) In any election in the event of a tie, the President shall have a casting vote in addition to the vote he has already exercised.
(10) If any vacancy arises in the Council, otherwise than by efflux of time, the Council can co-opt. a member to fill the vacancy and such co-opted members shall be a member of the Council for the remaining period of that vacancy. In case of a vacancy among the officers, the Council shall elect a person from among themselves to fill the vacancy for the remaining period.
