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Bylaws

Definitions and Interpretation

1(1) The following definitions apply in this by-law:

  • “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the National Association.

  • “Branch” means the New Brunswick Branch of the National Association.

  • “Council” means the Council of the Branch.

  • “elected member of Council” means a member elected to Council under paragraph 12(1)(b).

  • “Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee of the Branch established in section 7.

  • “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Branch.

  • “Immediate Past-President” means the person who was President of the Branch in the previous fiscal year.

  • “Law Society” means the Law Society of New Brunswick.

  • “National Association” means the Canadian Bar Association / l'Association du Barreau Canadien.

  • “National Leadership Forum” has the meaning ascribed to it in the National Association’s by-laws.

  • “President” means the President of the Branch.

  • “Province” means the Province of New Brunswick.

  • “section” means a section of the Branch and includes a conference of the Branch.

  • “Table Officers” means the Table Officers of the Branch established in section 5.

  • “Treasurer” means the Treasurer of the Branch.

  • “Vice-President” means the Vice-President of the Branch.

1(2) In this by-law:

  • a word in the singular includes the plural, and a word in the plural includes the singular;

  • if a word is defined, other parts of speech and tenses of the same word shall have corresponding meanings; and

  • if the time prescribed for the doing of anything expires or falls on a holiday, the prescribed time shall extend to, and the act or thing may be done on, the first day following that is not a holiday.