1 a.

The management of The Society shall vest in the Governing Body, who in addition to the powers under these Bye-laws expressly conferred upon them, may exercise all such powers, and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by The Society and are not hereby or by law expressly directed or required to be exercised or done by The Society in a General Body meeting

   b.

Without prejudice to the general powers hereby conferred, the Governing Body shall have the following powers, that is to say, power - 

I. to acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise for The Society, property, rights, or privileges which the Society is authorized to acquire at such price and generally on such terms and conditions as they may think fit;

II. to enter into all such negotiations and contracts and rescind and vary all such contracts and execute and do all such acts, deeds and things, in the name and on behalf of The Society, as they may consider expedient for or in relation to any of the properties, right and privileges or the purposes of The Society;

III. to borrow or secure the payment of any sums of money for the purposes of The Society, subject to such restrictions as may be imposed by The Society in a General Body Meeting:

IV. to institute, conduct, defend, compound or abandon any legal proceedings by or against The Society or otherwise concerning the affairs of The Society and to compound and allow time for the payment or satisfaction or any debts due and of any claims or demand by or against The Society;

V. to refer any claims or demand by or against The Society to Arbitration and observe and perform the awards;

VI. to receive money and upon payment, to make and give receipts, releases and other discharges for money payable to The Society and for The Society and for the claims and demands of The Society;

VII. to receive donations and all and any other sums of money and all and any other materials, articles and things due to or intended for The Society. If however, any donation is conditional, the same shall be accepted subject to restrictions imposed by General Body;

VIII. subject to any restrictions that may be imposed by the General Body, to incur the necessary expenses for the maintenance and carrying out of the objectives and intentions of these constitution and Bylaws of The Society;

IX. to conduct courses for the promotion of knowledge of clinical nutrition and for that purpose, to arrange lectures, classes, examinations and give diplomas or certificates and for that purpose, to appoint one or more persons, whether members or not, to give lectures, tutions etc and also to constitute Board;

X. to appoint and at their discretion to remove or suspend such managers, clerks, agents and servants for permanent, temporary or special services as they may from time to time think fit, and to determine their posers and duties and fix their salaries, honorarium or emoluments and to require security in such instances and of such amounts as they may think fit;

XI. to appoint committees with power to reconstitute or dissolve the same and to delegate, subject to such conditions as they may impose, any of their powers to such committees or such member or members of their body as they may think fit and to revoke from time to time, such delegation;

XII. to nominate from time to time, a Chairman and a Secretary from amongst the members of such a committee. The Chairman will preside at such Committee meetings and the Secretary shall be responsible for convening, keeping accurate minutes and forwarding the reports of these committees to the Governing Body;

XIII. to make, vary and repeal bylaws for the regulation of the business of The Society, its officers, managers, clerks, agents and servants;

2 a.

The property moveable, lease or other transfer of immovable belonging to The Society shall vest in the Governing Body;

   b.

No sale, exchange, mortgage, lease or other transfer of immovable property belonging to The Society shall be valid unless at least the President or the Honorary Secretary or the Treasurer execute the document of transfer. All the other documents shall be executed by any two of the office-bearers as may be decided by the Governing Body

3 a.

All money of The Society shall be deposited and/or invested -

I. in any nationalized bank or any other bank or banks approved by the Governing Body.

II. In Government and other negotiable trustee securities or in any other mode permitted under the Act or in accordance with the administrative orders of the Government from time to time.

   b.

All the accounts and other investments in the name of The Society shall be operated by any two from amongst the President, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and one member of the Governing Body authorized for the purpose, each document being signed by any two of them.

Amendments:

1.

Formation of Branches/Chapters:

   a.

Branches must be formed with the leadership of a life member of ISPEN national body but when the local membership is less than 25 members. The existence of a branch is notified to the national headquarters. The branch function with the view that interaction is amongst the group purely for case study discussions etc on a monthly basis and also to work towards formation of Chapters. Branches cannot open bank accounts. Student members who form a floating population are encouraged to be part of the branch group. The fee collected from these members is utilized for the conduct of the meetings. Branches cannot host annual conference, etc.

   b.

Chapters are formed when the local membership is more than 25 members. Chapter members must be members of the national body. Chapter may have associate, ordinary or student members. Their annual fees however is used towards the conduct of the local meetings. Chapters must have elections and office-bearers. Only members of the national body can hold the chapter office. The chapter must notify it existence to the national body and the national body will authorize the elected local body to open a chapter bank account. The chapter representative during the national board meeting shall present the annual report and account report. The chapter can host the annual conference. Of the funds generated at the annual conference, 50% is remitted to the national account and the chapter for its activities retains 50%.

2.

At Pune, resolved that a National Headquarters be based as Chennai

3.

The specification of the National office are as follows:

   a.

liaison with other societies the world over

   b.

coordinate of education activities

   c.

maintenance of Website

4.

ID cards be provided to members