The task of the committee is to
1.
assist in making amendments of the constitution by serving as a check
station after proposal from Council;
2.
to serve as arbitrator in matters of interpreting the constitution.
The
committee convenes at the request of the Council. A request from a member to
engage the committee on constitution should be made in writing to the Council
who then automatically engages the committee.
The
committee consists of five members. Three senior surgeons are to be appointed
with a vast knowledge of the inner affairs of the Association and preferably
among those engaged in originally writing the constitution. Their terms should
be three years but they may be indefinitely re-appointed. There should be two
surgeons of lower age whose term is limited to three years. They cannot be
re-appointed. The President and Secretary General of the Association are ex
officio non-voting members.
September
2001
