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BOXING.
rvere passed at the Annual General Meeting of the Army B.A.,
veld at the War Office on 25th ,Tune, 1936. A copy of the accounts
can be had on application to Lt.-Col. C. J. Gas-son, M.C., Hon.
Treasurer, Army B.A., War Office.
RULES OF THE ARMY BOXING ASSOCIATION.
1. Name.
The Association shall be called the Army Boxing Association.
(The .abbreviation shall be the Army B.A. and not the A.B.A., as
the latter is the abbreviation of the Amateur Boxing Association.)
2. Object.
The object of the Association is:
(1) To maintain Boxing as a Sport in the Army.
(2) To encourage and improve Boxing in the Army, rather
by inducing large numbers to enter for competitions than
by specialising with individuals.
(3) To act as a central body for control and appeal.
3. Membership.
•There shall be no subscription to the Army B.A. Every Officer,
W.O., N.C.O. and Other Rank of the Regular Army being
ipso
facto
a member of the Association.
4. President and Vice-Presidents.
The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected by the
General Committee.
4a. General Committee.
The Association shall be governed by a General Committee,
whose composition is laid down in the beginning of this section.
On the General Committee shall be eight Special ' Members,
nominated from experienced boxers, in the following proportion—
four Officers, four Other Ranks.
5. Executive Committee.
The following Officials shall be appointed by the General
Committee annually:—
Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Hon. Secretary of the Association.
Hon. Treasurer of the Association.
Assistant Hon. Secretaries.
In the absence of the Chairman, the senior officer will take the
chair. Four members shall form a quorum at an Executive
Committee Meeting. The Chairman has power to call Executive
Committee Meetings as and when required, and to co-opt any
member of the General Committee.
6. Management.
(a) The Executive Committee shall manage the affairs of the
Association and have full power and uncontrolled authority over
the use,
disposition and investment of all funds and shall execute
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