482 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(3) RESTRICTION OF MEMBERSHIP :
Provided that the President may in any particular case decide that any member notwithstanding his having undergone the ceremony of Dhammadiksha shall remain a probationer for such period as he may prescribe.
(4) A probationer and an Associate Member shall not be eligible to be a member of the Advisory Council and the General Council and shall have no right to vote.
VI. EXPLANATION :
The President may allow Corporation, Institutions and Associations to be members of the Society.
VII. MEMBERSHIP DUES :
Every member shall be bound to pay at least Re. 1 as membership fee per year whether he is a member or an associate member. Failure to pay fees in due time shall incure loss of membership as also right to vote unless such penalty is waived by the President.
VIII. PRESIDENT :
(1) The Society shall have a President. The term of the President shall be for his life.
(2) The first President of the Society shall be Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, M.A., Ph.D., D.Sc., Barrister-at-Law.
(3) The President shall appoint a Treasurer and Secretary. He will have right to prescribe their term of office.
(4) The President shall have power—
(i) to create such offices as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of Society ;
(ii) to appoint to them such persons as he may deem fit; and
(iii) to assign duties and functions to persons carrying on the administration of the Society.