Societies Act
Constitution
1. The name of the Society is King of Kings New Testament Church.
2. The purpose of the Society are:
(a) To bring glory to God through exalting and proclaiming the Lord Jesus Christ
(b) To equip persons for effective Christian living through training and education
(c) To extend the right hand of fellowship to all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ
(d) To be lead and directed by the Holy Spirit of God in agreement with the Holy Scriptures
(e) To surrender all the needs of the Society to God the Father through the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in prayer
(f) To support spiritually and temporally groups and individuals in their service to the Lord Jesus Christ
(g) To be an expression of the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
3.  In the event that the Society should at any time be wound up or dissolved, the remaining assets, after payment of all debts and liabilities, shall be turned over to the Canadian Bible Society, located at 509 Richard Street, City of Vancouver, Province of British Columbian, this provision is alterable.

Schedule B
SOCIETY ACT
Bylaws of King of Kings New Testament Church (Name of Society)

Part 1 — Interpretation
1 	(1) 	In these bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires:	
 	 	"directors" means the directors of the society for the time being;	
 	 	"Society Act" means the Society Act of British Columbia from time to time in force and all amendments to it;	
 	 	"registered address" of a member means the member's address as recorded in the register of members.	
 	(2) 	The definitions in the Society Act on the date these bylaws become effective apply to these bylaws.	
2 	Words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, and words importing a male person include a female person and a corporation.	
Part 2 — Membership
3 	The members of the society are the applicants for incorporation of the society, and those persons who subsequently become members, in accordance with these bylaws and, in either case, have not ceased to be members.	
4 	A person may apply to the directors for membership in the society and upon receiving the unanimous consent of the Directors, that person shall be a member	
5 	Every member must uphold the constitution and comply with these bylaws.	
6 	No membership dues shall be charged for membership in the Society.	
7 	A person ceases to be a member of the society	
 	 	(a) 	by delivering his or her resignation in writing to the secretary of the society or by mailing or delivering it to the address of the society,	
 	 	(b) 	on his or her death or, in the case of a corporation, on dissolution,	
 	 	(c) 	on being expelled, or	
 	 	(d) 	 deleted	
8 	(1) 	A member may be expelled by the unanimous decision of the Directors	
 	(2) 	The Notice of the meeting of the directors expulsion shall be accompanied by a brief statement of the reason or reasons for the proposed expulsion, and the reason or reasons must be in agreement with the Scriptures.	
 	(3) 	The person who is the subject of the proposed meeting for expulsion shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the meeting of the directors before the matter is put to a vote.		
9 	All the members are to be in good standing until such time as the members are expelled by the Directors in accordance with By-Law 8		
Part 3 — Meetings of Members
10 	General meetings of the society must be held at the time and place, in accordance with the Society Act, that the directors decide.	
11 	Every general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, is an extraordinary general meeting.	
12 	The directors may, when they think fit, convene an extraordinary general meeting.	
13 	(1) 	Notice of a general meeting must specify the place, day and hour of the meeting, and, in case of special business, the general nature of that business.	
 	(2) 	The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non-receipt of a notice by, any of the members entitled to receive notice does not invalidate proceedings at that meeting.	
14 	The first annual general meeting of the society must be held not more than 15 months after the date of incorporation and after that an annual general meeting must be held at least once in every calendar year and not more than 15 months after the holding of the last preceding annual general meeting.	
Part 4 — Proceedings at General Meetings
15 	Special business is	
 	 	(a) 	all business at an extraordinary general meeting except the adoption of rules of order, and	
 	 	(b) 	all business conducted at an annual general meeting, except the following:	
 	 	 	(i) 	the adoption of rules of order;	
 	 	 	(ii) 	the consideration of the financial statements;	
 	 	 	(iii) 	the report of the directors;	
 	 	 	(iv) 	the report of the auditor, if any;	
 	 	 	(v) 	the election of directors;	
 	 	 	(vi) 	the appointment of the auditor, if required;	
 	 	 	(vii) 	the other business that, under these bylaws, ought to be conducted at an annual general meeting, or business that is brought under consideration by the report of the directors issued with the notice convening the meeting.	
16 	(1) 	Business, other than the election of a chair and the adjournment or termination of the meeting, must not be conducted at a general meeting at a time when a quorum is not present.	
 	(2) 	If at any time during a general meeting there ceases to be a quorum present, business then in progress must be suspended until there is a quorum present or until the meeting is adjourned or terminated.	
 	(3) 	A quorum is fifty-one (51) percent of the membership, or a number of equal to the number of directors, whichever be the greater number.	
17 	If within 30 minutes from the time appointed for a general meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members, must be terminated, but in any other case, it must stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, and if, at the adjourned meeting, a quorum is not present within 30 minutes from the time appointed for the meeting, the members present constitute a quorum.	
18 	Subject to bylaw 19, the president of the society, the vice president or, in the absence of both, one of the other directors present, must preside as chair of a general meeting.	
19 	If at a general meeting	
 	 	(a) 	there is no president, vice president or other director present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or	
 	 	(b) 	the president and all the other directors present are unwilling to act as the chair,	
 	the members present must choose one of their number to be the chair.	
20 	(1) 	A general meeting may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place, but business must not be conducted at an adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.	
 	(2) 	When a meeting is adjourned for 10 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of the original meeting.	
 	(3) 	Except as provided in this bylaw, it is not necessary to give notice of an adjournment or of the business to be conducted at an adjourned general meeting.	
21 	(1) 	All resolutions proposed at a meeting must be seconded and the chairman may move or propose a resolution.	
 	(2) 	 deleted	
22 	(1) 	A member in good standing present at a meeting of members is entitled to one vote.	
 	(2) 	Voting is by show of hands or secret ballot.	
 	(3) 	Voting by proxy is not permitted.	
23 	A corporate member may vote by its authorized representative, who is entitled to speak and vote, and in all other respects exercise the rights of a member, and that representative must be considered as a member for all purposes with respect to a meeting of the society.	
Part 5 — Directors and Officers
24 	(1) 	The directors may exercise all the powers and do all the acts and things that the society may exercise and do, and that are not by these bylaws or by statute or otherwise lawfully directed or required to be exercised or done by the society in a general meeting, but subject, nevertheless, to	
 	 	(a) 	all laws affecting the society,	
 	 	(b) 	these bylaws, and	
 	 	(c) 	rules, not being inconsistent with these bylaws, that are made from time to time by the society in a general meeting.	
 	(2) 	A rule, made by the society in a general meeting, does not invalidate a prior act of the directors that would have been valid if that rule had not been made.	
25 	(1) 	The president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and one or more other persons are the directors of the society.	
 	(2) 	The number of directors must be 5 or a greater number determined from time to time at a general meeting.	
26 	
 (1) 	All directors shall be appointed annually by the unanimous consent of the membership.
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 	(2) 	 deleted	
 	(3) 	 deleted	
 	(4) 	 Deleted	
27 	(1) 	A vacancy on the Board of Directors occurring between annual general meetings must be filled by a person appointed at an extraordinary general meeting of the membership.	
 	(2) 	A director so appointed holds office only until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the society, but is eligible for re-election at the meeting.	
28 	(1) 	deleted	
 	(2) 	deleted	
29 	The members may, by special resolution, remove a director, before the expiration of his or her term of office, and may elect a successor to complete the term of office.	
30 	deleted	
Part 6 — Proceedings of Directors
31 	(1) 	The directors may meet at the places they think fit to conduct business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings, as they see fit.	
 	(2) 	The quorum necessary for the transaction of business shall be the number of directors on the Board of Directors less one.	
 	(3) 	The president is the chair of all meetings of the directors, but if at a meeting the president is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the vice president must act as chair.  (deleted last phrase)	
 	(4) 	A director may at any time, and the secretary, on the request of a director, must, convene a meeting of the directors.	
32 	(1) 	The directors may delegate any, but not all, of their powers to committees consisting of the director or directors as they think fit.	
 	(2) 	A committee so formed in the exercise of the powers so delegated must conform to any rules imposed on it by the directors, and must report every act or thing done in exercise of those powers to the earliest meeting of the directors held after the act or thing has been done.	
33 	A committee must elect a chair of its meetings, but if no chair is elected, or if at a meeting the chair is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the directors present who are members of the committee must choose one of their number to be the chair of the meeting.	
34 	The members of a committee may meet and adjourn as they think proper.	
35 	Deleted:  For a first meeting of directors held immediately following the appointment or election of a director or directors at an annual or other general meeting of members, or for a meeting of the directors at which a director is appointed to fill a vacancy in the directors, it is not necessary to give notice of the meeting to the newly elected or appointed director or directors for the meeting to be constituted, if a quorum of the directors is present.	
36 	deleted	
 	 	(a) 	deleted	
 	 	(b) 	deleted	
37 	
(1) 	Questions arising at any meeting of Directors and committee of Directors shall be decided by unanimous vote.
Deleted	
 	(2) 	deleted	
38 	A resolution proposed at a meeting of directors or committee of directors need not be seconded, and the chair of a meeting may move or propose a resolution.	
39 	deleted	
Part 7 — Duties of Officers
40 	(1) 	The president presides at all meetings of the society and of the directors.	
 	(2) 	The president is the chief executive officer of the society and must supervise the other officers in the execution of their duties.	
41 	The vice president must carry out the duties of the president during the president's absence.	
42 	The secretary must do the following:	
 	 	(a) 	conduct the correspondence of the society;	
 	 	(b) 	issue notices of meetings of the society and directors;	
 	 	(c) 	keep minutes of all meetings of the society and directors;	
 	 	(d) 	have custody of all records and documents of the society except those required to be kept by the treasurer;	
 	 	(e) 	have custody of the common seal of the society;	
 	 	(f) 	maintain the register of members.	
43 	The treasurer must	
 	 	(a) 	keep the financial records, including books of account, necessary to comply with the Society Act, and	
 	 	(b) 	render financial statements to the directors, members and others when required.	
44 	(1) 	The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person who is to be known as the secretary treasurer.	
 	(2) 	If a secretary treasurer holds office, the total number of directors must not be less than 5 or the greater number that may have been determined under bylaw 25 (2).	
45 	In the absence of the secretary from a meeting, the directors must appoint another person to act as secretary at the meeting.	
Part 8 — Seal
46 	The directors may provide a common seal for the society and may destroy a seal and substitute a new seal in its place.	
47 	The common seal must be affixed only when authorized by a resolution of the directors and then only in the presence of the persons specified in the resolution, or if no persons are specified, in the presence of the president and secretary or president and secretary treasurer.	
Part 9 — Borrowing
48 	The amount of indebtedness incurred by the Society for a given purpose shall exceed the cash reserves of the Society designated to that given purpose.	
49 	The Society many not seek to borrow funds in any form.	
50 	The Society may not solicit funds from individuals or groups, publicly or privately.	
Part 10 — Auditor
51 	This Part applies only if the society is required or has resolved to have an auditor.	
52 	The first auditor must be appointed by the directors who must also fill all vacancies occurring in the office of auditor.	
53 	At each annual general meeting the society must appoint an auditor to hold office until the auditor is re-elected or a successor is elected at the next annual general meeting.	
54 	An auditor may be removed by ordinary resolution.	
55 	An auditor must be promptly informed in writing of the auditor's appointment or removal.	
56 	A director or employee of the society must not be its auditor.	
57 	The auditor may attend general meetings.	
Part 11 — Notices to Members
58 	A notice may be given to a member, either personally or by mail to the member at the member's registered address.	
59 	A notice sent by mail is deemed to have been given on the fifth day following the day on which the notice is posted, and in proving that notice has been given, it is sufficient to prove the notice was properly addressed and put in a Canadian post office receptacle.	
60 	(1) 	Notice of a general meeting must be given to	
 	 	(a) 	every member shown on the register of members on the day notice is given, and	
 	 	(b) 	the auditor, if Part 10 applies.	
 	(2) 	No other person is entitled to receive a notice of a general meeting.	
Part 12 — Bylaws
61 	On being admitted to membership, each member is entitled to, and the society must give the member without charge, a copy of the constitution and bylaws of the society.	
62 	These bylaws must not be altered or added to except by special resolution.