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RISM NEWS

                                                                                                                                                                              Vol.52 No.4 2017

The New Constitution of the Royal
Institution of Surveyors Malaysia

                                                               The New Constitution
                                                               (Revised 21st November
                                                               2017)

                                                                                                    Notice for an Extra Ordinary General
                                                                                                    Meeting (EGM) was given on 3rd August,
                                                                                                    2017 to members of RISM. The EGM held
                                                                                                    on the 30th September, 2017 agreed for
                                                                                                    the amendments proposed to be approved.
                                                                                                    There were 13 amendments that covered
                                                                                                    from the change of terms to change of
                                                                                                    the bylaws and articles content were
                                                                                                    tabled and approved. Details of the 12
                                                                                                    amendments is tabulated below.

                                                                                                    The proposed amendments were
                                                                                                    submitted to the Registrar of Societies on
                                                                                                    3rd November 2017 and approved on 21st
                                                                                                    November 2017. The new constitution was
                                                                                                    then compiled for printing and circulated to
                                                                                                    the members in January 2018.

                                                                                                    The new constitution, a 49 pages
                                                                                                    document is now all termed as Articles,
                                                                                                    i.e. Article 1 to Article 43 supersedes the
                                                                                                    previous 42 pages Constitution Bye-Laws
                                                                                                    & Regulations on Advertising and Publicity
                                                                                                    (rev. 14th May 2012).

                                                               1.0 New Articles

                                                                                                    The amended new articles are as follows:-

                                                                                    1.1	 Article 7 – Definitions:

                                                                                                    ‘Property Surveyor’ means a member
                                                                                                    whose name appears in the Register
                                                                                                    of Property Surveyors kept pursuant
                                                                                                    to Article 31(11). Property Surveyor
                                                                                                    includes professionals and executives
                                                                                                    engaged in the valuation of both tangible
                                                                                                    and intangible property, management,
                                                                                                    development and investment of property
                                                                                                    and estate agency.

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