Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society (MHAS)

Membership Terms and Conditions

  • Every member shall be bound to further, to the best of his abilities, the objectives and interests of the institute and shall observe all the rules and regulations of the institute.
  • All members shall be entitled to reasonable access to the premises of the institute and to information and advice with regard to the objects of the institute as the Board may deem expedient to supply.
  • No rights or privileges of any member shall be in any way transferable or transmissible, and such right and privileges shall cease upon the member ceasing to be such, whether by death, retirement or otherwise..
  • Every member shall pay the yearly membership fee due 30 days before the expiry and you’ll be notified by our administrator 90 days before expiry.
  • Members who fail to pay the membership shall be suspended. Membership will only be continued after settlement of the outstanding fees. If payment is not made other three (3), months from the the date of expiry, membership will be terminated.
  • A member of the institute shall automatically cease to be a member if he/she
    • is found or declared to be of unsound mind; or
    • is engaged in any profession prohibited by the disciplinary body of the profession from continuing to practice.
  • Any person so ceasing to be a member may be readmitted to membership by the Board of its direction. However, no person so ceases to be a member shall be readmitted within a period of one year.
  • Any member who fails in the observance of any of the rules and regulations of the institute may have his / her membership terminated by resolution voted by a majority of the Board members present of an ordinary or special Board Meeting. Such member shall have seven (7) clear days’ notice sent to him of the Board Meeting and he may attend to answer any changes mode against him. However, he that not be present at the voting or participate in the proceedings otherwise allowed by the Board.
  • A member whose membership is terminated in the aforesaid manner may within seven (7) clear days after the written decision. Such review may be made of an ordinary or special Board Meeting attended by at least two thirds of the Board members. The decision of the Board shall be final.
  • Any person who ceases to be a member shall forfeit all right to claim from the institute or its properties of funds. The Executive Secretary shall forthwith, remove his name from Register of Members.
  • Any member of the institution who desires to ceases to be a member, shall notify such desire in waiting to the Executive Secretary, and there upon his / her name shall be removed from the Register or Members.
  • The institute reserves the right to change, amend or update the Rules and Regulations of membership from time to time as deemed necessary by the Board without prior notice to the members.