South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) The Society must
cause minutes of the proceedings of—
(a) all
general meetings of the members of the Society; and
(b) all
meetings of the Council,
to be entered in a book or books kept for the purpose.
(2) An apparently
genuine document purporting to be verified by the Chief Executive and—
(a)
purporting to be—
(i)
minutes entered in pursuance of this section; or
(ii)
an extract from any such minutes; or
(b)
purporting to be—
(i)
minutes of the proceedings of any committee established
by the Council; or
(ii)
an extract from any such minutes,
will be accepted in any legal proceedings as evidence of the proceedings to
which the document relates.
(3) Subject to
subsection (4), the Society must at the request of any member of the
Society produce for inspection the minutes of—
(a) any
general meeting of the Society; and
(b) any
meeting of the Council; and
(c) any
meeting of any committee established by the Council.
(4) The Society is not
required to produce minutes for inspection under subsection (3) if the
minutes are of a confidential nature and have been entered in a minute book
kept specifically for the purpose of recording minutes of such a nature.
(5) In any legal
proceedings it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that
any meeting of—
(a) the
members of the Society; or
(b)
the Council; or
(c) any
committee established by the Council,
was duly convened and constituted, and that the proceedings of any such
meeting were regularly conducted.
(6) An apparently
genuine document purporting to be under the hand of the President, the
President-Elect, a Vice-President, or the Chief Executive, of the Society and
to certify that a person named in the document has been duly elected or
appointed to a specified office in the Society, or in the employment of the
Society, will be accepted in any legal proceedings, in the absence of proof to
the contrary, as proof of the matter so certified.