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CONSTITUTION OF MUSIC COMPOSERS’ ASSOCIATION OF INDIA
As on 16-04-2019
(3) All applications for membership shall be dealt with by the Executive Committee and the
application for membership may be accepted or rejected as the Committee thinks correct,
provided that the accidental or inadvertent omission to accept an application for
membership shall not by itself invalidate the membership of persons eligible for
membership and applying as aforesaid who have bona fide been entered on the register
of members.
(4) A card of membership shall be issued to each member from time to time. This shall be
the property of the Association and may be recalled at any time.
(5) No applicant for membership or reinstatement to the Association shall have the right to
work with members in anticipation of being accepted as a member thereof, or being
reinstated, except by the previous written permission of the Executive Committee of the
Association.
(6) Any member who has made a false declaration for the purpose of obtaining admission
into this Association shall be subject to fine or expulsion, and in the latter case shall be
liable for all fines, dues, levies, up to the date of such expulsion.
(7) When a member is expelled from the Association, for any cause whatsoever, he cannot
apply to join again until the expiration of three months from the date of such expulsion,
and he must then pay a fresh or new admission fee, fine or penalty, if any and also all or
any fines which may have been imposed upon him before his expulsion and in addition,
all dues, levies, and contributions up to the date of his expulsion.
(8) If a member who has been expe11e‹l desires to be readmitted to the Association, he must
apply in the prescribed form.
6 - CATEGORIES OF MEMBERS
(a) Applicants for membership shall be admitted to membership in either of the following
Categories:
(i) Regular Member
(ii) Associate Member

(iii) Temporary Member
(iv) Legal Heir Member
(v) Honorary Member
(b) All applicants for membership whose works are not released shall be admitted as
Temporary Member. A temporary membership would entitle the said composer to work
within the industry and to register his works with the Association on payment of
registration fee. He will not be allowed any other benefits from the Association. He will
not be entitled to receive copies of the Annual Reports, to correspondences, or attend
AGM, or to stand for elections or vote at the AGM etc.
(c) As soon as a Temporary member's 1 work gets released, he would need to apply for
Associate Membership. In the prescribed form. He will be entitled to receive copies of
the Annual Reports, to correspondences, and other normal benefits of the Association.
He shall however be allowed to attend AGM as an Observer only. During the course of
his Associate Membership, the said Composer needs to keep the Association informed
of the works he has done and released based on which, after the completion of the criteria
prescribed, the said Associate Member will be promoted to Regular Membership based
on the criteria prescribed by the Executive Committee and approved by the General
Meeting from time to time.
(d) However Only Regular Members shall vote at the General Meetings on any matter and
participate in any ballot or stand for election in the Association as per the Rules made
thereunder.
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