The subscribers of the Memorandum of Association and person
admitted to membershiä in accordance with these articles shall be
member of the Association. (The word “persons” shall include Sole
Proprietorship or a Partnership or Company, provided that intending
member must hold National Tax Number, Computerized National
Identity Card (CNIC) and sales Tax Registration if applicable.
These shall be two clauses of Membership:
“Member” means a firm and includes a body corporate and
association of persons a company or Multinational Corporation
engaged and carrying on the full fledged advertising agency
business in Pakistan on ethical line and fits within the defined
business scope or area of jurisdiction of Pakistan Advertising
Association as provided in the Memorandum & Articles of
Association. The members enrolled will be called Corporate
Member, having annual turnover of Rs. 50 million or above.
A sole Proprietorship/firm or any other company or a concern,
and an organisation which is not a body corporate or a
multinational carrying on following types of business shall be
eligible for Associate Membership and on enrollment shall be
called “Associate Member, having annual turnover of Rs. 50
million or above.
Any person engaged in Advertising business or any combination thereof
shall be entitled to be enrolled except where such person is otherwise
disqualified for any reason as may be prescribed.
Every applicant for membership shall be an advertising agency
proposed by one and seconded by another existing member of
the same category. Prescribed application for membership shall
contain facts and evidence showing that the prospective
member/candidate is duly appointed advertising agent of at
least 5 (five) active advertisers, and is fully equipped to run the
trade as advertising agency in an efficient manner, have a
proven business turn over of Rs. 50 Million, have minimum three
professional personnel, one of the owner should have 5 years
professional experience.
Every applicant for membership shall fill in and sign on prescribed
application form to be obtained from the office of Association, inter alia
agreeing to be bound by the Articles and Bye-Laws of the Association,
and furnishing such other information as the Executive Committee may
require, and obtain there signatures of at least two existing members of
Association, one as the proposer and the other as the Seconder.
Every such application shall be placed by the Secretary General before
the Executive Committee at its next ordinary meeting who shall either
accept or reject the said application by majority without assigning any
reason or reasons there of, subject to any direction issued from time to
time under Trade Organizations’ ACT 2013.
In case the Executive Committee rejects the applications, all sum
accompanying the application shall be returned to the applicant and
no further application from him shall be entertained for a period of six
months reckoned from the date of such rejections.
The membership fee and contributions chargeable from each
class shall be fixed by Central Executive Committee subject to
the approval of the General Body and Director General Trade
Organization.
Corporate Membership
Associate Membership
Branch Offices in head
of Corporate Members
Rs.50,000/-(per Annum)
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RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES of Associate Members and any Branch
Offices of an advertising agency in any Zones of A, B and C shall
enjoy all facilities and benefits of the Association available
hereinafter without any voting rights.
Besides the admission fee and annual subscription, each
member shall pay the principal office contribution for
annual subscription to Asian Federation of Advertising
Associations, and other contributions as and when required
and as fixed by the Executive Committee.
The admission fee shall not be refundable.
All members shall pay their annual subscription, when due, to
the Head Office.
The total collection on account of Admission fee and Annual
Subscription shall be distributed between Head Office and the
Zonal Offices when such offices are setup, in a manner that the
share of Head Office shall be 60% and that of the Zones 40%.
If a member fails to pay the annual subscription by 31st day of
March in any year, he shall cease to be a member but shall be
eligible for restoration of membership by paying full admission
fee
alongwith
full
amount
of
his
annual
subscription/subscriptions and contributions to be computed
from the date its becomes payable after the expiry of period for
which the subscription was last paid by him.
In the event of a member being upgraded from one category
of membership to another i.e. from Associate Membership to
Full Membership, he shall pay the difference of amount
between the Annual subscription payable by each respective
category.
The Executive Committee may remove from the Register of Members
the name of a member whose dues including Annual Subscription
and/or contribution approved by the Executive Committee, if any, are
not paid from the time on which it should have been paid and who has
failed to pay the same within 15 days of the issuance of Notice Demand
by the Secretary General of the Association. Upon his name being
removed from the Register of Members, shall cease to be a member of
the association.
A member whose name has been removed from the Register of
membership shall not be re-admitted as a member unless he has paid all
previous sum due by him to association on any account and fresh
application is made with remittance of Annual Subscription and
Admission Fee.
Every member, wishing to resign may do so in writing, giving not less than
one calendar month’s notice to the Chairman of Association and upon
the expiration of any such notice and acceptance of resign by
Chairman such member shall forthwith be removed from the Register of
Membership.
Any member so resigning, shall not in any way be absolved from any
liability from any dues accrued and unpaid upto the time his
resignation is presented.
upon election every member shall fumish to the Association particulars as
to the constitutions of the member and the names and addresses of
person through whom and the order in which his rights of membership will
be exercised and such particulars shall be entered in the Register
change in the particulars shall be communicated in writing to the
association, as soon as it take place and there UPOn changes shall be
made in the Register accordingly. For all the purposes connected with
the affairs of the Association, the particulars appearing in the register
shall be conclusive.
No person shall be entitled to act or vote on behalf of any member of
the Association at any meeting unless and until his name shall be entered
in the Register as a person entitled to act or vote for such member, and
unless all dues on account of subscription etc. etc have been paid to the
association before the meeting.
A member shall be entitled to all such information advice and privileges
with regard to the objects of association as it or any of its officers may be
able to provide.
A similar Register shall be kept by each Regional Office in
respect of members located in region concerned.
All changes in the address and other particulars of members will
be intimated by members in writing to Secretary General and
also to the Regional Office, if any, and members, shall have the
right to inspect the Register mentioned under sub- paragraph
(a) above and suggest correction if any.
Each Regional Office shall be under the charge of a Regional
Committee of six persons. Provided that only those members
who have their principal place of business in particular Regional
shall be eligible for election to the Regional Committee of that
Region.
At the expiry of one year from the date of induction into office
of the Regional Committee all the members retire from office as
the tenure of all elected office bearers shall be one year.
No member of Regional Committee shall hold office for more
than two consecutive terms.
Election shall be held in accordance with Bye-Laws
The Regional Committee shall have the following power and functions.
Each of the Zone shall have Zonal/Regional Committees which
will function in their respective zones.
The member of each Zone/Region will decide the strength and
composition of their respective Zone / Regional Committee but
the number of the members of the Regional Committee shall
not exceed 6.
The Regional Committee shall maintain proper accounts of all
receipts and expenditure and shall submit their duly audited
accounts.
Not with standing anything here in before contained the
Regional Committee shall correspond with the provincial
Government or authorities of Provincial or Central Government
in the province, strictly on matters which concerned
Zones/Regions and matter having All Pakistan bearing shall be
dealt with by and through Central Executive Committee of the
Association only. Provided that if the Central Executive
Committee differs with the Regional Committee, the opinion
expressed or representation made by the later shall also be
forwarded by the Central Executive Committee with its own
views to the appropriate authorities.
The Regional Committee shall carry on its activities within the
Region to the extent they relate to the problems of the industry
whose bearing is confined to the province. Policy matters
affecting the Advertising Profession as a whole or whose impact
extends beyond the province shall be handled by the Central
Executive Committee of association alone which shall have all
powers of supervision and control over the working of Regional
Committees.
To receive applications for admission as members from those
engaged in the Advertising agency business within the Region
and to forward the same to the Secretary General with its
observation and recommendations.
To recommend to the Executive Committee expulsion or
removal of a member within its jurisdiction from the membership
of the Association.
