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THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST 
June, 1953 
Field Naturalists' Section 
- — of the — 
Royal Society of South Australia 
( Incorporated) 
RULES 
(Amended May, and effective 1st July, 1953) 
I. The title of the Section is the “Field Naturalists’ Section of the 
Royal Society of South Australia Incorporated” (hereinafter called the 
Section). 
II. All the rules of the Section heretofore in force are hereby 
repealed. 
III. In the construction of the rules of the Section, unless the 
subject or context requires a different meaning, “prescribed” means 
prescribed by by-law. Words denoting the singular number only 
shall be deemed to include the plural and vice versa. Words 
denoting the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the 
feminine. 
IV. The objects of the Section are: — 
(1) The promotion and diffusion of scientific knowledge by meet- 
ings for the reading and discussion of papers, by publications 
and by such other methods as the Committee may from time 
to time determine. 
(2) The preservation of the native flora and fauna of South 
Australia. 
(3) To afford lovers of nature and those interested in natural 
history the opportunity to observe and discuss the subjects 
in which they are interested by holding regular excursions 
to places of interest, and by the showing of films and the 
exhibition of specimens. 
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Repeal 
Definitions 
Objects 
V. (1) The Section shall be constituted of persons enrolled as Constitution 
members. Members shall be classed as honorary members, life mem- Members 
bers, country or corresponding members, ordinary members, associate 
members and junior members. 
(2) Members shall be persons elected to membership as pre- 
scribed by these rules. Life members shall be members who have 
compounded for their future annual subscriptions by payment of 
such sum as may from time to time be prescribed. 
(3) Honorary members shall be persons distinguished for their 
attainments in science, or who shall have rendered signal service to 
the Section. 
(4) Junior and associate members shall be entitled to all the 
privileges of members except that they may not debate or vote 
upon questions dealing with the management of the Section’s business 
or affairs or the election of candidates but while associate members 
shall receive the publications of the Section free of charge junior 
members shall not. 
(5) Junior and associate members who wish to be elected to 
full membership shall follow the procedures laid out in Rule VI 
for the election of members. 
