BYE-LAWS

of
The Institution of Valuers
th
As amended in the Extra Ordinary General Body Meeting held on 15 March, 2020 and
st
applicable with effect from 01 April, 2020

PRELIMINARY
1. All the provisions of the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1957
as extended to the Union Territory of Delhi will apply to the Institution.
2. Number of Members :– For the purposes of registration the number of the Members of the
Institution was declared not to exceed 5000, but the council may register any increase in the
number of the members whenever they think fit.
3. Interpretation :– These rules shall be construed with reference to the provisions of the
Societies Act, 1860 and terms used in those rules shall be taken as having the same
respective meaning as they have when used in that Act. Moreover, unless the context
otherwise requires, words importing males shall include females and words implying the
singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa, and words importing individual
person or persons shall include body or bodies corporate. Furthermore,
(a) ‘The Institution’ means Institution of Valuers registered under the Societies Registration Act
XXI of 1860 (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1957 as extended to the Union Territory of Delhi.
(b) ‘The BYE-LAWS’ means the BYE-LAWS of the Institution for the time being in force.
(c) ‘The Council’ means the Council of the Institution constituted under these BYE-LAWS.
(d) ‘The President’, ‘The Vice Presidents’, ‘The Honorary General Secretary’ and ‘The Honorary
Treasurer’ mean the President, the Vice Presidents, the Honorary General Secretary and the
Honorary Treasurer of the Institution.
(e) ‘The Registrar’ means the Registrar of the Institution as may be appointed by the Council from
time to time.
(f) ‘Regulations’ means the Regulations of the Council for the time being in force
(g) ‘Financial Year’/‘Year’ means the twelve months commencing on the 1st day of April of a
calendar year ending with the 31st day of March of the following calendar year.
(h) ‘Session’ means the period of time between the date of one Annual General Meeting and the
date of the succeeding Annual General Meeting.
(i) ‘The Roll’ means the register of members of the Institution.
(j) ‘Recorded Address’ means the address of a member as given by him in the application of his
membership or transfer or subsequently varied by his application of change of address in writing
to the Registrar and as recorded in the Roll.
(k) ‘Casual Vacancy’ means a vacancy occurring by death, resignation, bankruptcy, expulsion or
un-designed act and not by efflux of time.
(l) ‘Norms & Rules’ means Norms & Rules for the functioning of the Institution as approved by the
Council from time to time.
(m) ‘Act’ means the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1957 as

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 extended to the Union Territory of Delhi.
(n) ‘Head Quarter Area’ means National Capital Territory of Delhi including Noida, Ghaziabad,
Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat, and Bhadurgarh area.
(o) ‘Recognised University’ means a University recognised by University Grant Commission of
Government of India and as accepted by Institution of Valuers.
(p) All ‘he’ used in this Bylaws shall be treated as ‘she’ also and vice versa
4. Objects of the Institution :– The Institution is established for the purposes expressed in the
Memorandum of Association.
5. Membership of the Institution :– The Institution shall consist of members in the following
orders: Honorary, Corporate and Non-Corporate. The Honorary Member shall comprise of the
class of Honorary Fellows. Corporate Members shall comprise of the classes of Fellows,
Associates and Non-Corporate Members shall comprise of the classes of Licentiates, Student
Members and Institutional Members.
5A. Rights and Privileges :–
5.A.1 Subject to the restrictions contained in the BYE-LAWS :
(a) Honorary Fellows and Fellows shall enjoy all the rights and privileges of the Institution, but in
accordance with the provisions in the BYE-LAWS.
(b) Associates shall enjoy all the rights and privileges of the Institution, but in accordance with
the BYE-LAWS and save that they shall not be eligible to hold office as President, Chairman
of a Branch.
(c) Licentiate, Institutional and Student Members shall enjoy the rights and privileges of the
Institution, but in accordance with the provisions in the Bye Laws and save that they shall not
be eligible to hold office and shall not have any right of voting except in cases as may be
provided in the Bye-laws framed by the Council for the time being in force.
5.A.2 The rights and privileges of every Honorary Fellow, Fellow, Associate, Licentiate or Student
Member shall be personal to himself as such and shall not be transmissible by his own act or
by operation of law.
5.A.3 Every Corporate member, on payment of their life membership fees, is entitled to apply for an
Approved Valuer Certificate.
5.A.4 ‘Approved Valuer’ Certificate shall be issued by the Registrar only upon an application by a
Corporate member and provided he has compounded his annual subscription for life or made
full payment of the Composite Subscription as applicable and on payment of such fees as
may be prescribed by the Council from time to time.
5.A.5 ‘Approved Valuer’ Certificate for more than one category may be issued by the Registrar only
upon an application by a Corporate member and provided he has requisite qualification and
experience, as per the BYE-LAWS, to undertake the valuation in more than one category and
on payment of such fees as may be prescribed by the Council from time to time.
5.A.6 An Approved Valuer practising in partnership with any person who is not an Approved Valuer
under the title of a firm shall not use or permit to be used after the title of such firm the
designation Approved Valuer, or described or permit the description of such firm in any way
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5.A.7 An Approved Valuer practising or acting in a professional capacity under the title of, or as a
director, an officer or an employee of a company, whether such company shall be authorised
or not to carry on the profession or business of a Valuer in all or any of its branches shall not
use or permit to be used after the title of such company the designation of Approved Valuer
or Approved Valuers, or describe or permit the description of such company in any way as
Approved Valuers.
5.A.8 Every Honorary Fellow, Fellow, Associate, Licentiate and Institutional Member shall be
entitled to place, after his/its name the designation of the class in the Institution to which he
belongs, stated in accordance with the following abbreviated form, namely Hon. F.I.V., F.I.V.,
A.I.V., L.I.V. and I.M.I.V respectively.
Every Corporate Member entitled to describe himself as an Approved Valuer can use that
description after his name as “A.Val”.
6. Eligibility for Membership :–
6.A. Honorary Fellows :– ‘Honorary Fellow’ of the Institution may be conferred by the Institution on
persons in India and abroad for their high eminence in valuation or valuation related subjects or
who have contributed to the advancement or development of valuation profession. All such
conferment shall be by invitation and shall be announced at the next Annual General Meeting of
the Institution. The number of the Honorary Fellows shall not be more than fifty at any time. The
Council, however, shall be competent to regulate the number as required from for the time being
in force. The Council shall prescribe procedures for the purpose and the manner of bestowing
the honour on them.
6.B. Fellows :–
There is no direct admission to the grade of Fellow. Fellow status must be attained by
professional accomplishments via application and election by the Membership Application
Review Committee (MARC). Every candidate for transfer to the class of Fellow
(i) must not be less than 35 years of age; and
(ii) must possesses educational qualification as prescribed for Associate membership or such
other qualification as the Council may approve from time to time and
(iii) must have 5 years of responsible charge as valuer in the grade of Associate and he must
to remain as an Active Valuer continuously for 5 year preceding the date of application.
6.C. Associates :–
Every candidate for election as an Associate or for transfer to the class of Associate:-
(i) must not be less than 25 years of age; and
(ii) must have professional experience in the discipline in the qualification for not less than five
years from the date of passing his requisite educational qualification provided that in the
case of a person passing Level – I and Level – II of the Institution Examination prescribed
by the Council or possessing a post-graduate degree in valuation from a recognised
university, the provisions of this sub-rule shall have effect as if for the words "five years",
the words "two years” has been substituted; and
(iii) CAT - I : In case of valuer of Land & Building (inclusive of Agricultural properties,
Plantation properties, Extractive Industries properties and Standing Forests)

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(a) The valuer must either be a graduate or equivalent in Civil / Architectural /
Construction Engineering or Architecture or Town Planning of a recognised University;
or
(b) has passed Level – I and Level – II examination in Land and Building valuation
conducted by the Institution of Valuers; or
(c) has passed Section-A and Section-B examination of The Institution of Engineers
(India) in Civil / Architectural Engineering; or
(d) be a member of a recognised Institute of Civil Engineers or Town Planners or
Architects or Surveyors by passing the requisite examination conducted by that
Institution for the purpose of its membership; the membership of which is recognised
as sufficient qualification for the purposes of recruitment to superior posts and
services under the Central Government
(e) or, be a post-graduate in valuation of real property/land and building of a recognised
University
(f) or, any other qualification recognised by the Council of Institution of Valuers
CAT - II : In case of Valuer of Plant & Equipment (inclusive of Chemicals, Automobiles,
Marine, Textiles, Computer Technology Tele Communication, Instrumentation, Ceramics
Technology & Potteries, Aeronautics, Metallurgy, Production, Leather and Mining)
(a) The valuer must either be a graduate or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical,
Chemical, Automobile, Marine, Textile, Electronics, Information Technology, Computer
Technology, Telecommunications Engineering, Ceramic Technology, Aeronautical
/Aerospace Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Production Engineering, Industrial
Engineering, Leather Technology, Power Plant Engineering, Instrumentation
Engineering and Mining Engineering, Printing Technology of a recognised University;
or
(b) has passed Level – I and Level – II examination in Plant & Machinery valuation
conducted by the Institution of Valuers; or
(c) has passed Section-A and Section-B examination of The Institution of Engineers
(India) in any Engineering discipline other than Civil or Architectural Engineering; or
(d) be a member of a recognised Institute of Engineers other than Civil Engineers by
passing the requisite examination conducted by that Institution for the purpose of its
membership; the membership of which is recognised as sufficient qualification for the
purposes of recruitment to superior posts and services under the Central
Government
(e) or, be a post-graduate in valuation of plant & machinery of a recognised University
(f) or, any other qualification recognised by the Council of Institution of Valuers
CAT - III : In case of Valuer of Securities & Financial Assets :
(a) The valuer must either be a member of Institution of Chartered Accountants of India or
Institution of Cost Accountants of India or Institute of Company Secretaries of India
(b) or, has passed Level – I and Level – II examination in Financial Instruments Valuation
conducted by the Institution of Valuers,
(c) or, MBA (Finance) of a recognised University

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 (d) or, any other qualification recognised by the Council of Institution of Valuers
CAT - IV : In case of Valuer of Business and Business Interests :
(a) The valuer has passed Level – I and Level – II examination in Business Valuation
conducted by the Institution of Valuers,
(b) or, any other qualification recognised by the Council of Institution of Valuers
CAT - V : In the case of Valuer of Jewellery and Precious Stones :
(a) The valuer must have been engaged in the business of Jewellery and precious Stones
having annual turnover of not less than rupees ten lakh in each of the last three
accounting years as proprietor / partner
(b) or, any other qualification recognised by the Council of Institution of Valuers
CAT - VI : In the case of Valuer of Works of Art :
The Valuer must be either
(a) A member or an ex-member of the Art Purchase Committee; or
(b) Principal or ex-principal of a Government School of Art; or
(c) Artist member or ex-Artist Member of the General Council of Fellow of the National
Academy of Art (Lalit Kala Akadami); or
(d) Director or ex-Director, Assistant Director or ex-Assistant Director of the National
Museum, New Delhi; or
(e) Officer-in-charge or ex-Officer-in-charge, Director or ex-Director, Assistant Director or
ex-Assistant Director, Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad; or
(f) Director or ex-Director, Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay; or
(g) Superintendent or ex-Superintendent, Madras Museum; or
(h) Director or ex-Director, Indian Museum, Calcutta; or
(i) Curator or ex-Curator of the National Gallery of Modern Arts, New Delhi; or
(j) Director General or ex-Director General of Archaeology, Superintendent or ex-
Superintendent or Archaeology.
(k) or, any other qualification recognised by the Council of Institution of Valuers.
CAT - VII : In the case of Valuer of Life Interest :
(a) The Valuer must be a member of Institute of Actuaries by passing examination which
entitles him to act as an Actuary under the Insurance Act, 1938 and
(b) or, any other qualification recognised by the Council of Institution of Valuers.
6.D. Licentiates :–
Every candidate for election as a Licentiate or for transfer to the class of Licentiate:-
(i) must not be less than 19 years of age; and
(ii) must be a diploma holder in Engineering, Surveying or Architecture or must have passed
such examination as the Council may accept as equivalent; or
(iii) must possesses educational qualification as prescribed for Associate membership or such
other qualification as the Council may approve from time to time; or

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 (iv) must possesses a pass certificate of Level – II examination conducted by Institution of
Valuers.
(v) The Licentiate member shall remit the life membership fee at the time of grant of
Membership.
6.E. Student Member :–
Every candidate for election as a Student member:-
(i) must not be less than 18 years of age; and
(ii) must possesses an educational qualification recognised by the Council to be elected as a
Student.
6.F. Institutional Members :–
(i) The Council of The Institution of Valuers may, at its discretion, attach to the Institution as
an Institutional Member any Public or Local Body, Registered Company or Partnership
Firm, College or University or an individual or Proprietorship Firm, Registered Society or a
Trust who may desire to be so attached.
(ii) The criteria to become an Institutional Member shall be fixed by the Council from time to
time.
7. Branches :– The Council may at their discretion set up and organise local branches or
divisions of the Institution in such places as they may think fit, either at home or abroad.
Member will be appointed to or authorised to appoint committees, consisting of members of the
Institution to control and manage such branches or divisions in accordance with such rules as
the Council may from time to time determine, subject always to the provisions of the rules and
Bye-laws of the Institution.
THE COUNCIL
8. Composition of Council :– The Council shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents,
thirteen members, One Hon. General Secretary and one Honorary Treasurer. One of the Vice-
Presidents, Honorary General Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and two members of the Council
shall be elected only from the Headquarter area, i.e. NCR after every three years. No person
shall become office-bearer or Council Member unless he is a life member of the Institution of
Valuers and also no Fellow/Associate can become office-bearer or Council Member unless he
has completed three years of his life membership of the Institution of Valuers.
The Council shall have the powers to co-opt a maximum of five members as co-opted
members, out of which two shall be from Headquarter area i.e. NCR and three may be from
outside NCR. Defeated candidates in the election to the Council shall not be co-opted in the
Council in the year following the election year. All the co-opted members shall be full-fledged
members of the Council.
The term of the members co-opted in accordance with the provisions of Bye-laws shall be of
one year or part thereof only and they shall retire at the Annual General Meeting of the
Corporate Members. They shall, however, be eligible for co-option to the Council for further
session. The Council of the Institution is empowered to cancel the co-options at any point of
time.
The Council of the Institution is empowered to nominate one Hony. Joint General Secretary and
one Hony. Joint Treasurer from among themselves, if found necessary and also have the
power to remove them at any point of time.

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9. Retirement of the Council :– The members of the Council, shall retire at the close of each
election year ; but shall be eligible for re-election
10. Election of Council members and other office bearers of the Council :– In December of
each election year the President, Vice-Presidents, Honorary General Secretary, Honorary
Treasurer and the members of the Council shall be elected by the Institution by postal/courier
vote in the following manner:
(a) During the year in which the election is due, the Council shall appoint not later than the
month of May a Board of Scrutineers comprising the Registrar and two Fellow Members
who are not themselves candidates for neither the election nor their relatives are
candidates for the elections being conducted by it. The Board of Scrutineers, from
amongst themselves, shall appoint a Convener who will also Chair all the meetings.
Casual vacancy in the Board of Scrutineers due to resignation, disqualification or any
other reason, of one or more members, shall be filled by co-option by the Council. All
decisions shall be taken collectively. The quorum for the meeting of the Board of
Scrutineers shall be two.
(b) The Board of Scrutineers shall conduct the entire process of election from the office of the
Head Quarter and shall not delegate any of its powers and authority to any other person.
The Board of Scrutineers shall have the authority to utilise the services of and take
assistance from any person and/or employee of the Institution for administrative and
operational work.
(c) The Board of Scrutineers at its first meeting shall scrutinise the Roll of Corporate Members
as on 31st March of the election year made available to the Registrar, prepare the
programme for various stages of the process of election so as to be able to finalise and
notify the results before the date of the Annual General Meeting of the Institution of
Valuers but not later than 31st December.
(d) If considered necessary by the Board of Scrutineers, a Post Box or a Post Bag in a post
office, selected by the Board of Scrutineers, shall be reserved for the period not less than
the period from the date of posting of voting papers to the last date of return of the ballots.
(e) The Board of Scrutineers shall invite nominations, through a notification in the Indian
Valuer Journal circulated to all Corporate Members in good standing. The notification shall
indicate exact number of vacancies, and direct that one corporate member shall be eligible
to nominate one Life Corporate Member for one post only.
The Notification shall also indicate that one corporate member shall be eligible to contest
for one post only. The last date for receiving nominations shall not be less than thirty days
from the last date on which the copies of the said publication are posted. The nomination
shall include the name, the class of membership, Category and the membership number
of the Corporate Member nominating and the Life Corporate Members nominated together
with the written consent of the nominated member to serve in the Council of Institution of
Valuers, if elected and declaration that he / she is not a member of the Council of any
other organization /Institution /body of Valuers in India running parallel activities to
Institution of Valuers or holding the post of office bearer of any branch of such
organization /Institution /body of Valuers in India.
Members retiring from the Council shall be eligible for re-election and this fact shall also
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(f) On expiry of the last date for receipt of nominations, the Board of Scrutineers shall meet
and scrutinise the nomination papers and verify validity of the nominations, rejecting the
nominations which may be found to be invalid on account of their not being in conformity
with the requirements of the Bye-law.
(g) Thereafter, the Board of Scrutineers shall upload the list of validly nominated candidates in
the official website of Institution of Valuers. If any of the valid candidates willing to
withdraw his nomination, he has to do so within seven days of upload of the valid list.
The Board of Scrutineers shall then prepare voting papers, showing the names of Life
Corporate Members willing to serve on the Committee if elected, and post them to the
Corporate Members at their recorded addresses. Voting papers shall be returnable by
post / courier only to the Board of Scrutineers within a period which shall not be less than
twenty one days of the date of posting them.
The voting papers and stationeries shall include –
i. Instructions to voters
ii. Bio-data of the candidates
iii. Ballot Paper
iv. Identity Slip for the voter
v. One self addressed envelope containing the Ballot Paper and the Identity Slip of the
Voter
The stationery shall be printed in adequate number to cater for distribution to eligible
voters and also for issue of duplicate sets, in case of non-receipt of voting papers by any
voter, against written request. The Board of Scrutineers shall maintain proper records of
the number of such materials printed and distributed. Only full name of every candidate
proposed for election to the Council shall be given on the ballot paper. The names of the
contesting candidates shall be printed in the ballot in the alphabetical order of their first
name.
The following instructions to voters shall be printed at the foot of the ballot lists for election
of the Council and officers:
(1) The voter must place a cross in the column provided for the purpose against the names
of the candidates for whom he / she wishes to vote, but must not vote for more than
one President, one Vice-President, one Vice-President from National Capital Region,
one Honorary General Secretary, one Honorary Treasurer, two members from NCR
and eleven members from NCR / outside NCR, of the Council.
(2) The voter must not sign his name on the ballot list or make any other mark thereon
disclosing his identity.
(h) The voting papers shall be posted, only to addresses of the Corporate Members as
recorded on 31st March of the election year.
(i) The ballots shall be returnable, by the voters by post / courier only and not by any other
mode, to the designated Post Box or Post Bag or to the Head Quarter’s address printed
on the envelope. If a Post Box or Post Bag is used, the mode of return of the Ballot shall
be by post only. The Board of Scrutineers will make appropriate arrangements for proper
receipt of the ballots received at the Head Quarter’s office. Use of stationery other than the
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 (j) The Board of Scrutineers shall authorise two or more of themselves to collect from the
Post Office the envelopes containing the ballots, date and number serially the envelopes
unopened as they are received by them and keep a record of the ballots collected each
day. The envelopes containing voting papers returned as undelivered and collected from
the Post Office / Head Quarter shall also be numbered separately and a record shall be
kept. The final collection shall be made immediately after the last date and time specified
for return of the ballots.
(k) The envelopes shall be lodged each day in a ballot drop box provided for the purpose. The
ballot drop box shall be housed in a room to be under lock and key and shall not be
accessible to anyone other than the Board of Scrutineers and shall not be removed from
the said room under any plea whatsoever, and shall be in the custody of the Board of
Scrutineers.
(l) The Board of Scrutineers shall after the expiry of the said twenty one days or as stipulated
by them and on the day designated for counting the votes, open the ballot box and
arrange to scrutinise the voting papers with the assistance of other Corporate Members
and/or the employees as may be approved by them.
Scrutiny of ballots and counting of votes shall be supervised by at least two members of
the Board of Scrutineers.
(m) For scrutiny, the envelope shall be opened, rejecting all such envelopes which are found
to be irregular or defaced, tampered with or found to be interfered with unwarrantably or
obliterated in anyway.
The total number of envelopes shall be compared with the record of collection. Any
discrepancy shall be recorded and sorted out to the satisfaction of the Board of
Scrutineers.
Envelopes containing the ballot papers shall be opened and the ballot papers scrutinised
for any irregularity or tampering and the valid votes polled by each candidate shall be
counted.
In the event of a tie, the Board of Scrutineers shall decide the result by toss of a coin or by
drawing lots.
The Board of Scrutineers shall inform the candidates about the date of counting the votes
and shall permit the candidate only to be present during counting of votes.
(n) The Board of Scrutineers shall prepare their report on the results of the voting, have it
signed by the members of the Board of Scrutineers present, and present it along with
connected papers, both duly sealed, to the Honorary General Secretary within 24 hours.
(o) The Honorary General Secretary shall hand over the sealed report to The President on the
eve of the Annual General Meeting and the President shall announce the result of the
voting at the Annual General Meeting of the Institution. Thereafter, the voting papers shall
be kept by the President for thirty days in sealed conditions thereafter those shall be
destroyed.
(p) The Board of Scrutineers shall implement measures which the Council may prescribe from
time to time for the purpose of ensuring the sanctity and the confidentiality of the election.
11. Disqualification of Members of the Council and Vacancies :– In the event of any office-
bearer or member of council ceasing to be a Corporate Member of the Institution or absenting
himself from four consecutive meetings of the Council, except by previous consent of the

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 Council or resigning, dying or becoming insolvent, or of unsound mind between the regular
period of election, or a member of the Council of any other organization /Institution /body of
valuers in India running parallel activities to Institution of Valuers or holding the post of office
bearer of any branch of such organization /Institution /body of valuers in India, the Council may
declare his seat vacant and may elect another Corporate Member of the Institution to fill the
vacancy and any member of the Council so elected to fill such vacancy shall hold office until
the close of the next ensuing election. The Council shall have full power to act notwithstanding
that any vacancy shall not have been filled up but so that if at anytime the number of the
members of the Council shall be or have been reduced to less than ten the Council only act for
the purposes of filling vacancies until the Council shall consist of at least ten members or of
convening a General Body Meeting of the Institution.
12. Meeting of the Council :–
A. Meeting of the Council may be convened :
(a) By order of the President or Vice-President or Honorary General Secretary or by any five
members of the Council.
(b) By the Registrar for the purpose of giving effect to any provisions of these rules or the Bye-
laws of the Institution.
B. The Council shall meet as often as the business of the Institution may require, but not less than
six times a year.
C. To convene a meeting of the Council, the Registrar shall issue the notice of meeting to each
member of the Council together with the agenda not less than seven days before the date of
the meeting. This period of seven days shall be exclusive of the day on which the notice is
issued, but inclusive of the day for which the notice is given. This period shall not apply to
supplementary agenda which may be issued as the exigencies of the case may require.
D. The Registrar shall convene a special meeting of the Council on receipt of a written requisition
which shall contain the specific matters desired to be discussed at the special meeting and
shall be signed by at least seven members of the Council and within thirty days of the receipt of
the requisition. The notice of such special meeting shall state the purpose for which the
meeting is called, and its period shall be the same as in Bye-Laws 12.C. At such meeting no
business other than specified in the requisition shall be transacted.
13. Conduct of Business :– The Council may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn
and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall
be decided by a majority of votes. At meetings of the Council, four members shall form a
quorum and at a meeting of the Council held after adjournment partly or wholly, members
present shall form the quorum. A meeting of the Council at which a quorum is present shall be
competent to exercise all or any of the powers or discretions vested in or exercisable by the
Council, notwithstanding any vacancy in the body. If at any meeting there is no quorum, the
Council shall stand adjourned for twenty- four hours and shall meet at the same place on expiry
of twenty-four hours and transact the business of the meeting with the members present as the
quorum. and
At any meeting of the Council, each member of the Council present in person shall have one
vote. In the case of equality during voting in a Council meeting, the President or other person,
chairing shall have a second or casting vote.

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14. Chairman :– The President, when present, shall be the Chairman at all meetings of the
Council. In his absence, the Chair shall be taken by one of the Vice Presidents in order of
seniority in the Council. In absence of all of them, the Chair shall be taken by a member of the
Council (Fellow) present at the meeting in order of seniority as a Corporate Member. The
seniority of member of the Council shall be based upon the continuous number of years that
the member concerned has been on the Roll as Corporate Member.
15. Written Resolution :– A resolution in writing signed by all the members of the Council shall be
as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Council duly mentioned and
held.
16. Committees :– The following provisions shall effect with regard to notices, meetings and
committees of the Council :–
(1) The Council may appoint committees for such purposes as they shall deem expedient who
shall duly report to the Council on the matter or matters submitted for their consideration.
The Council may select persons other than Corporate Members to serve on any Committee
but the number of such persons shall not exceed one–fourth of the total number of
members of that committee. The President of the Institution shall be an ex-officio member of
every committee. Each committee shall decide how many members thereof shall form a
quorum. Committees shall, in the exercise of their functions, conform to any regulations
imposed on them by the Council.
(2) As far as practicable, notices shall on or before the seventh day preceding a meeting be
posted to each member of the Council or of a committee as the case may be and the
notices shall name in such manner as may be necessary and sufficient for any business or
motion of which written notice shall have been received by the Registrar on or before the
tenth day before the meeting.
(3) A committee may consider a subject of which notice has not been given but the Council
shall not pass a resolution on a subject not named in the notice unless one-third at least of
its elected members are present and unanimously concur on the resolution.
(4) A committee shall appoint a Chairman, who may at any time convene a special meeting of
that committee and shall do so on the requisition of one-third of its members.
(5) Minutes of each meeting, whether of the Council or of any committee, shall be taken by the
Registrar or in his absence by some person specially appointed for that purpose.
17. The Council shall direct and manage the affairs and property of the Institution, subject to the
provisions of the Act and the Resolutions of General Meetings of Corporate Members which
have been duly convened and held in accordance with the Act and the BYE-LAWS and duly
recorded in the Minutes of the meeting. Subject as aforesaid, the Council shall further exercise
all powers of the Institution not otherwise specifically provided for, provided such powers are
not by the Act or the BYE-LAWS required to be exercised by the Corporate Members at a
General Meeting.
The decisions of the Council on all matters dealt with by it in accordance with the provisions of
the Act and the BYE-LAWS, and such Resolutions of General Meetings of Corporate Members
as aforesaid, shall be final and binding on all classes of members.
The Council may make, amend or rescind Regulations provided that the same be not
repugnant to the Act, and no such addition, amendment or rescission shall come into operation
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18. Common Seal :– The Council shall provide a common seal and shall have full power to use
the said seal in the execution of all or any of the powers hereby vested in them or otherwise in
relation to the business or affairs of the Institution as they in their discretion think fit and any
documents bearing the seal of the Institution and purporting to be attested by the signatures of
two members of the Council shall in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to be duly
sealed by the Institution. The seal shall not be affixed to any document except by resolution of
the Council and the presence of at least two members of Council who shall sign their names
thereto, and such resolution shall be duly recorded in the minutes.
19. Expenses :– The Council or any member thereof shall be paid all actual outlay on behalf of the
Institution incurred by order of or sanctioned by the Council.
20. Books and Accounts :– The Council shall cause proper books of accounts to be kept with
respect to all sums of money received and expended by the Institution and the matters in
respect of which such receipts and expenditure take place all sales and purchases of goods by
the Institution and the assets and liabilities of the Institution. The books of accounts shall be
kept at the registered office of the Institution or at such other place or places of Institution as
the Council shall think fit, and shall always be open to inspection of the members of Council.
Subject to any reasonable restrictions as to the time and manner of inspecting the same which
may from time to time be imposed by the Council the accounts and books of the Institution shall
be open to the inspection of the Corporate Members between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
on all week days except Saturdays and holidays.
21. Presentation of Accounts :– The Council shall from time to time in accordance with the
requirements of the Statutes for the time being in force cause to be prepared and to be laid
before the Institution in General Meeting, such Income and Expenditure Accounts, Balance
Sheets and Reports as are provided for by those Statutes.
22. Circulation of Balance Sheet :– A copy of every Balance Sheet (including every document
required by law to be annexed thereto) which is to be laid before the Institution General
Meeting, together with a copy of the Auditors’ report, shall not less than twenty-one clear days
before the date of the meeting be sent to every member and every holder of debentures of the
Institution provided that these rules shall not enquire a copy of those documents to be sent to
any person of whose address the Institution is not aware.

OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTION

23. Honorary Treasurer :– There shall be an Honorary Treasurer elected after every 3 (three)
years as a member of the Council who shall be the Chairman of the Finance Committee acting
under the direction of the Council and one of the signatories empowered to sign cheques on
behalf of the Institution.
23A. There may be an Honorary Joint Treasurer nominated by the Council from among themselves
who shall be acting under the directions of the Council.
24. Honorary General Secretary :– There shall be an Honorary General Secretary elected after
every 3 years as a member of the Council, who shall be responsible under the direction of the
Council for the administration of such of the affairs of the Institution as shall be entrusted to him
by the Council, and shall be one of the signatories empowered to sign cheques on behalf of the
Institution.
24A. There may be an Honorary Joint General Secretary nominated by the Council from among
themselves who shall be acting under the directions of the Council.

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25. Registrar :– The Registrar who shall not be a member of the Council, shall be appointed by the
Council at such reasonable and proper remuneration and upon such terms and conditions in all
respects as they shall think fit. The Council may, at their discretion, appoint an Assistant
Registrar or such other staff as they think necessary.
26. Duties of Registrar :– The Registrar shall, unless the Council otherwise directs, conduct the
correspondence of the Institution, prepare the Agenda for all meetings of the Institution, the
Council and of all committees, shall be responsible for recording the minutes of the
proceedings at all such meetings, draw up reports, petitions and memorials, superintend the
collection of the subscriptions and edit the transactions. All books, documents, records and
papers shall be in the charge of the Registrar. Registrar shall also conduct the examinations of
the Institution and publish results under the direction of the Council.
AUDIT
27. Audit :– The books and other records of the accounts and the Balance Sheet and Income and
Expenditure Account shall be made up and audited at the end of each year by one or more
properly qualified auditor or auditors, who shall be paid by the Institution for their services. The
provisions of the Societies Act, 1860 or any statutory modifications or re-enactment thereof for
the time being in force as to audit and auditors shall apply and be observed by the Institution,
the Council being treated as the Directors mentioned in those Acts
28. Entrance Fee and Subscription :–
(a) The Entrance Fees and Subscription payable by the members will be :
Class Entrance Annual
Fee Subscription
Fellows Rs. 2000 Rs. 2000
Associates Rs. 2000 Rs. 2000
Licentiates Rs. 2000 Rs. 2000
Institutional Rs. 25000 Rs. 25000
Students Rs. 1000 Rs. 1000
(b) Entrance Fee and Subscription for members residing out of India :
Entrance Fee : US$ 125 or equivalent
Annual Subscription: US$ 125 or equivalent
(c) Transfer fee for higher grade of membership: Rs. 2000/-
(d) Reconsideration fee : Rs. 2000/-
(e) Processing fee : 1000/-
(f) Duplicate Certificates or any other kind of certificates Rs. 1000/-
(g) Additional category :
(i) For individual member Rs. 20000/-
(ii) For institutional member Rs. 10000/- annually.
All the subscriptions shall become due and payable on selection and subsequently on the
1st day of April in each year.
All the fees mentioned above are excluding of the taxes as applicable from time to time.

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28 (ii) The Council shall have the powers to increase any or all of such subscriptions and other fees in
one or more installments at any time.
28(iii) None of the provisions of these Bye-Laws shall have effect of restricting the powers of the
Council to reduce or waive the entrance and / or registration fee on special occasions.
29. Composition Fees :–
(a) For members within India :
Corporate Members shall, at any time, have the option of becoming Corporate Member for life
on payment in one lumpsum amount, as per details below according to one’s age on next birth-
day :
Age on next birthday Amount in Rs. Age on next birthday Amount in Rs.

26 34000 44 25000
27 33500 45 24500
28 33000 46 24000
29 32500 47 23500
30 32000 48 23000
31 31500 49 22500
32 31000 50 22000
33 30500 51 21500
34 30000 52 21000
35 29500 53 20500
36 29000 54 20000
37 28500 55 19500
38 28000 56 19000
39 27500 57 18500
40 27000 58 18000
41 26500 59 17500
42 26000 60 17000
43 25500 61 and above 15000

The above life membership fee includes the current year’s membership subscription except
First-Year Subscription.
If he opts for the life membership of the institution then in addition to the above contribution
towards corpus, the appropriate entrance fee, first year’s subscription and processing charges
shall have to be paid by the member including arrears if any.
Subscription for life shall be exclusive of any arrears of subscription that corporate members
may owe to the Institution at the time of their tendering subscription for life and such arrears
shall be paid at the same time.
All the fees mentioned above are excluding of the taxes as applicable from time to time.
(b) For members outside India :
Members residing outside India can also become life members on payment in one lumpsum
amount detailed below according to one’s age on the next birthday :
Age on next birthday Amount in Rs. Age on next birthday Amount in Rs.
26 68000 44 50000
27 67000 45 49000

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 28 66000 46 48000
29 65000 47 47000
30 64000 48 46000
31 63000 49 45000
32 62000 50 44000
33 61000 51 43000
34 60000 52 42000
35 59000 53 41000
36 58000 54 40000
37 57000 55 39000
38 56000 56 38000
39 55000 57 37000
40 54000 58 36000
41 53000 59 35000
42 52000 60 34000
43 51000 61 and above 30000

The above life membership fee includes the current year’s membership subscription.
In addition to the above composition fee for life, the appropriate entrance fee, first year’s
subscription and processing charge shall have to be paid by the member, including arrears if
any.
Subscription for life shall be exclusive of any arrears of subscription that corporate members
may owe to the Institution at the time of their tendering subscription for life and such arrears
shall be paid at the same time.
All the fees mentioned above are excluding of the taxes as applicable from time to time.
30. Payment of Entrance Fee and Subscription :– Every person becoming a Fellow of the
Institution, shall pay his entrance fee, first year’s subscription and processing charge along with
application for seeking membership, such subscription shall be considered as paid only upto
the 31st March of the current financial year.
31. Changes of Address :– A member of the Institution by reasons of a change in his residence or
of the place where he is professionally engaged, shall give notice in writing to the Registrar of
such change. On receiving such notice, the Registrar shall incorporate the change within seven
days from the date of receipt of such notice.
32. Subscriptions in Arrear :– Corporate Members whose current subscription shall be in arrears
shall not be entitled to vote nor shall they be eligible as candidates for election to the Council.
Corporate Members whose subscriptions shall be in arrears, shall not receive the benefits nor
exercise the privileges of membership of the Institution.
33. Expulsion for Non-payment of Subscription :– Any Fellow, or Member whose subscription
shall be in arrears for two years may, by resolution of the Council, be struck off the rolls of the
Members of the Institution and he shall thereupon cease to be a member but he shall be liable
to pay the amount due at the date of such resolution: provided always that the Council may, at
their discretion, reinstate any Member, so struck off.

RESIGNATION AND EXPULSION

34. Resignation :– Any Honorary / Corporate member, desiring to resign, shall give notice in
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 effect accordingly, but unless such notice shall be given so that it shall be received by the
Registrar on or before the 15th March, the person giving the same shall remain liable for the
ensuing year’s subscription. Should any subscription or other payment be due from any Member
at the date of his notice of resignation, the same shall be paid forthwith and such resignation,
shall not affect his liability to the Institution.
35. Expulsion of Members :– (i) If any member in the opinion of the council, shall have willfully
committed a felony or misdemeanour or shall have willfully acted in contravention of the BYE-
LAWS of the Institution or who, in the opinion of the council, shall have been guilty of violation
of the Code of Conduct as framed by the council or whose conduct has been injurious or
detrimental to the interests or welfare of the Institution or of the valuation profession, or if his
conduct be brought to the notice of the council by a notification signed by six or more corporate
members of the Institution, the council shall make such inquiry as they deem adequate and if at
a council meeting called for the purpose (at which the person named shall have been given
clear thirty days’ notice that his conduct is to be enquired in to and shall be given an opportunity
of stating his case to the council in person) not less than two thirds of the members of the
council present decide that there is good or sufficient reason for the expulsion of the said
member, he/she shall be expelled accordingly and entry of the inquiry and its result shall be
made in the Minutes Books of the council. In the event of such enquiry resulting otherwise than
in the expulsion of the member, no record there of any kind shall be retained.
(ii) Upon the resolution of expulsion being passed, the name of the person concerned shall be
removed from the Rolls and he/she shall cease to have any connection with the Institution.
Neither the Council collectively nor any member of the council individually shall be made liable
for anything done under this Rule. Every candidate applying for election to the Institution for
membership, shall be deemed in so applying to have agreed to accept as final any decision of
the council under this Rule.
(iii) Every person who has ceased to belong to the Institution shall be called upon by the Registrar
to return immediately his/her certificate to the Registrar, and he/she shall not be entitled any
longer to make use of any designation implying past connection with the Institution.
(iv) The Council shall also have the right to suspend any member who shall have in the opinion of
the council, acted in such a manner as to warrant suspension for a maximum period of two
years, as disciplinary action, but not expulsion. The procedure laid down in Rule 35 (i) shall be
followed in such cases also and the decision of the council shall be final and binding upon the
member concerned.
36. Council Meetings :– The Council Meetings of the Institution shall be held on the 2nd Saturday
in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
and December or as otherwise determined by the Council.
37. Annual General Meeting :– An Annual General Meeting of the Institution shall be held in
December in each year. If not fewer than twenty five Corporate Members shall, nor less than
twelve weeks before the date of any Annual General Meeting, give to the Registrar written
notice of their intention to move a resolution together with a copy of the same, the Registrar
shall state in the notice convening the meeting that such resolution will be moved. No other
matter outside the Agenda shall be discussed in AGM.
38. Extraordinary General Meeting :– The Council may, whenever they think fit, convene an
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 in default may be convened by such requisitionists as provided by the Statutes for the time
being in force.
39. Notice of Special Meeting :– An Annual General Meeting and a meeting called for the passing
of a special resolution shall be called by twenty-one clear days notice at the least, and any other
General Meeting shall be called by fourteen clear days notice in writing at the least. The notice
shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and in case of special business the general
nature of that business shall be given to such persons as are under these rules entitled to
receive such notices from the Institution. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to
or the non-receipt of such notice by any person entitled to receive the same shall not invalidate
the proceedings at that meeting.

BUSINESS PROCEDURE
40. Special Business :– All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an
Extraordinary General Meeting with the exception of the consideration of the accounts and
balance sheets, reports of the Council and the Auditors, and appointment and fixing the
remuneration of the Auditors.
41. Quorum :– No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum of
members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as herein
otherwise provided twelve Corporate Members shall form a quorum.
42. Adjournment :– If within half an hour from the time appointed for a meeting a quorum is not
present the meeting, if convened on the requisition of members, shall be dissolved. In any other
case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place and
if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed
for the meeting the Corporate Members present shall form a quorum.
43. Unfinished Business :– The Chairman may, with the consent of any meeting at which quorum
is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn the meeting from time to time and
from place to place but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than
the business left unfinished at the meeting when a meeting is adjourned for 24 days more notice
of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.
44. Method of Voting :– At any General Meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be
decided on a show of hands unless before or upon the declaration of the result of the show of
hands a poll is demanded by the Chairman or by at least three members present in person or by
proxy, or by any member or members present in person or by proxy and representing one tenth
or more or the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote at the meeting.
Unless a poll is so demanded a declaration by the Chairman that a resolution has on a show of
hands been carried or lost or carried or not carried by a particular majority and an entry to that
effect in the Minutes Book of the Institution, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without
proof of the number or proportion of the vote records in favour of or against such resolution. The
demand for a poll may be withdrawn.
45. Result of Poll :– Except hereinbefore provided, if a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken in
such a manner as the Chairman directs and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the
resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.
46. Casting Vote :– In case of an equality of votes on a show of hands or a poll the Chairman shall
be entitled to a second or a casting vote.

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47. Taking of Poll :– A poll demanded on the election of a Chairman or on a question of
adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at
such time as the Chairman of the meeting directs.
48. Voting Powers :– Save as herein otherwise expressly provided every member shall have one
vote whether on a show of hands or on a poll.
49. Voting by Proxy :– Any Corporate Member entitled to vote at any General Meeting may vote
personally or by proxy on a poll, a proxy shall only be given to another Corporate Member and
shall be in the ordinary form or in such other form as the Council may approve, and shall be
delivered or sent by post to the Registrar as to be received by him at least 48 hours before the
holding of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which it is to be used.
50. Chairman :– The President of the Institution or Vice Presidents, or in their absence a Member
of Council of the Institution in the meeting, shall act as Chairman at every General Meeting of
the Institution.
VOTING BY POST
51. Voting by Post :– The Council may take a postal vote of the Corporate Members on any matter
at any time. If two per centum in number or more of all the Corporate Members of the Institution
which to have a vote taken by post on any matter affecting the Institution or the valuation
profession, they shall draft the necessary voting paper and having all signed it shall deliver it to
the Registrar. The Council shall thereupon cause a vote of Corporate Members of the Institution
to be taken by post in the manner for the time being prescribed by the Bye-laws of the
Institution. A resolution duly carried by a postal vote of the Corporate Members of the Institution
shall, so far as is allowed by the Societies Act, 1860 or other statutes for the time being in force,
be equivalent to a resolution of the Institution of General Meeting.
52. Bye-laws :– Bye-laws may be made by the Institution by postal vote or by special resolution
regulating the method or election of Corporate Members of the Institution and exercise of the
rights of membership when elected, method of election of the President, Vice-President,
members of the Council and officers of the Institution, the taking of votes of Corporate Members
of the Institution, by post and any other matter relating to the general conduct of the affairs of
the Institution provided that no By-law shall be inconsistent with or repugnant to the
Memorandum or Articles of Association of the Institution or amount to such an alteration or
addition to the rules as could only lawfully be made by a special resolution.
53. Amendments of Bye-laws :– The Bye-laws may from time to time be amended or revoked and
new Bye-laws may from time to time be made by approval of the majority of members present in
an Extra-ordinary General Meeting called for this purpose. The proposed new / amended Bye-
laws shall be prepared by the Council before being placed before the corporate members
present in the Extra-ordinary General Meeting.

MINUTES
54. Minutes :– Correct Minutes of the proceedings of the Institution and of the Council and its
committees shall be kept.

NOTICES
55. Notices :– Notice required to be sent to or served upon Corporate Members may be given or
served personally or by leaving the same or by sending them prepaid by post addressed to the
Corporate Members at their registered addresses. Notices served by post shall be deemed to

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 have been served on the day following that on which the letter containing the same being
properly stamped and addressed was put into the post office letter box by the Registrar of the
Institution.
56. Serving of Notices :– Notice of every general meeting shall be given in the manner
hereinbefore authorised to every Member who has a registered address supplied to the
Institution at which notices may be served upon him (which shall be deemed to be his registered
address for the purposes of these rules) and to the Auditors for the time being of the Institution.
No other person shall be entitled to receive notices of General Meeting.

SELECTION OF CORPORATE MEMBERS

57. Proposals for Selection :– Every candidate for selection under rules of the Institution Rules of
Association shall sign an application for selection on an official proposal form as shall state on
such form his name, address, age, qualifications, professional training and experience
chronologically and in detail. The form when filled up and signed by the candidate and by his
sponsors recommending his selection shall be forwarded to the Registrar for examination by the
Council, the application shall be considered and the selection of such candidate if selected he
shall be notified in writing and his selection shall be announced in the next Council Meeting of
the Institution.
58. Active Professional Valuers List :– A list maintained by Institution of Valuers containing the
names of the life corporate members who are constantly updating their knowledge base by
actively participating in various continuing education programmes viz. seminars, conferences,
workshops, training programme, capacity building programme etc. The Council shall fix up the
criteria of Active Professional Valuer and shall notify the same to the corporate members for
retaining their names in the Active Professional Valuers List. The list shall be reviewed twice in
a year on specific dates decided by the Council.
59. Parallel Valuation Institution :– Any other Institution, registered / incorporated in India
running parallel activities to the Institution of Valuers or IOV Registered Valuers Foundation or
any other entity created by the Council of IOV in future shall be considered as parallel valuation
institution. The Council shall make a list of such institutions and may make amendments in the
list from time to time.
60. Indemnity :–
(a) Each member of the Council and the Registrar shall be indemnified out of the funds of the
Institution and to such extent as the Council shall approve from and against such costs,
charges, damages and expenses as he may sustain by reason of his acting in execution of the
duties or powers imposed upon or given to him by the Bye-Laws.
(b) Each member of the Council, Executive Committee of the Branches, shall not be accountable
and shall not incur any personal liability in respect of any loss or damage incurred through any
inadvertent act, matter or thing done, authorised or suffered, being done in good faith for the
benefit of the Institution, although in excess of his legal powers or incurred any omission, error
of judgement or oversight on his part.
61. Institution Badge :– The Council shall approve the design of a badge to be worn by all
Corporate and non-Corporate Members.
POLL OF MEMBERS BY POST
62. Method of Taking Poll :– Whenever a poll of the members is required upon any matter
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 the Council shall within two months of the receipt of the draft of the voting paper referred to in
rules, print the same (without the names of the Corporate Members who requested that the vote
be taken) and send a copy thereof to every Corporate Member together with a voting paper and
a specially marked addressed envelope for its return. Every voting paper shall be arranged for
an affirmative, a neutral and a negative vote upon each question and full instructions as to
voting shall be printed thereon. One hundred days after the posting or sending out of the voting
papers, the Council shall appoint two Corporate Members (not being members of the Council or
Officers of the Institution) to act as Scrutinizers to open the special envelopes, count the votes
and report the results in writing to the Council. If at least two–thirds votes on any question are in
favour of the proposal or proposals and the total number of votes on that question is not less
than one-fifth of the total number of Corporate Members of the Institution then the said proposal
shall be deemed to be carried, and so far as is allowed by the Societies Act, 1860, or other
statutes for the time being in force and shall be carried into effect as if the said proposal has not
been a motion duly carried at a general meeting of the Institution properly called to consider the
same.
If more than one question is submitted in the Institution at the same time, each question shall be
considered as a separate motion.

READING OF PAPERS AND AWARD OF PREMIUMS

63. Acceptance of Papers :– The papers proposed to be read and discussed at the General
Meetings and Seminars shall be subject to the acceptance of the Council. Any Corporate
Member wishing to read a paper or to have a particular subject discussed, shall notify the same
to the Registrar and comply with the instructions to authors as issued from time to time by the
Council. Papers may be accepted from the members at the discretion of the Council.
64. Indication of Corporate Membership :– Each Corporate life Member shall be entitled to affix
to his name the following initial letter to indicate his membership of the Institution:–
Hon. Fellow may affix : Hon. F.I.V.
A Fellow Life member may affix : F.I.V.
An Associate Life member may affix : A.I.V.
Life Members may also use such of the following additional suffixes as is or are applicable to
the training and experience on payment of requisite fees as decided by the Council from time to
time and on receipt of the Approved Valuer Certificate:
APPROVED VALUER
The Council may from time to time approve further suffixes and shall give notification thereof to
the Corporate Members, but no suffix may be used unless and until notice of such approval by
the Council has been given.
65. Certificates :– A certificate shall be given to each Member (whether corporate or non-
corporate) after he has been duly elected and has paid his entrance fee, first year’s subscription
and life membership fees. All certificates are the property of the Institution and must be returned
if and when membership ceases.
66. Jurisdiction :– Only an appropriate Court in Delhi shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate any
dispute between the Institution and a member of any class involving interpretation or operation
of the Bye-Laws, Regulations of the Institution and decisions of the Council.

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67. Bankers :– The Bankers of the Institution and its Branches shall be one or more Scheduled
Bank (as defined by the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934) in India as may be determined by the
Council, Executive Committee of the Branches as the case may be.
68. Auditors :–
(a) At each Annual General Meeting shall be appointed one properly qualified Auditor to hold office
until the next Annual General Meeting.
(b) Every such Auditor shall be a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and
shall hold a Certificate of Practice granted by that Institute.
(c) The Council may fill any casual vacancy in the office of Auditor to hold office until the next
Annual General Meeting, but while any such vacancy continues the surviving or continuing
Auditor may act.
(d) The remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed at the Annual General Meeting at which they are
appointed except that the remuneration of any Auditor appointed to fill any causal vacancy may
be fixed by the Council.
69. Winding up :– If upon the winding up or dissolution of the Association, there remains, after the
satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property whatsoever the same shall not be paid to
or distributed among the Members, but shall be given or transferred to some other Institution or
Institutions having objects similar to the objects of the Institution and which shall prohibit the
distribution of its or their income and property amongst its or their Members to an extent at least
as great as is imposed on the Institution under Memorandum of Association of the Institution.
Such Institution or Institutions to be determined by the Members of the Institution at or before
the time of dissolution, and so far as effect cannot be given to the aforesaid provision, then to
some charitable object to be determined by the votes of not less than three fifths of the
members present personally or by proxy at the time of the dissolution, or in default thereof by
the Principal Court of original civil jurisdiction of the District.

(P.K. Thiagarajan) (Vinay K. Goel)

President Hony. Gen. Secretary
Institution of Valuers Institution of Valuers

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