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Article 5
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The Bodies of the Academy are:
a) the Rector
b) the Board of Directors
c) the President
d) the Scientific Committee.
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Article 6
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The Rector is the Grand Chancellor pro-tempore
as legal representative of the Academy.
The Rector shall convene and chair the Board of Directors
which is composed of as many members as the Order's organisations
as have joined the Academy. Each organisation shall appoint
one member to hold office for three years, while the Grand
Master appoints three members. The appointments shall be made
by Magistral Decree. The representatives of the organisations
take office after the respective organisations have paid the
contribution established on an annual basis by the Board of
Directors. They will lose office if the contribution is not
paid in the following years.
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Article 7
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The Board of Directors shall meet at least
twice a year and shall resolve by a majority of votes of the
attending members as to the initiative to be undertaken among
those submitted by the Scientific Committee pursuant to Article
8 below, financially committing all the member organisations,
within the limits of their contributions.
The Rector shall supervise the payment of the amounts due
by the organisations and the use of such sums for the initiative
approved.
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Articolo 8
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The President shall be appointed by the Grand
Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, shall hold
office for three years and may be reappointed.
The President shall convene and chair the Scientific Committee,
whose members shall be proposed by the Board of Directors
and appointed by the Rector.
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Article 9
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| The Scientific Commettee
shall meet at least twice a year and shall propose by a majority
of votes of the attending members the initiatives to be undertaken
for the achievement of the institutional purposes, completing
their proposal with an analytical plan detailing the methods,
time and costs required for each initiative. |
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Article 10
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The President shall enforce
the single initiatives approved and funded pursuant to Article
7, in agreement with the Rector, with respect to the financial
aspects.
Any financial obligation or commitment binding the Academy is
undertaken upon the signature of the Rector . |
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Article 11
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| Any dispute which may
arise between the member organisations of the Order or between
them and the Rector or the President shall be settled by arbitration
by the Magistral Tribunal of first instance of the Sovereign
Military Order of Malta, which will issue the arbitration award
according to equity. |
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Article 12
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Prof. Paolo Giuseppe CAUCCI von SAUCKEN, Knight of Magistral
Grace, is hereby appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors
for the first three-year term. Prof. Caucci will be assisted,
for the first three years, by Prof. Aldo NIGRO.
The membership fees for the first years are fixed in the amount
of US $ 3,000 for the Grand Priories, Associations and Foundations
of the Order, and Lire 500,000 for the Delegations of the
Grand Priories or of the Associations.
The Chancellery remains responsible for the enforcement of
this Decree.
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Fra' Andrew Bertie |
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The Grand Chancellor
Carlo Marullo di Condojanni
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