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Section20.A member of the Royal Institute retires from membership upon:

(1)death;

(2)resignation;

(3)lacking the qualification under section 13(1) or having the disqualification under section 13(3) or (4);

(4)being imprisoned by a final judgment of imprisonment, except when it is for an offence committed negligently or petty offence;

(5)being removed by a resolution passed at a meeting of the Council of the Royal Institute by the votes of not less than two thirds of the present fellows for any of the following cases:

(a)having been absent from meetings of the academy of which he is an associate fellow or fellow for over six consecutive months without appropriate reasons;

(b)having serious misconduct.

In the case that a fellow retires from fellowship, the President of the Royal Institute shall report the matter to the Prime Minister, who shall then submit it to His Majesty for His knowledge.

Section21.The incumbent fellows who are unable to perform duties as usual because of senility, disability, or infirmity, and the fellows who retire from fellowship because of being incompetent or quasi-incompetent persons, shall have the right to receive special financial supports according to the regulations of the Royal Institute, if the academies to which they belong resolve that they are in the condition which deserves assistance.

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Section22.In the Royal Institute, there shall be a council called the "Council of the Royal Institute", consisting of—

(1)the President of the Royal Institute under section 23, paragraph 1, as the President of the Council;

(2)two of the Vice Presidents of the Royal Institute under section 23, paragraph 1, as Vice Presidents of the Council;

(3)all the fellows, as Members of the Council.

The Secretary General of the Royal Institute shall be the Secretary of the Council, and the Deputy Secretaries General of the Royal Institute, Assistant Secretaries of the Council.