IntroductionThe members of the Institution shall consist of four classes, namely, Fellows, Members, Associates and Honorary Fellows; and there shall be classes of Graduate Members, Probationers and Students attached to the Institution.
Membership of the Institution shall be open to both sexes.
Fellows
Every Fellow shall be more than thirty-five years of age, shall have acquired a practical knowledge of surveying in one or other of its branches and shall have had not less than five years professional experience after being elected as a member of the Institution.
No person shall be eligible for transfer to the Fellowship unless he shall have passed the examination or examinations required for election to that class under the Rules of Examination, or such other examination or examinations accepted by the Council in lieu thereof.
Every Fellow shall be eligible for election to the Council, for election or appointment to all offices of the Institution, and shall be entitled to all its rights and privileges.
Members
Every Member shall be more than twenty-one years of age and shall have acquired a practical knowledge of surveying in one or other of its branches.
No person shall be eligible as a Member who shall not have passed the examinations required for election to that class under the Rules of Examination, or such other examination or examinations accepted by the Council in lieu thereof.
Members shall not be eligible for the office of President or Vice-President but, subject to the Bye-laws and regulations of the Council, shall be eligible for election or appointment to other offices of the Institution, and shall be entitled to all its rights and privileges.
DESIGNATIONS
The designation of members by distinguishing initials or words shall be as follows:-
Every Fellow shall be entitled to use after his name the initials F.l.S.M., (i.e. Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia).
Every Member shall be entitled to use after his name the initials M.l.S.M., (i.e. Member of the Institution Surveyors, Malaysia).
Every Past President shall be entitled to use after his name the initials P.P.l.S.M., (i.e. Past President of the Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia).
Associates
Any person from time to time who is not a surveyor by profession but one who, by reason of his pursuits, has made a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the surveying profession shall be eligible for election as an Associate.
Associates shall be entitled to all rights and privileges of the Institution except that they shall not be eligible to hold any office of the Institution nor have any rights of voting.
Honorary Fellows
Every Honorary Fellow shall be a person who by reason either of his position or experience, or of his eminence in science, may be enabled to render
assistance
in promoting the objects of the Institution but who is not engaged in practice
as a surveyor in Malaysia. An Honorary Fellow shall not be entitled to be present
at or take part in any Extraordinary General Meeting but he shall have the privilege
of being present at and taking part in all Annual and Ordinary General Meetings
and of access to the Library. He shall have no right of voting, discussing,
or otherwise intervening in the affairs of the Institution, nor shall he be
called upon to contribute to its funds.ATTACHED CLASSES
Graduate Members, Probationers and Students
Graduate Members shall be persons who have passed the Final Examination or such other examination, if any, as may be accepted by the Council in lieu thereof; and who have yet to acquire a practical knowledge in surveying in one or other of its branches.
Probationers shall be persons who have passed the Intermediate Examination, or such other examination, if any, as may be accepted by the Council in lieu thereof; and such a person may continue as a Probationer until the end of the fifth calendar year after that in which he has passed such examination; provided always that the Council shall have power to vary the period of probation either generally or in the case of particular persons.
Students shall be persons not under seventeen years of age who are or have been undergoing suitable practical training and instruction approved by the Council as pupils or assistants or who are studying with a view to entering the profession at such places of professional instruction as the Council may approve; and such persons may continue as Students until they have passed the Intermediate Examination or such other examination, if any, as may be accepted by the Council in lieu thereof or until the end of the fifth calendar year from the date upon which they shall have been enrolled into the class whichever happens first; provided always that the Council shall have power to vary the period of studentship either generally or in the case of particular persons.
