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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
In this Constitution unless the contrary intention appears:
Alternate Director means a person appointed as an alternate director under clause 37;

Auditor means the Company;

Company means Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association Limited;

Constitution means the constitution of the Company as amended from time to time;

Director includes any person occupying the position of director of the Company and,
where appropriate, includes an Alternate Director;

Member means a member under clause 5;

Office means the Company;

Register means the register of Members of the Company;

Registered Address means the last known address of a Member as noted in the Register;

Representative means a person appointed as such under clause 9;

Seal means the Company's common seal (if any); and

Secretary means any person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of a secretary of the Company and if there are joint secretaries, any one or more of such joint secretaries.

1.2 In this Constitution, unless the contrary intention appears:

(a) the singular includes the plural and vice versa and words importing a gender
include other genders;
(b) words importing natural persons include corporations;
(c) words and expressions defined in the Corporations Act have the same meaning
in this Constitution;
(d) headings are for ease of reference only and do not affect the construction of
this Constitution; and
(e) a reference to the Corporations Act is a reference to the Corporations Act as
modified or amended from time to time.


1.3 Unless the contrary intention appears in this Constitution, an expression in a clause of
this Constitution has the same meaning as in a provision of the Corporations Act that
deals with the same matter as the clause.

1.4 To the extent permitted by law, the replaceable rules in the Corporations Act do not
apply to the Company.



2. OBJECTS

The objects of the Company shall be:

(a) to operate as a non profit entity to fulfil the objects of the Tokyo Declaration
dated 5 October 2000 (copy of which is annexed hereto and marked 'A'),namely, to advance educational research for improved policy practice in the
Asia-Pacific Region;

(b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(i) to support and advance the conduct and use of educational research to improve policy and practice in the Asia-Pacific Region; and

(ii) to:
(A) provide a framework for collaboration among researchers in
the region;
(B) facilitate the publication of the results of Asia-Pacific
research for improved educational policy and practice;
(C) organise educational research meetings; and
(D) support the training and professional development of
educational researchers within the region;
(c) to undertake all such roles in research for improved policy and practice, as
shall be consistent with achieving the foregoing objectives or any of them;
(d) to publish such journals and publications as shall be consistent with the
foregoing objectives or any of them;
(e) to undertake all such activities as are ancillary to or consistent with the
achievement of the above objectives or any of them, including but not limited
to the following activities as the Company deems from time to time
appropriate:
(i) an annual conference of the Company to be hosted by an Institutional
Member;