Article 1 – An society was established in the State of Bahrain in 1977 under the name (Bahraini Bar Society) and was re-registered on 10/16/1991 under registration No. 67/C/M. This is in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Society, Social and Cultural Clubs, Private Bodies Working in the Field of Youth and Sports, and Private Institutions issued by Decree Law (21) of 1989 and the ministerial decisions issued in implementation thereof.

Article 2 – The society shall be registered with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in accordance with the provisions of Ministerial Resolution No. (2) of 1990 regarding the organization of the register of social and cultural society and clubs subject to the supervision of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. The legal personality of the society is established from the date of publication of its registration in the Official Gazette.

• Professional differences between them
• Cooperating with all organizations that include those working in the legal profession and legal work, Arab and international
• Securing the independence of the legal profession, ensuring the freedom and immunity of the lawyer in performing his mission, the sanctity of his work and office, and guarantees of his rights.
• Work to adhere to the honor and ethics of the legal profession.

Article 3 – The society’s headquarters and management center is the city of Manama.

Article 4 – The society is legally represented by the Chairman of its Board of Directors or his representative by decision of the Board of Directors.

Article 5 – The name of the society, the address of its headquarters, its registration number, the scope of its work, and its logo – if any – shall be mentioned in all its books, records and publications.

Article 6 – The society works to achieve the following goals:

• Contributing to the development of the legal profession and preserving its traditions, enabling it to play its essential role in establishing the rules of justice.
• Work to develop and develop legal thought and awareness.
• Providing material, social and cultural services to members through the assistance and services it provides.
• Strengthening the bonds of cordiality and friendship among its members and seeking a solution
• Must be Bahraini national
• He must have good reputation and conduct, and he must not have been convicted of a crime against honor or trust unless his reputation is restored.
• Paying the monthly joining and subscription fee.

Article 7 – The society seeks to achieve its goals by the following means:

• Holding cultural and legal seminars and conferences
• Focus on legal studies, research and seminars
• Participation in organizations that include those working in the legal profession and legal work, Arab and international
• Coordination with official and unofficial bodies in order to achieve the society’s goals.

Article 8 – A member of the society must meet the following conditions:

He must be a licensed lawyer registered in the register of practicing lawyers or the register of lawyers under training.

By retracting his decision, If he does not withdraw his request, his withdrawal will be considered acceptable. The withdrawing member is committed to paying all due subscriptions as well as any other financial obligations to the society.

Article 9 – Anyone who wishes to join the society’s membership must submit an application to the Secretary of the Board of Directors according to the form prepared for this purpose.

The Secretary must present the application to join the Board of Directors at its first meeting to decide whether to accept or reject the application.

Article 10 – The applicant shall be notified in writing of the Board of Directors’ decision of acceptance or rejection within one month from the date of issuance of the decision, with a statement of the reasons in the event of rejection. Applications previously rejected by the Board may not be reconsidered until a period of not less than three months has passed from the date of the rejection decision.

Article 11 – Anyone who wishes to withdraw from membership in the society must submit his request to the Secretary of the Board of Directors in writing, accompanied by the reasons for withdrawal.

The Secretary must present the application to the Board of Directors at its first meeting after submitting the application to consider the reasons for the member’s withdrawal and try to convince him

• Pay the joining and subscription fees as determined by the financial regulations.
• Working to achieve the society’s goals by participating in its programs and activities.
• Commitment to the honor and ethics of the legal profession.

Article 12 – A member of the society has the right to the following:

1. Attending General Assembly meetings and discussing topics included in its agenda.
2. The member who has paid his full subscriptions has the right to vote, nominate and be elected.
3. Obtaining the society’s membership card showing his name, address, date of joining, membership number, personal number fixed in the central population registry card, and any other data.
4. Obtain a copy of the society’s bylaws
5. Benefiting from the facilities provided by the society to its members on the professional or social level.
6. Obtaining the society’s bulletins or publications.

Article 13 – The society member must do the following:

a. Commitment to the society’s bylaws, internal regulations, and the decisions of the General Assembly and the Board of Directors.

B. Pay the joining fees as determined by the financial regulations.

C. Working to achieve the society’s goals by participating in its programs and activities.

Dr. Commitment to the honor and ethics of the legal profession.

Article 14 – The penalties that the Board of Directors has the right to take against members are limited to: –

• Written warning
• Written warning
• Temporarily freeze membership for no more than six months or until the first meeting of the General Assembly, whichever comes first.
• Freezing membership in preparation for referring him to the first regular meeting of the General Assembly with a recommendation to dismiss him.

Article 15 – The Board of Directors may take one of the penalties stipulated in Article 14. The society member must do the following:-

• Commitment to the society’s bylaws, internal regulations, and the decisions of the General Assembly and the Board of Directors.
• If he violates the statute, internal regulations, or their papers.
• If he violates the decisions of the General Assembly or the Board of Directors.
• If he embezzles the soicety’s funds, wastes its trust, or forges its seals, correspondence, or papers.
• If he refrains from paying his subscription for a full year without an acceptable reason despite being notified in writing of the obligation to pay.
• If a criminal judgment is issued against him for a crime against honor or trust, unless he is rehabilitated.

Article 16 – The member will be dismissed from the society by a decision issued by the regular meeting of the General Assembly by a two-thirds majority of the members present based on the recommendation of the Board of Directors, provided that the concerned member is invited to attend the meeting with a written notice within a period of not less than two weeks, and this decision of the General Assembly will be final and not subject to appeal.

Article 17 – Members dismissed for any reason, Other than non-payment of subscriptions, Their applications for new membership may not be accepted except by a decision of the General Assembly at a regular meeting with a two-thirds majority vote of the members present.

Members dismissed for non-payment of their membership fees shall be reinstated and the Board of Directors may call the General Assembly to meet in another location. The Board of Directors determines the date and place of the General Assembly and the agenda and informs the members of them at least two weeks before the meeting. The General Assembly may not consider matters other than those listed in the schedule except with the approval of the majority of the total number of members of the General Assembly present in the following cases: –

Automatically as soon as they submit a written request to the society’s board of directors, attaching their outstanding subscriptions.

Article 18 – Membership shall be revoked in one of the following cases:-

• Death
• Withdrawal from the society membership
• Loss of one of the membership conditions mentioned in Article (8).
• Dismissal from the society.

Article 19 – The General Assembly is the supreme authority in formulating the society’s policy and monitoring its implementation, and its decisions apply to all its organs, committees and members.

Article 20 – The General Assembly consists of all working members who have fulfilled the obligations imposed on them in accordance with the society’s bylaws.

Article 21 – The General Assembly holds its regular session once a year during the three months following the end of the society’s fiscal year at the society’s main headquarters.

1. Invitation from the Board of Directors
2. A request submitted to the Board of Directors in writing by a number of not less than one-third of the members who have the right to attend the General Assembly.
3. An invitation from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

The invitation shall specify the purpose of its holding, as well as the issues and topics for which it will be held.

When holding an extraordinary session, the procedures followed by regular sessions are followed in terms of determining the date, place, validity of the meeting, and so on.

Article 22 – The meeting of the General Assembly shall not be considered valid unless attended by an absolute majority of its members. If this number is not complete, the meeting shall be postponed to another session held within a period of no less than 8 days and no more than fifteen days from the date of the first meeting. The second meeting shall be valid if it is attended by one-third of the members of the General Assembly. If the quorum is not reached, the meeting shall be postponed to another session held within a period of no less than one hour and no more than fifteen days from the date of that meeting. In this case, the meeting shall be valid if ten percent of the members attend in person. If the quorum is complete, the withdrawal of less than half of the members present from the start of the meeting will not affect the validity of the decisions taken.

Article 23 – The General Assembly may hold an extraordinary session based on:

1. Discussing the Board of Directors’ report on the work of the previous year and voting on it.
2. Appointing the auditor and reviewing his report on the society’s final account, taking into account the provisions of Article (44) of these regulations.
3. Election of members of the Board of Directors
4. Other issues that the Board of Directors or members consider including on the agenda.

Article 24 – General Assembly decisions are issued by a majority of the votes of the members present. However, a two-thirds majority of the members of the General Assembly is required for the validity of the decisions with regard to dismissing members, amending the society’s bylaws, or removing members of the Board of Directors.

Article 25 – The Ordinary General Assembly is concerned with the following ordinary matters:

• Discussing reports and suggestions submitted by the Board of Directors or the committees and voting on them
• Discussing the draft budget for the society’s next fiscal year and voting on it
• Discussing and voting on the final account of the society’s revenues and expenses

The Board of Directors is responsible for managing the affairs of the society. To this end, he may carry out any work other than those stipulated in this system that must be approved by the General Assembly before being carried out.

• Preparing the general framework of the general policy that the society follows
• Preparing plans and programs to achieve the society’s objectives
• Establishing the society’s regulations in light of its bylaws.
• Study the reports received in the committees formed in the society and the suggestions of the society members and take appropriate decisions regarding them.
• Preparing the society’s draft annual budget and its final accounts.
• Preparing the annual report on the society’s activity
• Forming the necessary committees to achieve the society’s objectives and encouraging members to join its membership.
• Preparing and distributing brochures, brochures and studies necessary to achieve the society’s objectives.

Article 26 – The Extraordinary General Assembly shall be responsible for the following:

1. Amending the society’s bylaws
2. Voluntarily dissolving the society or merging the society with other society that seek to achieve a similar purpose, taking into account the provisions of Article 46
3. Removal of some or all members of the Board of Directors
4. Other issues determined by the party calling for the extraordinary general assembly.

Article 27 – The Board of Directors is the executive authority of the society and implements the policy drawn up by the General Assembly and the decisions it issues in order to achieve the legitimate purposes of the society.

Article 28 – The Board of Directors consists of seven members elected by the General Assembly from among its members for a period of two years and elected by direct secret ballot.

Article 29 – The following is required for a member of the Board of Directors: –

• To enjoy his civil rights
• He must not be a member of the board of directors of an society whose responsibility for violations that called for its dissolution has been proven before five years have passed from the date of issuance of the decision to dissolve the society.
• The term of his membership in the society shall not be less than two years.

Article 30 – It is not permissible to combine membership in the society’s board of directors with membership in the board of directors of another society that operates in an activity similar to that of the society. It is not permissible to combine membership in the Board of Directors with paid work in the society.

Article 31 – The Board of Directors shall elect from among its members, at its first meeting by secret ballot, a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer, and the powers of each of them shall be as follows:

The President: He is the legal representative of the society before others. He is responsible for presiding over the sessions of the Board of Directors and the General Assembly, managing each of them, signing the minutes of their meetings with the Secretary, checks and all payment authorizations and financial documents with the Financial Secretary, and signing dismissal decisions.

Article 32 – The Board of Directors may form subcommittees from among its members or from others. The Board determines the number of members of each committee and their competencies and sets a system for its work, provided that the results of its studies and research are presented to it to decide what it deems appropriate regarding it.

Article 33 – Members, as well as supervision of all the activities of the society, He also decides on urgent matters that cannot tolerate delay, provided that they are presented to the Board of Directors at its first meeting.

Vice President: He has the powers of the president in the event of his absence, and the Board of Directors has the right to delegate some permanent financial, administrative, or technical powers to him.

Secretary: He prepares the agenda for the management sessions and general assemblies, writes down their minutes, and signs them with the president. He is the one who supervises all written work, correspondence, files, records, notebooks, papers, and contracts.

Treasurer: He is responsible for managing the society’s funds, maintaining its accounts, revenues, and expenses, depositing its funds in one of the approved banks, and disbursing what is decided to be spent according to permissions signed by him and the president. He must also monitor the collection and recording of subscriptions in books and records, and preserve the financial documents that result in a financial obligation for the society or a right to it, taking into account the compliance of revenues and expenses with the provisions of the financial regulations. He must submit a monthly report to the Board of Directors on the financial status of revenues and expenses. He may reserve a certain amount for necessary incidentals in accordance with what is determined by the society’s financial regulations.

• Three administrative members whose powers are determined by the Board of Directors.

In the event of the death, resignation, or dismissal of a member of the Board of Directors, or if his position becomes vacant for any reason, he shall be replaced by the member who obtains the most votes after the members of the Board of Directors in the elections held to determine the members of the Board of Directors.

The term of the new member shall be complementary to the term of his predecessor until the end of the term.

If the member whose place is to be filled has won by acclamation, the Council may continue to carry out its work until the end of the session without appointing a successor, provided that the number of members whose place is vacant for the reasons mentioned above does not exceed one-third of the Council members. Unless the matter must be presented to the General Assembly, the Board of Directors shall meet once. At least every month, and its meetings are valid.