Constitution:-

Article No. Description
1. NAME
This institute shall be called INSTITUT KELAUTAN MALAYSIA or IKMAL in short (hereinafter referred to as the "INSTITUTE").
2. REGISTERED ADDRESS
The registered address of the institute shall be:

Akademi Laut Malaysia,
Batu 30, Tanjung Dahan,
P.O. Box 31,
Kuala Sungai Baru, Malacca,
Malaysia.

The registered address shall not be changed without prior written approval from Registrar of Societies.
3. OBJECTIVES
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3.1 To promote the general advancement of the Science and practice of the maritime profession and to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas on these subjects among its members.
3.2 To act as a maritime professional body and exercise its function in the maintenance of records of its members and to regulate and control the growth of the national maritime professional at all levels.
3.3 To hold meetings of the Institute for reading of technical papers and discussing on topics relevant to the maritime profession.
3.4 To issue a newsletter bearing upon the maritime professional interests and upon subjects relating hereto.
3.5 To form section of its members united in the pursuit of some common interest, and effective throughout Malaysia.
3.6 To do all such acts or things whether at home or abroad as in the opinion of the Council shall tend to promote and advance the interest of the members of the Institute.
4. MEMBERSHIP
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4.1 Fellow
4.1.1 The Council is empowered to confer Fellowship upon any ordinary Member who must satisfy the Council that he:-
4.1.1.1 has been a member of the Institute for at least five years continuously.
4.1.1.2 has attained a superior position of responsibility in the maritime field for at least three years.
4.1.1.3 should have made a significant contribution to the objectives of the Institute and/or to the maritime industry.
4.1.1.4 should not be less than 35 years of age.
4.1.2 Nominations for Fellowship shall be made by not less than two members of the Council. The decision by the Council to confer fellowship must be with the approval of not less than two thirds of the Council's membership.
4.1.3 The number of Fellows shall not exceed twenty at any one time and not more than two Fellows shall be elected in any one year.
4.2 Honorary Fellow
4.2.1 Honorary Fellow shall be conferred by the Institute on any person who holds a position of respect or of honour and who has rendered distinguished service to the Institute and/or the maritime profession.
4.2.2 The number of Honorary Fellows shall not exceed twenty at any one time and not more than two Honorary Fellows shall be elected in any one year.The number of Honorary Fellows shall not exceed twenty at any one time and not more than two Honorary Fellows shall be elected in any one year.
4.3 Orginary Member
4.3.1 Every candidate for election or transfer to the class of Ordinary Member shall satisfy the Council that he:-
4.3.1.1 is at least 28 years of age
4.3.1.2 is a holder of one of the following qualifications or equivalents:-
4.3.1.2.1 Master (FG) Certificate of Competency
4.3.1.2.2 1st Class Engineer Certificate of Competency
4.3.1.2.3 1st, 2nd or General Class of Proficiency in Radiotelegraphy with 8 years relevant experience.
4.3.1.2.4 Degree in maritime field with 6 years relevant experience or other degrees with 8 years continuous experience in the maritime field.
4.3.1.2.5 Pilot Certificate acceptable to the Council.
4.3.1.2.6 Watch keeping officer or Watch Keeping Engineer with 6 years experience.
4.3.1.3 is a holder of relevant qualification acceptable to the council.
4.4 Associate Member
To be eligible for Associate membership, every candidate must satisfy the Council that he:
4.4.1 is at least 19 years old.
4.4.2 is concerned with the maritime field and holding qualifications and experience other than that of an Ordinary Member.
4.5 Student Member
To be eligible for Student Membership, every candidate shall satisfy the Council that he:-
4.5.1 has attained the age of 17 years but not above the age of 25 years.
4.5.2 is pursuing a maritime bias course.
4.6 Corporate Member
A Corporate Member shall be a Shipping Company or any Organisation dealing maritime affairs as approved by the Council.
4.7 Life Member
Life Membership shall be open to Ordinary Members as approved by the Council.
5. RIGHTS OF MEMBERS
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5.1 Fellows, Life, Ordinary, Associate and two named representatives from each Corporate Member shall have the right:-
5.1.1 to propose or second an applicant for Associate Ordinary and Student membership, nominate or second a candidate for election, but only Fellows, Ordinary and Life Members can stand for elections.
5.1.2 to speak and vote at General Meetings of the Institute.
5.1.3 to such other privileges as may be decided at General Meetings of the Institute.
5.2 Students Members shall:-
5.2.1 have all rights and privileges of Associate or Ordinary membership except the right to propose or second an applicant for membership or to nominate or second a candidate for election or to stand for election.
5.2.2 not have the right to vote at General Meetings of the Institute.
5.3 Any member may resign his membership by giving to the Secretary, two weeks notice in writing to this effect and paying all monies due to the Institute.
5.4 A member who has been removed or resigned from the Roll of members may apply to the Council for reinstatement and such person may be reinstated conditionally or unconditionally as the Council may in its discretion decide. The Council shall not be bound to assign any reason for its refusal to reinstate him.
6. ENTRANCE FEES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
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6.1 Every application for membership under this Constitution shall be made on the prescribed forms of the Institute accompanied by the entrance fee and subscriptions.
6.2 The Council shall have the absolute discretion to approve or reject any application without assigning any reason therefor.
6.3 The entrance fee for all grade of membership and for transfer from one grade to another shall be RM50.00.
6.4 The annual subscriptions which are payable in advance shall be:
6.4.1 Fellows and Ordinary Members RM100.00
6.4.2 Associate Members RM60.00
6.4.3 Student Members RM20.00
6.4.4 Corporate Members RM1000.00
6.5 For Life Members, a one time payment of RM1000.00.
6.6 A person shall qualify for membership and have his name entered in the Roll of Members only after his application has been approved by the Council and his subscription fully paid.
6.7 Annual subscriptions of members shall become due and payable on the 1st of January of each year.
6.8 A person whose subscription falls behind for more than 6 months shall be reminded by a letter from the Institute and his membership may be forfeited by a decision of the Council.
6.9 No member who is in arrears of subscription shall be eligible to propose or second an application for Membership, nominate or second a candidate for election, stand for election, nor vote at any General Meetings of the Institute.
7. ADMINISTRATION
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7.1 The Council shall be elected at the General Meetings and that the President shall have the power to appoint two more other Ordinary Council Members. The Council shall consist of the following:-
7.1.1 The President
7.1.2 The Vice President
7.1.3 The Honorary Secretary
7.1.4 The Honorary Treasurer
7.1.5 Five Ordinary Council Members
7.1.6 Two appointed Ordinary Council Members.
7.2 The Council shall be the Supreme Body of the Institute and committees shall be formed to cater for the administration of the Institute. Such committees shall have as their Chairman, a member from the Council.
7.3 The Council shall meet at least once in two months.
7.4 Council Meeting shall shall be conevened by Honorary Secretary at the request of the President or of at least 5 members of the Council. Notice of such meetings shall be given and it shall not be less than 7 clear days.
7.5 The quorum shall be not less than one half of the number of members in the Council.
7.6 Any council member who absents himself from 3 successive meetings without explanation shall be deemed to have ceased to have been a member of the Counsil.
7.7 All office bearers and those performing executive functions of the Institute shall be Malaysian citizens.
8. DUTIES AND POWERS OFFICERS

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8.1 President
8.1.1 The President shall have the right to call all Council meetings and to chair the Council and General Meetings of the Institute.
8.1.2 The post of President shall be for two year and no President shall hold Office for more than 2 consecutive years.
8.1.3 The President shall have the right to appoint 2 extra ordinary Council members if necessary.
8.2 Vice President
8.2.1 In the absence of the President, all his duties, powers and responsibilities shall devolve upon the Vice President
8.2.2 The post of Vice President shall be for 2 years and he shall not hold office for more than 2 consecutive terms.
8.3 Honorary Secretary
8.3.1 Subject to the directions of the Council, it shall be the duty of the Honorary Secretary to conduct the correspondence of the Institute to attend all meetings of the Institute and Council and of Committees, to take minutes and communications that may be needed to be read, to superintend the publication of such papers and publications as the Council may direct, to direct collection of subscriptions and other amounts due to the Institute and the preparation of the accounts on the expenditure of the funds and to present all accounts on to the Council for inspection and approval. He shall engage, subject to the approval of the Council and be responsible for, all persons employed under him and shall generally conduct the ordinary business of the Institute under the direction of the council. He shall maintain the Register of Membership. He shall also send to the Registrar of Societies, the annual returns within 28 days after the Annual General Meeting is held.
8.3.2 The post of Honorary Secretary shall be for 2 years.
8.4 Honorary Treasurer
8.4.1 The Honorary Treasurer shall be responsible for the finances of the Institute and for their correctness.
8.4.2 The post of Honorary Treasurer shall be for one year and no Treasurer can held off for 2 consecutive terms.
8.5 Ordinary Council Members
8.5.1 All Ordinary Council Members shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as may be assigned to them by the Council.
8.5.2 The post of Ordinary Council Members shall be for 3 years and they shall not hold office for more than 2 consecutive terms. Ordinary Council Members appointed by the President shall hold Office until the next Annual General Meeting or when the President retires, whichever is earlier.
8.5.3 The Ordinary Council members shall attend all meetings of the Institute and assist the above offices in their duties.
8.6 Honorary Auditors
8.6.1 Two Honorary Auditors who shall be members of the Institute but not Council Members, shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting to audit the accounts of the Institute at the end of each financial year or at such time the President or the Council may decide. They shall make a report to the Council after each auditing.
8.6.2 In the event of a vacancy occurring in the post of Honorary Auditor during the year, the Council shall have the power to appoint a member of the Institute to fill the vacancy until the next election. Such member so appointed shall be a Fellow or Ordinary member of the Institute and shall not be a Council Member.
9. VACANCIES IN THE COUNCIL
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9.1 The Council may co-opt a member as may be needed to fill any vacancy in the Council to serve until the next General Meeting.
9.2 The Chairman appointed by the Council in any AD hoc or sub-committee may have the power to co-opt any member.
10. FINANCE
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10.1 The financial year of the Institute shall be the 1st of January to 31st December of each year.
10.2 The funds of the Institute shall be paid into a bank or banks as decided by the Council. The bank accounts shall be in the name of the Institute.
10.3 All cheques made out by the Institute must have 2 signatories. One of which shall be the Treasurer and the other shall either be the President, Vice President or the Honorary Secretary.
10.4 The Honorary Treasurer shall hold a petty cash advance not exceeding RM200.00.
10.5 No expenditure exceeding RM300.00 in any one time shall be incurred without the prior approval of the Council.
11. GENERALS MEETINGS
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11.1 The Annual General Meeting of the Institute shall be convened by the Honorary Secretary and shall be held not later than the month of June each year.
11.2 Notice of the Annual General Meeting and audited statements of accounts shall be issued to members not less than 14 days before the date of the meeting.
11.3 All members shall be entitled to attend and speak at the General Meetings of the Institute.
11.4 Only fully paid up Fellows, Life, Ordinary and Associate members shall each have the right to vote.
11.5 All votings in the case of election of Office bearers shall be by secret ballot and in the case of other matters shall be by show of hands. In the event of an equality of votes, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
11.6 Adoption of any motion at the General Meeting shall be by a simple majority vote.
11.7 No business hall be transacted by any General Meeting unless a quorum of members or members' representatives is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. The quorum for a General Meeting shall be twice the total number of council members.
11.8 If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting, a quorum is not present the meeting if convened upon the requisition of members shall be dissolved; in any case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place and if at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Members present shall have power to proceed with the business of the day but they shall not have the power to alter the rules of the Institute or to make decisions affecting the whole membership.
11.9 At any adjourned meeting the Members or Members' representative present personally whatever their number shall have power to decide upon all matters which could properly have been disposed of at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
11.10 The President or in this absence the Vice-President shall preside as Chairman at every General Meeting or if within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for such meeting none of these shall be present or shall retire from the Chair, the Members of the General Council present shall choose someone of their number present as Chairman of the meeting and if no such Member of the General Council is present or if all such Member of the General Council decline to take the Chair or shall retire from the Chair, the members shall choose some of their number to be Chairman of the meeting.
11.11 The Chairman of the meeting may with the consent of the meeting adjourn any General Meeting from time to time and from place to place but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
11.12 A Power of Attorney or a true copy thereof or the instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his Attorney duly authorised in writing.
11.13 A proxy Power of Attorney or Representative need not be a Member, a qualified legal practitioner or a Company Auditor and shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of his appointor as the appointor could have exercised if he were personally present.
11.14 The instrument appointing a proxy together with the Power of Attorney (if any) under which it is signed or other power of Attorney or a certified true copy of such Powers of Attorney shall be deposited at the registered office of the Institute at least forty-eight hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote in default of which the person so named shall not be entitled to vote in respect thereof.
11.15 Any instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing in the common form or any form approved by the Council.
11.16 Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Institute shall be held when:-
11.16.1 the Council thinks and decides that is important to do so.
11.16.2 on written application by at least one-fifths of the voting members of the Institute. These members shall state the objectives and reasons for an Extra-ordinary General Meeting.
11.17 An Extra-ordinary General Meeting called for by the members as in Art. 11.16.2 shall be held at a date and time no later than one calendar month from the date of receipt of the application.
11.18 The Notice and Agenda for an Extra-ordinary General Meeting shall be issued to all Members of the Institute by the Honorary Secretary not less than 14 days before the date of the meeting.
11.19 The quorum for an Extra-ordinary General Meeting shall be at least one-half of the voting members of the Institute. In the event of a lack of quorum half an hour after the appointed time of the meeting, the Extra-ordinary General Meeting shall be cancelled and shall not be called again within the next six months to discuss the objectives of the cancelled Extra-ordinary General Meeting.
12. AMENDMENTS
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12.1 The Constitution shall not be amended or changed in any way except in a General Meeting and with a two-third majority vote by members who are eligible to vote.
12.2 Proposed amendments or changes to the Constitution shall be made in writing to the Honorary Secretary at least one calendar month prior to a General Meeting.
12.3 Any amendments or changes to the Constitution approved in a General Meeting shall be made in writing to the Registrar of Societies within 28 days of the Annual General Meeting. Such amendments or changes shall take effect from the date of a written approval from the Registrar of Societies.
13. DISSOLUTION
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13.1 The Institute may be dissolved in an Annual General Meeting with a majority vote of at least two-thirds of the members who are eligible to vote.
13.2 In the event of dissolution, all financial transactions of the Institute shall be settled before dissolution. All monies and assets of the Institute shall be so divided, distributed or donated according to the wishes of the members with a majority vote in an Annual General Meeting.
13.3 Notice of dissolution shall be given in writing to the Registrar of Societies within 28 days from the date of dissolution.
14. LOGO
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14.1 Character of Logo

The logo would be a manilla rope moulded with the words IKMAL to place at the centre of the ships helm. The rope is golden in colour and the helm is blue with a black outline. The words INSTITUT KELAUTAN MALAYSIA in gold is written on the bottom half of the helm.
14.2 Meaning of Character

The helm signifies that the Institute is being steered in the right direction as per her objectives whilst the moulded rope signifies the unification and determination of the members towards the stated objectives. The colours signifies harmony.