Section 13: Membership

(1)
Upon the commencement of this Act, any person who was not a member of the Association may, within a period of three months from the commencement of this Act, apply and obtain membership in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made by the Council and, if approved, he shall be enrolled or registered, as the case may be, according to his qualifications.
(2) A person shall be deemed a member of the Institute if he –
(a) is a practicing confidential secretary or a lecturer in the field of confidential secretarial practice or office information technology management employed in the private sector of the economy, or self- employed, and upon application for membership as regulated by the relevant provisions of this Act;
(b) holds himself out to the public as a professional secretarial practitioner;
(c) is a retired professional secretarial staff; or
(d) renders any other service which may, by regulations made by the Council, be designated as service constituting practice in secretarial training sector.
(3)
Admittance of persons covered under subsection (2) (b), (c) and (d) shall be upon application for membership duly made to Institute as provided by the relevant sections of this Act.