a. The Society shall admit to full membership matriculated members of the University and members of other affiliated institutions mentioned in the Proctors' Regulations, and Registered Visiting Students who are members of Colleges but not matriculated.

b. The Society may also admit to full membership other persons not being matriculated nor being members of other affiliated institutions provided that they shall not form more than one-fifth of the total membership.

c. There shall be three types of membership: Annual, University and Life membership. Any person qualifying for membership of the Society shall be eligible for Annual membership or for Life membership. Only persons reading for a Degree of the University of Oxford shall be eligible for University membership; this may be converted into Life membership without further payment at any time after graduation if the member so requests.

d. The rates of Annual, University and Life subscriptions shall be determined by Standing Order. The Executive Committee may refuse membership to any applicant.

a. The government of the Society shall be committed to the Executive Committee, which shall consist of the Senior Member and the following elected officers: President, President-elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Social Secretary, and Publicity Officer.

b. The Executive Committee shall have the right to co-opt other members onto the Committee with full voting rights thereon.

c. The Senior Member of the Society shall, wherever possible, be the Senior Roman Catholic Chaplain to the University. If this shall not be possible, the Senior Chaplain shall be asked to nominate an appropriate member of Congregation as Senior Member.

a. The President:

i. shall be a practising Roman Catholic.
ii. shall chair all meetings of the Society, including General Meetings and Executive Committee meetings.
iii. shall be responsible for all the activities of the Society and for representing the Society externally, including liaison with the University Catholic Society.
iv. shall be responsible for calling meetings of the Executive Committee subject to Rule 7a), the Ordinary General Meeting subject to Rule 7b), and any Extraordinary General Meetings subject to Rule 7d).
v. shall approach a suitable person to be Returning Officer with the approval of the senior Member before the end of Third Week.

b. The President-elect:

i. shall be a practising Roman Catholic.
ii. shall be responsible for the organization of the Society's programme of events for the following term.
iii. shall act as Vice-President, deputizing for the President in his absence, unless he shall direct otherwise.
iv. Shall during Trinity Term be responsible for preparing for Freshers' Fair.

c. The Secretary:

i. shall fulfil the duties required of him in the Proctors' Memorandum.
ii. shall take the minutes of all meetings of the Society and shall be responsible for ensuring that the archives of the Society are kept in the best order possible.
iii. Shall keep the Society's Membership List, on which shall be entered the names of all members, their Colleges or other addresses, and the date to which their subscriptions have been paid, and any other information the President may deem suitable.

d. The Treasurer:

i. shall fulfil the duties required of him in the Proctors' Memorandum.
ii. Shall present to the termly Ordinary General Meeting a statement of the Society's accounts, audited by two independent persons.

e. The Social Secretary:

i. shall be responsible for organizing at least one social event in his term for office with the approval of the President.
ii. shall be responsible for providing any nutritious need after any meeting according to the President's direction.

f. The Publicity Officer shall be responsible for effecting publicity for the Society during his term of office, including the sending of a term card to "Daily Information" and the production and distribution of posters according to the President's direction.

a. The Society's elections shall be held during the Seventh Week of Full Term.

b. The Committee must approve the appointment of the Returning Officer chosen by the President. Before the Sunday of Sixth Week, the Returning Officer must display on the Society Noticeboard a notice of his appointment and a Notice of Election, stating the offices to be contested.

c. The office of President shall not be contested in an election. The President-elect in any term shall be President in the term following.

d. Only members who are resident members of the University in statu pupillari may be nominated for, or hold, office in the Society.

e. Nominations must be signed by the candidate and by two other members of the Society as his proposer and seconder. Nominations must either be submitted in writing directly to the Returning Officer or written upon the Notice of Election on the Society Noticeboard, in both cases before 1 p.m. on Friday of Sixth Week.

f. Members may not be nominated so that they might hold two or more elected offices concurrently, except that the offices of Social Secretary and Publicity Officer may be held concurrently with other offices. In the event of no nominations being received for the offices of Social Secretary or Publicity Officer, it shall fall to the President to dispose of the office(s) in question as he shall think fit throughout his term of office.

g. After the close of nominations, candidates may display manifestos on the Society Noticeboard until the result of the election has been declared. Any manifestos shall consist of a single side of A4 paper, and may include a passport-sized photograph of the candidate.

h. The Returning Officer shall display a Notice of Poll on the Society Noticeboard before Sunday of Seventh Week, declaring the nominations received and giving the time and place of the Poll should one be necessary. If this be the case, the Poll should be open for not less than two hours, and should take place in the University Catholic Chaplaincy under the supervision of the Returning Officer. The Returning Officer shall follow any stipulation of the Senior Member in respect of the Poll.

i. The method of election shall be a secret ballot using a system of single transferable vote. All members paid up before the end of Fourth Week shall be eligible to vote. In the event of a tie, the Senior Member shall have a casting vote.

j. Any allegations of electoral malpractice shall be reported to the Returning Officer within twenty-four hours of the close of Poll, who shall refer them to the Senior Member. The fact of the allegation and the Senior Member's decision shall be published on the Society Noticeboard. The Senior Member shall have the power to suspend or expel a member, to ban a member from participating in any future election, and to order a re-election. Any re-election must take place within seven days of the previous election.

k. If any officer other than the President or President-elect shall resign before the end of Sixth Week, the Executive Committee shall have the power to fill the vacancy until the end of term. If such a resignation shall occur after the end of Sixth Week, the office shall remain vacant until the result of the election has been declared, when the incoming officer shall enter upon his office immediately.

l. If the President shall resign, the President-elect shall become President, and shall retain the office of President-elect. If the President-elect shall resign before the end of Fourth Week, there shall be an election to fill the vacancy. The President shall appoint a Returning Officer, if the Committee has not already done so, who shall display the appropriate notices as in Rule 6b), and nominations shall be accepted until 1pm on the seventh day after the display of these notices. The Returning Officer shall display a Notice of Poll as soon as possible after this time, and if a Poll shall be necessary it shall take place within fourteen days of the display of the Notice of Election. If the President-elect shall resign after the end of Fourth Week, the Executive Committee shall have the power to fill the vacancy.

a. The President shall call at least three meetings of the Executive Committee during Full Term, of which the Secretary must give two days notice to all members of the Committee. Failure to give such notice shall render the meeting invalid unless all the officers shall be in attendance. The quorum for each Executive Committee shall be five.

b. The President shall call an Ordinary General Meeting during each term. The Secretary shall post a notice of this fourteen days in advance.

c. The agenda of the Ordinary General Meeting shall consist of the presentation of the audited accounts for the previous term by the Treasurer and any other such business as shall have been communicated to the President and he shall have directed the Secretary to have published on the Society Noticeboard by the Sunday before the Meeting.

d. If any ten members of the Society or a majority of the Executive Committee shall present a petition to the President for an Extraordinary General Meeting, he shall call such a Meeting within twenty-one days. The Secretary shall be given two days to post a notice of the Meeting, stating its business, at least fourteen days in advance. Only this business may be conducted during the Meeting. Notice shall be given to any person in whom a motion of no confidence shall have been proposed.

e. The quorum for a General Meeting shall be fifteen, at least five of whom shall not be members of the Committee. The necessary majority for the removal of an officer or Executive Committee member shall be two-thirds of those present. If the removal of the President is to be discussed, the Senior Member shall preside.

a. The Executive Committee shall have the power to expel any member who shall, in its opinion, offend against the rules of the Society, or whose conduct it shall judge to bring the Society into disrepute. Such a member shall be given seven days' written notice by the Secretary to appear before a meeting of the Executive Committee informing him of the complaint against him.

b. No member may be expelled without the opportunity of being heard and answering the complaint made against him. Any expulsion must be made by a two-thirds majority of the full Executive Committee. If an expelled person wishes to make a reapplication for membership, the consent of the Executive Committee must be obtained.

a. Visitors shall be entitled to attend all meetings of the Society except Executive Committee and General Meetings. Visitors shall pay an entrance fee to be determined by Standing Order.

b. No person who has been expelled from the Society may attend any meeting without the express permission of the Executive Committee.

a. The Society shall at all times be administered in accordance with such regulations as the Proctors may impose on University Societies.

b. The Executive Committee shall have power to interpret the Constitution subject to the approval of the Senior Member. The Constitution may only be amended by a two-thirds majority of those voting at a General Meeting. All amendments must be stated in full in the meeting's agenda, and must be approved by the Proctors.

c. The Executive Committee may regulate any matter by Standing Order. Valid Standing Orders may not contradict the Constitution, and shall be passed by a two-thirds majority of those voting.