(a) Ordinary membership shall be open to any person with a recognized prosthodontics degree, or its equivalent, who is registered or entitled to be registered in Division One of the Register of the Singapore Dental Board provided he resides in Singapore.

(b) Associate membership shall be open to:

(i) Members of accredited foreign national prosthodontics associations whose association extends reciprocal membership and privileges to members of this Society.

(ii) Persons who are not prosthodontists but who have an interest in and/or have contributed significantly, clinically or scientifically, to the field of prosthodontics. They may be eligible for ordinary membership after they have presented a lecture to the Society or having satisfied requirements set by the Committee as they may from time to time determine.

(c) Life membership may be granted to:

(i) Ordinary members of the Society who have been members of the Society for at least twenty continuous years and having attained the age of fifty-five years.

(ii) A member of the Society of good standing who has rendered distinguished service to the profession and has retired from active participation in the profession for reasons of ill health or otherwise.

(d) Honorary membership may be conferred on persons of the prosthodontics profession or related sciences of scientific eminence and/or persons who have rendered distinguished service to the Society.

(e) Student membership shall be open to full-time postgraduate students in prosthodontics working at an approved dental institution in Singapore and undergraduate students of the University.

(a) Membership is open to all persons fulfilling the requirements of the membership categories.

(b) Every candidate for admission as an ordinary, associate or student member shall apply to join the Society on a form prescribed by the Society. The candidate shall be proposed and seconded by two ordinary members of the Society.

(c) Election of ordinary, associate, student and life membership granted under section I(c)(i) above shall be considered at any ordinary committee meeting.

(d) Honorary and life members granted under section I(c)(ii) above shall be elected on the recommendation of the Committee at an annual general meeting.

(e) When a candidate has been duly elected, the Honorary Secretary shall, within one week, notify him of his election and forward him a copy of this Constitution together with a request to remit the amount of his entrance fee, if applicable, and subscription to the Honorary Treasurer within fourteen days of such request. Upon payment of his first subscription, but not before, he shall become a member of the Society, and be bound by this Constitution, and be entitled to the rights and privileges of membership.

The Committee may refuse to elect a candidate to membership of the Society and they shall not be bound to give any reason for refusal.

(a) Ordinary and Life members shall have the right to stand for election, to nominate or second a candidate for election, and to vote, subject to Article VI Section 2(a).

(b) Associate, Student and Honorary members shall have all the privileges of Ordinary Membership except the right to vote or hold office in the Society.

(c) The Committee shall have the power to suspend or expel any member whose conduct is found to be derogatory to the prestige of the Society or detrimental to the honour and interest of the profession.