Article 9: Discipline and Disciplinary Actions
The Executive Committee with the help of advisory committee shall take disciplinary action against any member whom by belief or practice departs from the aims, objectives and doctrinal basis of the union.
Procedure:
A written and/or verbal complaint shall be submitted to and received by the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee shall inform and bring the matter to the advisory committee who shall probe the said members and the witnesses and report back to the executive committee.
The Executive Committee shall study the report from advisory committee and make a ruling.
In case confirmation of allegation, the Executive Committee shall serve the member with a written warning.
In case the member persists in his or her apostasy, the Executive Committee shall deregister the member from the union's database thereby denying him/her the privileges of being a member. If the member was a leader, they shall be stripped off their leadership position.
If the member continues in his/her waywardness, the executive committee shall publicly denounce them before the church and thus excommunicate him/her.
The deregistered member will have the liberty to apply for registration through a written request to the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee shall then make the final decision on whether to re-register the member.
Note: The Executive Committee with the help of advisory committee shall take disciplinary action against any member whom by belief or practice departs from the aims, objectives and doctrinal basis of the union.