law: Societies Registration Act, 1860
  15. Member defined
  For the purposes of this Act a member of a
  
  society shall be a person who, having been admitted therein according to the
  
  rules and regulations thereof, shall have paid a subscription, or shall have
  
  signed the roll or list of members thereof, and shall not have resigned in accordance
  
  with such rules and regulations;
  Disqualified members : But in all proceedings
  
  under this Act no person shall be entitled to vote or be counted as a member
  
  whose subscription at the time shall have been in arrears for a period
  
  exceeding three months.