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GENERAL OPERATING BY-LAW NO.1

A By-law relating generally to the transaction of the affairs of

PLANT CANADA - FEDERATION OF CANADIAN
PLANT SCIENCE SOCIETIES

(a Federal Corporation)

hereinafter referred to as "Plant Canada".

WHEREAS The Federation of Canadian Plant Science Societies (herein called "Plant
Canada") was incorporated in 2015 under the provisions of the Canada Not-For-Profit
Corporations Act, (S.C. 2009, c. 23), as a Corporation without share capital under the
name of "PLANT CANADA - FEDERATION OF CANADIAN PLANT SCIENCE
SOCIETIES", for the purpose of carrying on in more than one Province of Canada,
without monetary gain to its members, the objectives as set out in Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation.

NOW THEREFORE be it enacted that the General Operating By-law No. 1 for Plant
Canada, be as follows:

PART I DEFINITIONS, FUNDAMENTAL TERMS AND INTERPRETATION

1. DEFINITIONS

1.01 In this General Operating By-law and in all other By-laws and Resolutions of
Plant Canada, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions
shall apply, with the defined words and phrases being capitalized in this
General Operating By-law for ease of reference:

(a) "Act" means the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act, S.C. 2009,
c23, as amended from time to time, and any statute enacted in
substitution thereof, and in the case of such substitution, any references
in the By-law of Plant Canada to the provisions of the Act shall be read
as references to the substituted provisions thereof in the new statute or
statutes;

(b) "Agent" means any Person who performs services on behalf of Plant
Canada and receives remuneration for such services;

(c) "Articles of Incorporation" or "Articles" means the Articles of
Incorporation incorporating Plant Canada, as amended and