The Association shall have the following officers:

a) The Chair, who shall be the Dean of the Consular Corps or in case of his renunciation the Consul General next in seniority to the Dean.
b) The Deputy Chair, who shall be the Consul General next in seniority to the Dean of the Consular Corps or in case of the Dean's renunciation to be Chair, the Consul General following in seniority the Consul General next to the Dean in seniority.
c) The Secretary, who shall be any member of the Association and who shall be elected by the members of the Association for a period of two years.
d) The Treasurer, who shall be any member of the Association and who shall be elected by the members of the Association for a period of two years.

(a) All current matters and affairs, including the banking arrangements for the Association, shall be conducted by a board of directors, composed of the four officers mentioned in the preceding article, as well as four additional directors elected by the members of the Association for a two-year term, 50% of whom shall be career officers and 50% of whom shall be honorary officers.

(b) In the event of a vacancy occuring on the Board during the year, and before the end of term, the Board of Directors may appoint a replacement for the unexpired term, such being of the same catagory, for the position vacated.  The appointee is to be introduced to the mambership at the next meeting of the Association.

In selecting such a replacement, the criteria should include the geographical representation of the appointee with a view to maintaining, where feasable, a balanced geographical representation on the Board.

The Chair, shall preside over meetings of the Association.

In the absence of the Chair or his inability to act, the Deputy Chair shall take over all his functions and in the absence or inability to act of both the Chair and Deputy Chair, the remaining director who is a career consul general shall take over such functions.

It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to administer the funds of the Association.

The Treasurer shall submit to the annual meeting a financial statement of the Association, which shall have been audited by the auditors appointed from within the Association, and shall report thereon to the annual meeting.

Except as referred to in Article X, any meeting of the Association may be called by the Chair or Deputy Chair, or by the Secretary upon the direction of the Chair or Deputy Chair, and at least five days' notice shall be given of any such meeting.

Votes shall be given by show of hands. On all matters other than those referred to in Article X,the affirmative decision of the majority of those members present shall constitute approval.

At least ten days' notice shall be given of any meeting of the Association if one of the purposes for which such meeting is called is to amend the Constitution or to enact or amend any by-law of the Association and any such notice shall contain particulars of the proposed action. Any such meeting may be called by the Chair or by the Deputy Chair and shall be called at the request in writing of not fewer than five Chefs de Poste.

Any change in, addition to, or amendment of the Constitution and any enactment or amendment of a by-law shall require the approval of at least two-thirds of the countries represented at the meeting, each country having one vote. A quorum at such a meeting shall be at least thirty five per cent of the countries represented in the Association.

Any country which is not represented at any such meeting may appoint in writing a member of the Association to act on its behalf and vote as proxy at such meeting. The Chair shall be advised in writing of any such appointment.

Members of the Association retiring from the service of their Government, may be elected honorary members of the Association and remain so as long as they reside within the greater area of Toronto.

Honorary members shall have no vote unless serving as an Officer or Director of the CCAT, and shall not pay annual fees .

All persons residing within the greater area of Toronto, who were honorary members at the date of establishment of this Constitution shall be honorary members of the Association.