XXI. Any member may be expelled from the Society, or, having
resigned his membership, may be deprived of his privileges, by a vote
of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting, upon
charges of the following description; provided the charge or charges
against him have first been considered by the Executive Committee,
and provided he has been notified of the same by the Secretary, and
an opportunity has thereby been given him to make his defence before
the Society:--

1. For any gross and notorious immorality or infamous crime under
the laws of the land.

2. For any attempt to subvert the objects or injure the reputation
of the Society.

3. For advertising, publicly vending, or pretending to the
knowledge and use of any secret nostrum.

4. For furnishing to any person, or presenting in his own behalf,
a false certificate of character and studies as a student of
medicine, tending to deceive the public, or the Censors of the Society.

5. For habitually furnishing advice or holding professional
consultations with persons who practice medicine without the
necessary acquirements to entitle them to the respect, confidence or
courtesy of the members of the Society.