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Constitution

Article VII—Meetings

Section 1

The stated meetings of the Pharmacopeial Convention shall be held in the United States at five-year intervals. The Board of Trustees is authorized to determine the day within the year and the place of the meeting.

Section 2

The President shall call a special meeting upon the written request of not fewer than sixty-five members of the Pharmacopeial Convention.