What is the impact of the membership enrolment process for a Sikh society?

As the court held in Samra v. Guru Nanak Gurdwara Society et al., 2007 BCSC 882, at para. 2: The requirements for membership in a society and the process by which determinations are made as to whether an applicant has met those requirements are matters of great importance to a society. Further, as it is only members who may vote at general meetings and at the election of a society’s executive, the integrity of the membership enrolment process is closely connected to the integrity of the election itself. If membership enrolment is not conducted fairly, then it is unlikely that the election will be fair.