A Fellow of the society shall be a member of the Society who has rendered distinguished service to the science of plant pathology. A Fellow may be elected by the Management Committee after having been nominated by a proposer and seconder, each of whom shall be a financial member of the Society, and who shall provide details of the nominee's service to plant pathology to the Management Committee. The Management Committee may appoint such sub-committee as it deems fit to assess any such nomination as Fellow. Fellows pay the same annual membership fee and have all the privileges of the membership class to which they previously belonged.