Professional and Technical Surveyors' Act, 1984 (Act No. 40 of 1984)10. Committees of council |
(1)
| (a) | The council may establish committees to assist it in the performance of its functions and may appoint such of its members or such of its members and such other persons as it deem fit to be members of any such committee. |
| (b) | One of the members of any such committee shall be designated by the council as chairman of the committee. |
| (2) | The council may assign to a committee so established such of its powers as it my deem fit, including the power to inquire into any case of alleged improper conduct, to impose punishment in respect thereof and to make an order regarding the costs of the inquiry in accordance with the revisions of section 29, but shall not be divested of any power which it may have so assigned to such a committee, and may review, amend or withdraw any decision of any such committee. |
| (3) | A committee to which the council has assigned the power to inquire into any case of alleged improper conduct and to impose a punishment in respect thereof in accordance with the provisions of section 29 may, notwithstanding the expiration of the tenure of office of the members of that council, continue to exercise such powers until such inquiry is concluded. |
| (4) | Any reference in this Act to the council or the president of the council in relation to the exercise of any power which the council has assigned to any such committee, shall be construed as including a reference to that committee or to the chairman of that committee, as the case may be. |
| (5) | The provisions of section 5(3) shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of a committee of the council. |