Quantity Surveying Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 49 of 2000)7. Election of president and vice-president of council |
(1)
| (a) | The members of the council must, at the first meeting of every newly constituted council elect a president and vice-president who must be registered persons and at least one must actively practise in the quantity surveying profession. |
| (b) | The president and vice-president hold office for a period of four years from the date of their appointment. |
| (2) | The vice-president must, if the president is for any reason unable to act as president, perform all the functions and may exercise all the powers of the president. |
(3)
| (a) | If both the president and the vice-president are for any reason unable to preside at a council meeting, the members present must elect a person to preside at that meeting. |
| (b) | The person elected may, during that meeting and until the president or vice-president resumes his or her functions, perform all the functions and exercise all the powers of the president. |