Medical Practitioners Act, 1978

Committees of the Council.

13.—(1) The Council may, subject to the subsequent provisions of this section, from time to time establish committees to perform such, if any, functions of the Council as, in the opinion of the Council, may be better or more conveniently performed by a committee, and are assigned to a committee by the Council.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, the Council shall—

(a) establish a committee to act in relation to its functions pursuant to Part IV of this Act, and

(b) establish a committee to act in relation to its functions pursuant to Part V of this Act.

(3) A committee established under this section, other than the committee referred to in subsection (2) (b) of this section may, if the Council thinks fit, include in its membership persons who are not members of the Council.

(4) The chairman of every committee established under this section shall be a member of the Council provided that in the case of the committee referred to in subsection (2) (b) of this section the chairman shall be a member of the Council other than the President or the Vice-President of the Council.

(5) The committee established under subsection (2) (a) of this section shall include in its membership each person appointed to the Council pursuant to section 9 (1) (a) of this Act.

(6) Every member of the committee referred to in subsection (2) (b) of this section shall be a member of the Council and—

(a) a majority of the members of such committee shall be persons who have been appointed by election to the Council, and

(b) at least one member of such committee shall be a person other than a registered medical practitioner who has been appointed to the Council by the Minister pursuant to section 9 (1) (g) of this Act.

(7) The acts of a committee established under this section shall be subject to confirmation by the Council unless the Council, at any time, dispenses with the necessity for such confirmation.

(8) The Council may, subject to the provisions of this Act, regulate the procedure of committees established under this section, but, subject to any such regulation, committees established under this section may regulate their own procedure.