Company Secretaries Act, 1980
17. Committees of the Council
(1) The Council shall constitute from amongst
its members the following Standing Committees, namely :-
(a) an Executive
Committee;
(b) a Disciplinary
Committee; and
(c) an Examination
Committee.
(2) The Council may also constitute a Training
and Educational Facilities Committee, Professional Research and Publications
Committee and such other Committees from amongst its members as it deems
necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(3) The Executive Committee shall consist of
the President, and the Vice-President, ex officio, and three other members of
the Council elected by the Council.
(4) The Disciplinary Committee shall consist
of the President, ex officio, one member to be nominated by the Central
Government from amongst the members nominated to the Council by that Government
and one member to be elected by the Council.
(5) The Examination Committee shall consist of the President or the
Vice-President, ex officio, as the Council may decide, and two other members of
the Council elected by the Council.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this
section, any Committee formed under sub-section (2), may, with the sanction of
the Council co-opt such other members of the Institute not exceeding two-thirds
of the total membership of the Committee as the Committee thinks fit, and any
member so co-opted shall be entitled to exercise all the rights of a member of
the Committee.
(7) Every Committee constituted under this
section shall elect its own Chairman :
Provided that -
( i )
where the President is a member of such Committee, he shall be the Chairman of
such Committee, and in his absence, the Vice-President, if he is a member of
such Committee, shall be its Chairman; and
(ii) where the
President is not a member of such Committee but the Vice-President is a member,
he shall be its Chairman.
(8) The Standing Committees and other
Committees formed under this section shall exercise such functions and be
subject to such conditions in the exercise thereof as may be prescribed.