Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959
17. Committees of the Council
(1) The Council shall constitute from amongst
its members the following Standing Committees, namely,-
(i) an Executive
Committee;
(ii) a Disciplinary
Committee; and
(iii) an Examination
Committee;
(2) The Council may also form a Training and
Educational Facilities 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) The President shall be the Chairman of
every committee of which he is a member, and in his absence, the
Vice-President, if he is a member of the committee, shall be the 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.