5. section 7 of the principal enactment is hereby amended
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Amendment of as follows :—~
section 7 of the principal enactment.
by the repeal of that subsection (2) thereof, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—
The Council shall consist of a President, a
Vice-President and fourteen other members appointed or elected as hereinafter provided.”
In subsection (4) of that section—
by the repeal of paragraphs (a) and (6) of that subsection and the substitution therefor, of the following paragraphs :—
“(@) eight members appointed by the Minister of whom one shall be the Auditor-General if he is a member of the Institute and another shall be the immediate past
President of the Council;
six members elected by the members of the Institute, from among its members;
a member appointed by the Minister, in a case where the Auditor-General is not a member of the Institute or the immediate past President declines to accept appointment to the Council”; and
by the substitution, for the words “paragraph (a) of this subsection”, in paragraph (ii) thereof, of the words “paragraph («) or (c) of this subsection.”