12. Powers to make rules

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(1)

The Council may, at any general meeting and by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the corporate members present and voting, make rules in respect of any matter required by this Act to be prescribed or in respect of which rules are authorized or required by this Act to be made.

Such rules when made, may, at a like meeting and in like manner, be altered, added to, amended or rescinded.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the Council may make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and any other written law, in respect of all or any of the following matters:—

(a)

the admission, registration and expulsion of members; the qualifications and disqualifications for membership, the form and issue of certificates of membership, the maintenance of a register of members; the waiver or reduction and the effect of non-payment of membership fees and the rights, privileges and duties of members;

(b)

the terms of office of the Council, eligibility for and the mode of election or appointment thereto, the resignation or vacation of office and the filling of casual vacancies, the delegation of the powers and functions of the Council and the appointment of committees, the annual report of the Council, and the adoption and use of the common seal;

(c)

the rights, powers, functions and duties of the officers of the Council;

(d)

the summoning or holding of meetings of the

Council, the annual general meeting, other general meetings and special general meetings of the members of the Institute, the times, places, notice and agenda of such meetings, the quorum thereof and the conduct of business thereat;

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(e)

the management of the property of the Institute and the custody of its funds;

(f)

the formulation of a Code of Professional Conduct;

(g)

the procedure for disciplinary inquiries, including the appointment of Disciplinary Committees and the provisions of legal assistance thereto, the form of complaints, the framing of charges, the furnishing of explanations in reply, the issue of notices, the summoning of any person to give evidence applicable thereto, the maintenance of the record of the proceedings thereat and the form and content of the reports of Disciplinary Committees.

(h)

the appointment of the staff of the Institute such as other officers and employees as may be necessary for the purposes of the Institute;

(i)

the dismissal of and exercise of disciplinary control over, such officers and employees;

(j)

the fixing of wages or salaries or other remuneration of such officers and employees;

(k)

the determination of the terms and conditions of service of such officers and employees; and

(l)

the establishment and regulation of schemes for the benefit of such officers and employees and the making of contributions to any such fund or scheme.

(3)

Every rule made under this Act, shall be published in the Gazette.

(4)

The members of the Institute shall be subject to the rules for the time being of the Institute.

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(5)

In the interpretation of any of the rules made in accordance with subsection (2) and in any matter not provided for therein, the decision of the Council shall be final.

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