9. Sub-committees

Subject to the provisions of subsection (6) there shall be constituted for every school, the sub-committees specified to the Schedule to this Act. The function of each sub-committee so constituted shall be to make recommenda-tions to the Board established for that school in respect of the matters assigned to that sub-committee by that Schedule,

Each sub-committee constituted for a school shall consist of at least three members and shall include as far as practicable a teacher of that school, a parent of a pupil of that school and a past pupil of that school.

Save as provided in subsection (7), a member of a

The members of each sub-committee shall be elected at the meetings held respectively, under sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and Gii) of narseranh (bh) of section 3 for the election of members for the Board established for that school.

The Board established for any school may increase the membership of any sub-committee constituted for that school if it is of the view that the activities of such sub-com-mittee are such that it requires additional members, In in-creasing such membership, the Board shall endeavour to ensure that the teachers of that school, the parents of the pupils of that school and the past pupils of that school are equally represented as far as practicable on such sub-com-mittee.

Where there is an insufficient number of persons available to constitute any sub-committee for a school or where the activities of a school are such that they do not require the constitution of all the sub-committees specified in the Schedule to this Act, the Board established for that school may constitute such Number of sub-committees as are commensurate with the activities of the school, and shall re-assign the functions of the sub-committees specified in the Schedule to this Act, among the sub-committees so constituted.

A member of the Board established for a school, nominated by such Board, shall preside at every meeting of a sub-committee constituted for that school.

A sub-committee constituted for a school shall meet at least once a month.

The quorum for any meeting of a sub-committee constituted for a school shall be three inclusive of the

All recommendations and decisions of any sub-com-mittee constituted for a school shall be submitted to the

Every Board established for a school shall main-tain a Fund to be called the School Development Fund.

There shall be paid into the School Development

All such monies and contributions paid to the School

A Board established for a school may, subject to the guidelines, if any, laid down by the Appropriate Educa-tional Authority, utilize the monies in the School Develop-ment Fund maintained by it for the development of that school,

Every contribution made to the School Development

There shall be a Treasurer for every Board esta-the Board.

The Treasurer shall cause proper books of accounts to be kept of the receipts and expenditure of the School De-velopment Fund maintained by the Board under section 10, and of all other transactions of such Fund ; and all such books of accounts shal! be open for inspection by the officers of the

All cheques for the withdrawal of monies to defray any expenditure approved by a Board established for a school shall be signed by the Treasurer and the Chairman or the Secretary of such Board.

All accounts of the School Development Fund main-tained by the Board under section 10 shall be audited annu-ally by an Auditor appointed by such Board. The accounts of such Fund shall be submitted to such Auditor by the

Nothing in this section shall be read or construed as derogating trom the powers conferred on the Auditor-Gene-ral by any written law.