Solicitors Act, 1954

Committees of the Council.

73.—(1) The Council may appoint a committee for any purpose which the Council consider would be better effected by means of a committee and may delegate to the committee, with or without restrictions, the exercise of any functions of the Council.

(2) The number of members of a committee under this section and their term of office shall be fixed by the Council.

(3) A committee under this section may include persons who are not members of the Council, but—

(a) at least two-thirds of the members of the committee shall be members of the Council, and

(b) where functions of the Society which are performable by the Council are delegated to the committee, the committee shall consist wholly of members of the Council.

(4) Where functions of the Society which are performable by the Council are delegated to a committee under this section, the quorum of the committee shall be three.

(5) The Council shall ensure that no member of the Disciplinary any Committee shall act as a member of any committee under this section concerned with complaints against solicitors.