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38
NO. 4 OF 2004


High Court on appeal from any order of the Oversight Committee, shall accept the conviction as final and conclusive unless—

(a) it is subject to review or appeal that has not yet been determined;
(b) it has been quashed or set aside; or
(c) a pardon has been given in respect of it.

Constitution of Complaints Committee

44.—(1) A Complaints Committee shall consist of the following members, all of whom shall be appointed from the Complaints and Disciplinary Panel:

(a) 3 public accountants; and
(b) one lay person.

(2) The Registrar shall designate one member of the Complaints Committee who is a public accountant to be its chairman.

(3) A Complaints Committee may be appointed in connection with one or more matters or for a fixed period of time, as the Registrar thinks fit.

(4) The Registrar may at any time remove the chairman or any member of a Complaints Committee or fill any vacancy in a Complaints Committee.

(5) No act done by or under the authority of a Complaints Committee shall be invalid in consequence of any defect that is subsequently discovered in the appointment or qualification of the chairman or members or any of them.

(6) A member of a Complaints Committee shall, notwithstanding that he has ceased to be a member of the Complaints and Disciplinary Panel on the expiry of his term of office, continue to be a member of the Complaints Committee until such time as the Complaints Committee has completed its work.

Proceedings of Complaints Committee

45.—(1) A Complaints Committee may meet from time to time for the purposes of its inquiry and may regulate its own procedure.

(2) The chairman of a Complaints Committee may at any time summon a meeting of the Complaints Committee.