Appointment of Disciplinary Committee
31C.—(1)  The Board may, from time to time, appoint one or more Disciplinary Committees to formally inquire into —
(a)any complaint or information in respect of which the Board or the Minister has, under section 31B, ordered that a formal inquiry be held by a Disciplinary Committee; or
(b)any matter referred to the Board under section 29(6)(b).
(2)  A Disciplinary Committee shall comprise not less than 3 registered architects of at least 10 years’ standing, of whom at least 2 shall be members of the Board.
(3)  A Disciplinary Committee may be appointed in connection with one or more matters or for a fixed period of time, as the Board thinks fit.
(4)  The chairman or a member of an Investigation Committee which inquired into any complaint or information shall not be a member of a Disciplinary Committee inquiring into the same matter.
(5)  The Board shall appoint a member of a Disciplinary Committee to be the chairman of the Disciplinary Committee.
(6)  The Board may, at any time, revoke the appointment of any Disciplinary Committee or any member thereof, or fill any vacancy in a Disciplinary Committee.
(7)  No act done by or under the authority of a Disciplinary Committee shall be invalid in consequence of any defect that is subsequently discovered in the appointment or qualification of the members or any of them.
(8)  A member of a Disciplinary Committee shall, notwithstanding that he has ceased to be a member of the Board on the expiry of his term of office, continue to be a member of the Disciplinary Committee until such time the Disciplinary Committee has completed its work.
[28/2005 wef 01/12/2005]