s 31 Establishment of the Disciplinary Committee
(1) (Deleted by Act A958). (1A) (Deleted by Act A958). (1B) (Deleted by Act A958). (2) Subject to subsection (4), the disciplinary authority of the Board in respect of officers and servants of the Board shall be the Disciplinary Committee of the Board which shall consist of five members of the Board to be appointed by the Board, one of whom shall be appointed chairman of the Committee. (2A) The chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Board and two members of the Committee shall form a quorum at all meetings of the Disciplinary Committee. (2B) The Disciplinary Committee shall have powers to determine the conduct of its proceedings. (3) In the exercise of its disciplinary functions, the Disciplinary Committee shall have the power to take such disciplinary action and impose such disciplinary punishment as provided by any disciplinary rules made under section 73. (4) (Deleted by Act A1080). (5) The Disciplinary Committee established under subsection (2) may, subject to subsection (6), delegate any of its disciplinary functions, powers or duties other than the disciplinary punishment of dismissal or reduction in rank to any officer or servant of the Board, or to any committee of officers and servants of the Board, in respect of any particular officer or servant of the Board or in respect of any class or category of officers or servants of the Board, and the officer and servant or committee delegated with such functions, powers or duties shall carry out, exercise or discharge them under the direction and control of the Disciplinary Committee which shall have the power to review, rescind or vary any decision or finding of such officer or servant or such committee. (6) No delegation shall be made under subsection (5) so as to enable an officer or servant of the Board to exercise any disciplinary authority or to be a member of a committee which may exercise any disciplinary authority over an officer or servant who is superior to him in rank. (7) Any officer or servant of the Board who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Disciplinary Committee or of any person or committee delegated with functions, powers or duties under subsection (5) may appeal to the Board within thirty days from the date of the service of the decision to the last known address of the officer or servant and such decision of the Board thereon shall be final. (8) When the Board considers an appeal under subsection (7), the members of the Disciplinary Committee shall not participate in the deliberations of the Board on the appeal and shall have no vote when a decision on the appeal is taken by the Board: Provided that the Board may, if it considers necessary, require any member of the Disciplinary Committee to assist the Board in its deliberations.