s 49 Constitution of Disciplinary Committee
49.—(1) A Disciplinary Committee consists of —(a) 4 public accountants; and (b) one lay person. (2) A Disciplinary Committee may be appointed in connection with one or more matters or for a fixed period of time, as the Oversight Committee thinks fit. (3) The chairperson or a member of a Complaints Committee which inquired into any complaint or information must not be a member of a Disciplinary Committee conducting the formal inquiry into the same complaint or information. (4) The Oversight Committee must appoint a member of a Disciplinary Committee who is a public accountant to be the chairperson of the Disciplinary Committee. (5) The Oversight Committee may at any time revoke the appointment of any Disciplinary Committee or remove any member of a Disciplinary Committee or fill any vacancy in a Disciplinary Committee. (6) No act done by or under the authority of a Disciplinary Committee is invalid in consequence of any defect that is subsequently discovered in the appointment or qualification of the members or any of them. (7) A member of a Disciplinary Committee, even though he or she has ceased to be a member of the Complaints and Disciplinary Panel on the expiry of his or her term of office, continues to be a member of the Disciplinary Committee until such time as the Disciplinary Committee has completed its work.