s 9 Powers of Council
9.—(1) The Council may —(a) appoint committees and allocate duties to and regulate the exercise of executive power by those committees and members of the Council; (b) appoint such officers and employees as it thinks fit and regulate the conduct and dismissal of those officers and employees; (c) recruit and train other persons to carry out such functions as may be necessary to achieve the objects of the Society, and assign those functions to such persons; (d) organise classes, lectures, courses and symposia on subjects falling within the objects of the Society; (e) disseminate information about the Society by selling or distributing books, pamphlets and papers; and (f) generally do all such other acts as may be necessary to achieve the objects of the Society. (2) The Council may, with the approval of the Director‑General of Health, make rules for or in respect of all or any of the following matters:(a) the proceedings of the Society and the Council, and the management of the affairs of the Society; (b) the different classes of members of the Society and the terms of admission of those members; (c) the appointment, election and removal of an executive committee and other officers; (d) the appointment and election of sub-committees and other bodies for special purposes and the delegation to them and the executive committee of any of the functions and powers of the Council; (e) the mode of holding meetings of the executive committee and the sub‑committees, and other bodies, mentioned in paragraph (d), and the right of voting at those meetings; (f) the keeping of the accounts of the Society and the audit of the accounts at least once a year; (g) the convening of the annual general meeting of the Society for the purposes of receiving a report and statement of accounts for the preceding year, electing those members of the Council who are to be elected pursuant to the rules, and deciding upon any proposal or matter, and transacting any other business which must be duly submitted to the meeting. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]