Section 9: Executive Committee

9. Executive Committee.—(1) There shall be an Executive Committee of the Council for the management of the affairs of the Council and for performing the functions assigned to the Council by or under this Ordinance. (2) The Executive Committee shall be composed of the following persons, namely: (a) the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the Council who shall also be the Chairman and Vice­ Chairmen respectively of the Executive Committee; (b) the Registrar; (c) ten members, six being architects and four being town planners elected respectively by architects and town planners; and (d) two members, one being an architect and the other a town planner, to be nominated by architectural and town planning institutions in Pakistan. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub­section (2), for a period of 1[two years] from the commencement of this Ordinance, the Executive Committee shall be composed of the persons nominated by the Federal Government under sub­section (5) of section 3. (4) The members of the Executive Committee, other than the Registrar, shall, subject to sub­ section (3), hold office for a term of two years and shall not hold office for more than two consecutive terms. (5) No person shall be qualified to be elected as, or to be, a member of the Executive Committee if he does not possess five years' experience and is registered after the thirtieth day of June of the year in which the election is to be held or, as the case may be, nomination is to be made. (6) The election of members of the Executive Committee under sub­section (2) shall be held so as to conclude not less than fifteen days before the term of the outgoing members is due to expire.

Effective date: 1983-01-01

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