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Natural Scientific Professions Act, 2003 (Act No.27 of 2003)

7. Election of president and vice-president of Council

 

(1)
(a) The members of the Council must at the first meeting of every newly constituted Council elect a president and vice-president.
(b) Both the president and the vice-president must be registered persons and at least one must practise a natural scientific profession.
(c) The president and vice-president hold office for the period of four years from the date of their appointment.

 

(2) The vice-president may perform all the functions of the president if the president is for any reason unable to act as such.

 

(3)
(a) If both the president and the vice-president are unable to preside at a Council meeting, the members present must elect a person from their number to preside at that meeting.
(b) The person elected may, during that meeting and until the president or vice-president resumes his or her functions, perform all the functions of the president.