20. Amendment of section 17

Section 17 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:

“Delegation of Board’s and Chairman’s functions”;

(b)

by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1) The Board may delegate any of its functions to—

(a)

any of the members of the Board;

(b)

any Board committee established by the Board;

(c)

any officer of the Commission.”;

(c)

by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1a) The Chairman may delegate any of his functions to—

(a)

any committee established by the Chairman;

(b)

any officer of the Commission.”; and

(d)

in subsection (2), by substituting for the word “Commission”

the words “Board or Chairman”.

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