Clause 16

A Town Council may, by resolution, appoint such number of committees as it thinks fit for purposes which, in the opinion of the Town Council, would be better regulated and managed by means of such committees.(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a committee appointed by a Town Council under this section may consist of such number of individuals as the Town Council thinks fit, and may include individuals who are not members.(3) At least one-third of the members of each committee formed under this section must be members of the Town Council, and where a committee is formed under this section by a Town Council for any of the following matters:

internal audit;

finance;

procurement of goods or services;

publicity and public relations;

estate management,the chairperson of each such committee must be a member of the Town Council.(4) An individual is disqualified from being appointed as a committee member under this section, and must cease to be such a committee member, if the individual —

is appointed under section 38(1) as the auditor of the Town Council;

is or becomes the managing agent of the Town Council; or

is in a position to exercise a significant influence over or with respect to the management or operation of the business of the managing agent of the Town Council.(5) Every individual who is appointed as a committee member under this section must, as soon as practicable after assuming the appointment, complete a declaration of acceptance of that appointment in the form prescribed by rules under section 57 and deliver the declaration to the Minister.(6) Each member of a committee formed under this section has one vote at meetings of the committee.(7) In addition to his general vote, the chairperson, or member of a committee presiding at a meeting, of the committee has, in the case of an equality of votes, a casting vote.(8) Subject to this Act and any restriction in a resolution under subsection (1), a committee formed under this section may regulate its own proceedings and business as it thinks fit.”.