(1) The Minister may
appoint persons as deputies to act in the respective places of the Chairperson
and other members of the Committee when not able or available to act, and
persons so appointed may while acting exercise the same powers and are
entitled to the same rights and subject to the same liabilities as the members
for whom they act as deputies.
(2) Where a member is
required under section 340BB to be nominated by a specified body, a person is
not eligible for appointment as a deputy of that member of the Committee
unless he or she is nominated as deputy by that body or unless he or she is
appointed by the Minister under the provisions of section 340BD(3).
[Section 340BC inserted: No. 47 of 1978 s. 36;
amended: No. 19 of 2016 s. 70.]