19.—(1) For the purposes of this Order, the Statutory Committee constituted under section 12 of the Act of 1945 shall continue in being and the provisions of this Article shall have effect with respect to the Statutory Committee and other matters relating to that Committee and their members.
(2) The Statutory Committee shall consist of six members, of whom one, who shall be a person having practical legal experience, shall be appointed by the Head of the Department and of whom five shall be persons appointed by the Council.
(3) The member appointed by the Head of the Department shall be the chairman of the Statutory Committee.
(4) A person may be appointed a member of the Committee whether he is or is not a member of the Society or of the Council.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Article, a member of the Statutory Committee shall hold office for a period of five years from the date of his appointment, but shall be eligible for re-appointment at the expiration of that period.
(6) A member of the Statutory Committee may at any time resign his appointment—
(a)in the case of the member appointed by the Head of the Department, by giving notice in writing of his resignation to the Department; and
(b)in the case of any other member, by giving such notice to the secretary of the Society.
(7) The Head of the Department or the Council may remove any member of the Statutory Committee appointed by the Head or the Council respectively from his office for inability to perform his duties or for misbehaviour.
(8) If the member appointed by the Head of the Department becomes, by reason of illness or other infirmity, temporarily incapable of performing the duties of his office, the Head of the Department may appoint a deputy (who shall be a person having practical legal experience, but who need not be a member of the Society or of the Council) to perform his duties for any period not exceeding six months at one time, and the person so appointed shall, during that period, have the same powers as the person originally appointed.
(9) There shall be paid to the members of the Statutory Committee such reasonable travelling expenses as may be fixed by the Council with the approval of the Department.
(10) The expenses of the Statutory Committee (including any such fees payable to any of the members thereof as may be fixed by the Council with the approval of the Department) shall be defrayed by the Society.
(11) The provisions of Schedule 3 shall have effect with respect to the proceedings of the Statutory Committee.