law: Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 
  17. Committees of the Council 
  (1) The Council shall constitute from amongst
  
  its members the following Standing Committees, namely,- 
  (i) an Executive
  
  Committee;
  (ii) a Disciplinary
  
  Committee; and
  (iii) an Examination
  
  Committee;
  (2) The Council may also form a Training and
  
  Educational Facilities Committee and such other committees from amongst its
  
  members as it deems necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
  
  this Act.
  (3) The Executive Committee shall consist of
  
  the President, and the Vice-President, ex officio, and three other members of
  
  the Council elected by the Council.
  (4) The Disciplinary Committee shall consist
  
  of the President, ex officio, one member to be nominated by the Central
  
  Government from amongst the members nominated to the Council by that Government
  
  and one member to be elected by the Council.
  (5) The Examination Committee shall consist of
  
  the President or the Vice-President, ex officio, as the Council may decide, and
  
  two other members of the Council elected by the Council.
  (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this
  
  section, any Committee formed under sub-section (2), may, with the sanction of
  
  the Council, co-opt such other members of the Institute not exceeding
  
  two-thirds of the total membership of the Committee as the Committee thinks
  
  fit, and any member so co-opted shall be entitled to exercise all the rights of
  
  a member of the Committee.
  (7) The President shall be the Chairman of
  
  every committee of which he is a member, and in his absence, the
  
  Vice-President, if he is a member of the committee, shall be the Chairman.
  (8) The Standing Committees and other
  
  committees formed under this section shall exercise such functions and be
  
  subject to such conditions in the exercise thereof as may be prescribed.