law: The Actuaries Act, 2006
  30. Member to be
  
  afforded opportunity of being heard. - 
  Where the Council is
  
  of the opinion that a member is guilty of a professional or other misconduct
  
  mentioned in the Schedule, it shall afford to the member a reasonable
  
  opportunity of being heard before making any order against him and may
  
  thereafter take any one or more of the following actions, namely:-
  a. 
  
   reprimand
  
  the member; or
  b. 
  
   remove
  
  the name of the member from the register permanently or for such period, as it
  
  thinks fit.
  c. 
  
   impose
  
  such fine as it may think fit, which may extend to five lakh rupees.
  
  Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "member of the
  
  Institute" includes a person who was a member of the Institute on the date
  
  of the alleged misconduct although he has ceased to be a member of the
  
  Institute at the time of the inquiry.