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[接上页] (2) Every board appointed to hear and determine any proceedings against a registered general building contractor shall consist of- (Amended 77 of 1994 s. 7; 54 of 1996 s. 11) (a) 3 persons who are members of the Registered Contractors' Disciplinary Board Panel appointed under section 11A; (Amended 36 of 1997 s. 4) (b) 4 persons who are members of the Authorized Persons' and Registered Structural Engineers' Disciplinary Board Panel appointed under section 5A of whom- (Amended 54 of 1996 s. 11) (i) 1 shall be a person referred to in section 5A(2)(a); (ii) 1 shall be a person referred to in section 5A(2)(b); and (iii) 1 shall be a person referred to in section 5A(2)(c); (iv) 1 shall be a person referred to in section 5A(2)(d); (Added 54 of 1996 s. 11)(c) 1 person selected from among the persons nominated in accordance with subsection (4A). (Replaced 36 of 1997 s. 4) (d) (Repealed 36 of 1997 s. 4)(3) Every board appointed to hear and determine any proceedings under section 13 against a registered specialist contractor shall consist of- (Amended 43 of 1987 s. 44; 77 of 1994 s. 7; 54 of 1996 s. 11) (a) 2 persons who are members of the Registered Contractors' Disciplinary Board Panel who are in the same sub-register of specialized works as the specialist contractor about whom the disciplinary board is to inquire; (Replaced 54 of 1996 s. 11) (b) 4 persons who are members of the Authorized Persons' and Registered Structural Engineers' Disciplinary Board Panel of whom- (i) 1 is an architect appointed under section 5A(2)(a); (ii) 1 is an engineer appointed under section 5A(2)(b); (iii) 1 is a surveyor appointed under section 5A(2)(c); and (iv) 1 is a registered structural engineer appointed under section 5A(2)(d); (Replaced 54 of 1996 s. 11)(c) 1 person selected from among the persons nominated in accordance with subsection (4A). (Replaced 36 of 1997 s. 4) (d) (Repealed 54 of 1996 s. 11)(3A) The chairman of a disciplinary board shall appoint a legal adviser to assist in the conduct of the hearing of the disciplinary proceedings and to advise the disciplinary board on points of law that arise during the hearing. The disciplinary board may confer with the legal adviser after the conclusion of the hearing and before it hands down its decision but only after giving the person who is the subject of the hearing and his legal representative, if any, the right to be present while the legal adviser gives advice to the disciplinary board and the right to comment on the matters raised by the legal adviser to the disciplinary board. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 11) (3B) A registered general building contractor or a registered specialist contractor, against whom disciplinary proceedings are taken, is entitled to be represented by a legal practitioner at disciplinary proceedings. (Added 54 of 1996 s. 11) (4) The chairman of a disciplinary board appointed under subsection (1) shall be elected from the members of the board by its members. (4A) For the purpose of subsections (2)(c) and (3)(c), the Building Authority is to invite such bodies as the Building Authority may think fit to nominate persons for the Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands to consider for appointment to the disciplinary board. (Added 36 of 1997 s. 4. Amended L.N. 330 of 1999; L.N. 106 of 2002) (5) For the purposes of any inquiry under section 13, a disciplinary board appointed under this section shall have all such powers as are vested in the Court of First Instance in relation to- (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2) (a) enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them upon oath or otherwise; (b) compelling the production of documents; (c) ordering the inspection of premises; and (d) entering upon and viewing premises.(6) The members of any disciplinary board appointed under this section, other than persons who are in full-time employment in any office of emolument under the Government, shall be remunerated at such rate as the Chief Executive may determine from time to time or in any particular case. (Added 16 of 1966 s. 4. Amended 62 of 2000 s. 3) (Amended 52 of 1974 s. 7; 36 of 1997 s. 4) Cap 123 s 11A Contractors' Disciplinary Board Panel Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 62 of 2000 s. 3 (1) There shall be a Registered Contractors' Disciplinary Board Panel, wh |