Section 4D
Powers and functions of the Chairman and Vice -Chairman . — (1) The powers and functions of the Chairman shall be —
4D. Powers and functions of the Chairman and Vice -Chairman . — (1) The powers and functions of the Chairman shall be —
(a) to preside over the meetings of the Managing Body and all other Committees set up by the Managing Body of which he is the Chairman;
(b) to re-appropriate on the advice of the Treasurer of the Society, budgetary allocation from the major head of account to another major head of account;
(c) to authorise, on the advice of the Treasurer of the Society, expenditure on items not contemplated in the annual Budget of the Society, subject to the availability of funds;
(d) to institute, if necessary, disciplinary proceedings against officers of and above the rank of Deputy Secretary of the Society:
Provided that the final decision on the basis of the disciplinary proceedings so instituted shall be taken, —
(i) in case of the Secretary-General of the Society, with the previous approval of the President;
(ii) in other cases, with the previous approval of the Managing Body.
(2) The powers and functions of the Vice-Chairman shall be,—
(a) to exercise the powers and perform the functions conferred on the Chairman under subsection (1) or delegated to him under sub-section (3), in the absence of the Chairman on leave or on tour abroad or for any other similar reasons;
(b) to act as ex officio member in all the Committees or Sub-Committees appointed by the Managing Body.
(3) The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman shall, in addition to the powers exercisable by them under sub -sections (1) and (2) , exercise such other financial and administrative powers as may be delegated to them by the Managing Body in accordance with rules made by it under section 5.