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The Council constitutes an optional Professional Research and Publications Committee under section 17(2) with a total membership of 12. With the Council's sanction, what is the maximum number of other Institute members the Committee may co-opt?

The Committee may co-opt at most four members. Section 17(6) allows a committee formed under section 17(2), with the Council's sanction, to co-opt Institute members up to one-third of its total membership, and one-third of 12 is four.

  1. A4 membersCorrect
  2. B6 members
  3. C8 members
  4. D12 members

Explanation

Under section 17(6), a committee formed under sub-section (2), with Council sanction, may co-opt members of the Institute not exceeding one-third of its total membership. One-third of 12 is 4. The earlier two-thirds limit (8) was substituted and no longer applies.

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