Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson

(1) On the commencement of this Act and thereafter during the month of January in every year the Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Board to be Chairperson of the Board, and the members shall elect one of their number to be deputy Chairperson of the Board. (2) The Chairperson and deputy Chairperson of the Board shall hold office as such until the appointment or election of his successor but he shall cease to be Chairperson or deputy Chairperson, as the case may be, if he ceases to be a member of the Board. (3) A retiring Chairperson or deputy Chairperson shall be eligible for re-appointment or re-election, as the case may be. (4) In the absence or inability to act of the Chairperson, the deputy chairperson shall perform the functions of the (5) The Minister shall appoint a fit and proper person to be Secretary to the Board.