Duties of committee

(1) The committee shall represent the registered society before all competent public authorities and in all dealings and transactions with third persons, with power to institute or defend suits brought in the name of or against the registered society, and in general it shall carry out such duties in the management of the affairs of the registered society as have not been specially assigned by these Rules or the by-laws to general meeting or to any other officer of the registered society. (2) The committee shall always keep a copy of the latest annual balance sheet of the registered society together with the report referred to in rule 23 of these Rules hung in a conspicuous place at the registered office of the society.