Section 9: Appointment, qualification and tenure of the Registrar

(1) The Council shall appoint -
(a) the Registrar who shall be a -
(i) fit and proper person and member of the Institute, and
(ii) graduate of electrical and electronic engineering with at least 20 years experience; and
(b) such other persons as the Council may deem necessary to assist the Registrar in the performance of his functions under this Act.
(2) The Registrar shall be -
(a) appointed for a term of three years in the first instance and may be re- appointed for another term of three years and no more; and
(b) paid such remuneration as may be specified in his letter of appointment or as determined by the Council using a scale commensurate with that of similar organisations.
(3) The Registrar shall cease to hold office if he -
(a) dies;
(b) becomes bankrupt;
(c) is convicted of a felony or any offence involving dishonesty or fraud;
(d) becomes of unsound mind or is incapable of carrying out his duties;
(e) is guilty of serious misconduct concerning his duties; or
(f) in the case of a person with professional qualification, is disqualified or suspended, other than at his request, from practicing his profession in any part of the world by an order of a competent authority.
(4) The Registrar may resign his appointment by a written notice under his hand, delivered to the Chairman of Council.
(5) The Registrar shall -
(a) in addition to other functions under this Act -
(i) be the Secretary to the Council,
(ii) be the chief executive and accounting officer of the Institute,
(iii) be responsible for the administration of the Institute,
(iv) keep minutes of proceedings of all meetings of the Council, and
(v) be responsible to the Council for the execution of policies and directives of the Institute;
(b) prepare and maintain, in accordance with rules made by the Council, register of the names, addresses, approved qualifications, and such other particulars of all persons entitled in accordance with the provisions of this Act to be registered as members of the Institute;
(c) correct, in accordance with the direction of the Council, any entry in the register, which the Council directs him to correct as being in the opinion of the Council, an entry which was incorrectly made;
(d) make any necessary alterations to the registered particulars of registered persons; and
(e) record the names of members of the Institute who are in debt for more than one year in the payment of annual or practicing fees and take such action including removal of the names of defaulters from the register, as the Council may direct or require.
(6) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Council shall make rules with respect to the form and keeping of the register, the making of entries in it, and in particular –
(a) regulating the making of applications for enrolment or registration, and the evidence to be produced in support of the applications;
(b) providing for the notification to the Registrar, by the person to whom any registered particulars relate, of any change in them;
(c) authorising a registered person to have any qualification which, in relation to the profession, is either an approved qualification or an accepted qualification for the purpose of this Act, registered in relation to his name in addition to or, as he may elect, in substitution for any other qualifications so registered;
(d) specifying the fees, including any annual subscription, to be paid to the Institute in respect of the entry of names on the register, and authorising the Registrar to refuse to enter a name on the register until any fee specified for entry has been paid; and
(e) specifying anything not specified under this section, but rules made for paragraph (d) shall not come into effect until they are confirmed at a special meeting of the Institute convened for that purpose, or at the next annual general meeting.