Section 20: Interpretation

In this Act —
"Association" means the Nigerian Statistical Association;
"Chartered Statistician" means a Statistician registered as a Fellow or Associate of the Institute;
"commencement day" means the day this Act comes into effect;
"Council" means the Council established as the governing body of the Institute under section 3 (1) of this Act;
"enrolled", in relation to a fellow or an associate, means registered in the part of the register relating to Fellows or Associates, as the case may be;
"fees" includes annual subscriptions;
"infamous conduct" means any act or omission, which are inconsistent with the code of conduct for members or which may be reasonably construed to be shameful or disgraceful;
"Institute" means the Chartered Institute of Statisticians of Nigeria established under section 1 (1) of this Act;
"member" means a member of the Institute;
"members in practice" means members of the Institute who engage in any statistical practice;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for national planning;
'professional misconduct" means any dishonest act or attempt to subvert the course of the statistical profession by the use of deceptive or reprehensible method whether deliberate or not;
"Panel" means the Investigating Panel established under section 12 (1) of this Act;
"President" and "Vice-President" mean respectively the office-holders under those names in the Institute;
'register" means the register maintained under section 6 of this Act;
"Registered Statistician" means a member of the Institute who is not a Fellow or an Associate member;
"Tribunal" means the Disciplinary Tribunal established under section 12 (3) of this Act.