Section 21: Establishment of Disciplinary Tribunal and Investigation Panel

(1) There shall be a tribunal to be known as the Registered Freight Forwarders Disciplinary Tribunal (in this Act referred to as "the Tribunal") which shall be charged with the duty of considering and determining any case referred to it by the Investigating Panel established by the following provisions of this section and any other case of which the Tribunal has cognisance under the following provisions of this Act.
(2) The Tribunal shall consist of the Chairman of the Council and eight other members of the Council appointed by the Council.
(3) There shall be a body to be known as the Registered Freight Forwarders Investigating Panel (in this Act referred to as "the Panel") which shall be charged with the duty of-
(a) conducting a preliminary investigation into any case where it is alleged that a person registered has misbehaved in his capacity as a freight forwarder or should for any other reason be subject of proceedings before the tribunal; and
(b) deciding whether the case should be referred to the Tribunal.
(4) The Panel shall be appointed by the Council and shall consist of four members of the Council and one fully registered freight forwarder who is not a member of the Council.
(5) The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act Shall, so far applicable to the Tribunal and Panel respectively, have effect with respect to those bodies.
[Second Schedule.]
(6) The Council may make rules not inconsistent with this Act as to acts, which constitute professional misconduct.