Section 4: Functions of the Council

The Council is charged with the general duty of-(a) determining the persons or classes of persons who constitute freight forwarders for the purposes of this Act;
(b) determining the standards of knowledge and skill to be attained by persons seeking to be registered as freight forwarders and raising those standards from time to time in accordance with international industry practice;
(c) regulating and controlling the practice of freight forwarding;
(d) regulating and controlling all the associations of freight forwarding agents;
(e) regulating and controlling persons who are engaged in freight forwarding;
(f) ensuring uniform standards of professional conduct and education relevant to freight forwarding practice;
(g) promoting the highest standard of competence, practice and conduct among members of the profession;
(h) maintenance of registers of persons entitled to practice as registered freight forwarders and the publication from time to time of the list of such persons;
(i) encouraging participation of members in international exchange programme; and
(j) performing any other functions conferred on the Council by this Act.