Section 5: Registrar of each polytechnic

(1) There shall be a Registrar to each polytechnic who shall be responsible to the Rector for the day-to-day administration of the polytechnic and shall perform such other duties as the Councilor, as the case may be, the Rector may from time to time require him to do.
(2) The Registrar shall be the secretary to the Council, the Academic Board and any committee of the Council and shall attend all the meetings of those bodies unless excused for good reason by the chairman of the Council.
(3) In the absence of the Registrar, the Chairman of the Council may, after consultation with the Rector, appoint a suitable person to act as secretary for any particular meeting of the Council.
(4) The secretary to the Council or a person appointed to act under subsection (3) of this section, shall not vote on any question before the Council or count towards a quorum unless he is so entitled as a member of the Council.