Section 9: Establishment of the Disciplinary Committee and Investigating Panel

(1) There is hereby established a tribunal to be known as the Teachers Disciplinary Committee (in this Act referred to as "the Committee") which shall be charged with the duty of considering and determining any case referred to it by the Teachers Investigating Panel (in this Act referred to as "the Panel") established by the following provisions of this section, and any other case of which the Committee has cognisance under the following provisions of this Act.
(2) The Committee shall consist of the chairman of the Council and ten other members appointed by the Council.
(3) There shall be established in each State of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja a body, to be known as the State Teachers Investigating Panel and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Teachers Investigating Panel as the case may be (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 member has misbehaved in his capacity as a professional teacher, or should for any other reason be the subject of proceedings before the Committee; and
(b) deciding whether the case should be referred to the Committee.
(4) A panel shall be appointed by the Council after consultation with the State Ministry of Education or the Federal Ministry of Education in the case of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and shall consist of five members one of whom shall be a legal practitioner.
(5) The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall, so far as they are applicable to the Committee and Panel respectively, have effect with respect to those bodies.
(6) The Council may make rules not inconsistent with this Act as to acts which constitute professional misconduct.