Section 22: Post-examination investigating committee: constitution of, etc.

(1) Whether or not a prosecution is brought under section 20 or 21 of this Act, the Council may, within sixty days after the conclusion of an examination, in any case where information reaches the Council subsequent to that examination that a candidate at that examination had access to or used live questions or question papers, without lawful authority so to do, constitute a committee to investigate the matter.
(2) Every committee set up in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section, shall consist of-
(a) a chairman who shall be a legal practitioner of not less than seven years standing; and
(b) two other persons, each being a person with wide experience in educational matters.
(3) The committee shall at the conclusion of its investigation make a report to the Awarding Committee of the Council containing such recommendations as to which of the penalties set out in section 19 of this Act, are to be imposed by the Council or otherwise and, subject to the approval of the Council, the Awarding Committee shall take such action thereon (including the cancellation of examination results in respect of, or of any certificate which might have been issued by the Council to, any candidate to whom subsection (1) of this section applies) as it thinks appropriate in the circumstances.