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38 High Court on appeal from any order of the Oversight Committee, shall accept the conviction as final and conclusive unless—
 * (a) it is subject to review or appeal that has not yet been determined;
 * (b) it has been quashed or set aside; or
 * (c) a pardon has been given in respect of it.

Constitution of Complaints Committee

44.—(1) A Complaints Committee shall consist of the following members, all of whom shall be appointed from the Complaints and Disciplinary Panel:
 * (a) 3 public accountants; and
 * (b) one lay person.

(2) The Registrar shall designate one member of the Complaints Committee who is a public accountant to be its chairman.

(3) A Complaints Committee may be appointed in connection with one or more matters or for a fixed period of time, as the Registrar thinks fit.

(4) The Registrar may at any time remove the chairman or any member of a Complaints Committee or fill any vacancy in a Complaints Committee.

(5) No act done by or under the authority of a Complaints Committee shall be invalid in consequence of any defect that is subsequently discovered in the appointment or qualification of the chairman or members or any of them.

(6) A member of a Complaints Committee shall, notwithstanding that he has ceased to be a member of the Complaints and Disciplinary Panel on the expiry of his term of office, continue to be a member of the Complaints Committee until such time as the Complaints Committee has completed its work.

Proceedings of Complaints Committee

45.—(1) A Complaints Committee may meet from time to time for the purposes of its inquiry and may regulate its own procedure.

(2) The chairman of a Complaints Committee may at any time summon a meeting of the Complaints Committee.