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360 (4) The Member Bodies Committee shall be charged with providing liaison between the member bodies and other scientific bodies and generally with promoting the advancement of science in New Zealand.

(5) The Member Bodies Committee shall exercise any powers delegated to it by the Council from time to time, including the arrangement of science congresses and the public dissemination of scientific information, by lectures, press, radio, or television.

(6) The Member Bodies Committee may initiate discussions and investigations and make recommendations to the Council on all aspects of the advancement of science in New Zealand, and in particular shall advise the Council on all matters concerning the duties, obligations, and privileges of the member bodies.

(7) The rules shall provide, subject to the provisions of this section, for the constitution, functions, and conduct of the Member Bodies Committee.

16. Honorary membership and awards—(1) The Council may from time to time appoint as an honorary member of the Society any person who has rendered eminent service to science, if the person is not a Fellow of the Society and is not normally resident in New Zealand.

(2) The Council may make awards of medals or other prizes to persons whom it considers worthy thereof by reason of any research, investigation, or scientific work done by them.

Cf. 1933, No. 17, s. 10

17. Rules—(1) The Fellows of the Society at a general meeting may, by resolution duly passed in accordance with this section, make rules consistent with this section for—