INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ACT. 
Part Il.—Tur Commonweartu Iysrrrure or ScrENCE AND 
Iypustry. 
4.—(1.) There shall be a Commonwealth Institute of 
Science and Industry which shall consist of three Directors 
and in each State an Advisory Council of Science and Indus- 
try. It shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession 
and a common seal and capable of suing and being sued. 
(2.) All Courts, Judges and persons acting judicially shall 
take judicial notice of the seal of the Institute affixed to any 
document or notice, and shall presume that it was duly affixed. 
(3.) The Institute shall, subject to this Act, have power to 
hold lands, tenements and hereditaments, goods, chattels and 
any other property for the purpose of and subject to this 
Act. 
(4.) The Institute shall have power to acquire by gift, 
grant, bequest or devise, any such property for the purposes 
of this Act, and, in the absolute discretion of the Directors, 
to agree to any conditions of such gift, grant, bequest or 
devise. _ 
(5.) The powers of the Institute under the last preceding 
sub-section shall, subject to the regulations and the approval 
of the Minister, be exercised by the Directors on behalf of the 
Institute. 
5.—(1.) The Governor-General may appoint three persons 
to be Directors, of whom two shall be chosen on account of 
scientific attainments. 
_ (2.) On the happening of any vacaney in the office of 
Director the Governor-General shall appoint a person to the 
vacant office. 
(3.) The term for which any such appointment is made 
shall be five years, and every person so appointed shall, at 
the expiration of his term of office, be eligible for re-appoint- 
ment. 
(4.) In case of the illness, suspension or absence of any 
Director, the Governor-General may appoint a person to act 
as Deputy-Director during the illness, suspension or absence, 
and the Deputy shall, while so acting, have all the powers 
and perform all the duties of a Director. 
-6—(1.) The Governor-General may appoint one of the 
three Directors to be Chairman of.the Directors, and on the 
happening of any vacancy in the office of Chairman of Direc- 
pre the Governor-General shall appoint-a person to fill that 
office. : 
(2.) In case of the illness, suspension or absence of the 
Chairman of Directors, the Governor-General shall appoint 
one of the other Directors to act as Chairman during the 
illness, suspension or absence. 
_%—(1.) Each Director shall receive’ such salary as the’ 
Governor-General determines. 
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The Institute 
of Science 
and Industry. 
Appointment 
of Directors. 
The Chairman 
of Directors. 
Salaries and 
expenses of 
Directors. 
