Cap. 300 Art. 6Monitoring Committee.

(1) For the purposes of article 3, there shall be a

Committee, to be known as the "Monitoring Committee", which shall consist of the Minister, and two members who shall be members of Parliament and of whom one shall be designated by the

Prime Minister and the other by the Leader of the Opposition.

(2) Such designated members shall remain members of the Committee notwithstanding that Parliament may stand dissolved, and this until new members are appointed in their stead.

(3) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be the Secretary of the Committee.

(4) The Committee shall have the functions assigned to it by this Act.

(5) The Committee shall not authorise the receipt of any money, equipment or other material by any political party unless it is appropriately balanced by similar or equivalent contribution to the other political parties, taking into account the size of their representation in Parliament, and the decision shall be taken by a unanimous vote.

(6) The Committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership, but shall not act unless there are at least two members in office and at least two members are present at the meeting at which the decision is taken.

(7) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this article the Committee may regulate its own procedure.

(8) The Minister shall by not later than the first sitting of Parliament after the 15th January of each year lay on the Table of the House a report showing every authorisation given by the Monitoring Committee in accordance with the provisions of this Act during the preceding year.