9 (3) The Council shall submit to every annual general meeting convened in terms of subsection (1) a report setting out the activities of the Council since the previous annual general meeting: Provided that this subsection shall not apply to the first general meeting held in terms of this section. 18 Committees of Council (1) For the better exercise of its functions, the Council may establish one or more committees and may vest in those committees such of its functions as it thinks fit: Provided that the vesting of a function in a committee shall not divest the Council of that function in relation to any matter that has not been decided by the committee. (2) Where it has established a committee, the Council, subject to this section— (a) shall appoint at least one member of the Council to be a member of the committee and shall designate that member or one of those members, as the case may be, to be chairman of the committee: (b) may appoint persons who are not members of the Council to be members of the committee. (3) If the Council appoints a committee to exercise the Council’s disciplinary functions under Part V, the Council shall appoint to the Committee— (a) the vice-chairman of the Council, who shall be the chairman of the committee; and (b) at least one registered legal practitioner, who may be the member of the Council referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section five. (4) The Council shall not appoint a person to be a member of a committee if he is disqualified in terms of section eight from appointment as a member of the Council. (5) The office of a member of a committee of the Council shall terminate— (a) in the case of a member who is a member of the Council, upon his ceasing to be a member of the Council; (b) in the case of a member who is not a member of the Council, if he would be required in terms of section nine to vacate his office had that section and paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section eight applied to him. (6) Subject to this section, members of committees of the Council shall hold office for such period and on such conditions as the Council may fix for members of committees generally. (7) The chairman of the Council may at any time and place convene a meeting of a committee of the Council. (8) The procedure to be followed at any meeting of a committee of the Council shall be fixed by the Council. 19 Minutes of proceedings of Council and committees (1) The Council shall cause minutes of all proceedings of and decisions taken at every meeting of the Council or of a committee of the Council to be entered in books kept for the purpose.