Section 4, Cap 109

(1) The Council shall consist of the following members- (a) the Chairman, nominated by the Council; (b) four members nominated by the Governor in Council one of whom shall be a representative of the Council of the University College of the Gold Coast; (c) four members nominated by the Officer Administering the Government of Nigeria; (d) three members nominated by the Officer Administering the Government of Sierra Leone; (e) two members nominated by the Officer Administering the Government of Gambia; (j) two members nominated one by the University of Cambridge and the other by the University of London: *The Ordinance, set out in this Schedule, was enacted in the Gold Coast in 1951 and was in force at the coming into operation of the Ghana (Constitution) Order in Council, 1957 (S.I. 1957/277), and continues to be in force. The Ordinance, qua Schedule to Cap. 109, has been amended by No. 22 of 1959 of Sierra Leone, where this latter Ordinance is noted in the margin. West African Examinations Council. Provided that after the constitution of Local Committees under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 15 of this Ordinance, the Council shall include such members, not in excess of sixteen in number, as shall be nominated by such Local Committees in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. (2) A member nominated under the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (j) inclusive of sub-section (l) of this section shall retain his membership of the Council during the pleasure of the person who nominated him as a member of the Council. (3) A member nominated by a Local Committee shall retain his membership of the Council for a period not exceeding four years from the date of his nomination, but without prejudice to the right of a Local Committee to nominate a retiring member for a further such period. (4) Any member of the Council who has been nominated as the person for the time being holding a particular office shall be entitled to nominate, by notice to the Chairman, a temporary member to attend any particular meeting or meetings of the Council in his place and every such temporary member shall have all the powers and authority of the member whom he has replaced until such member notifies the Chairman that he proposes to resume his attendance at meetings of the Council or until the term of office of such member shall have terminated, whichever shall occur first. (5) If any member of the Council who has been nominated by name is incapacitated by illness, absence from the West Mrican Territories or other sufficient cause from performing the duties of his office, a temporary member may be nominated in the same manner as and in accordance with the same procedure under which the incapacitated member was nominated and every such temporary member shall have all the powers and authority of the member whom he has replaced until such member is again able to perform the duties of his office or until the term of office of such member shall have terminated whichever shall occur first: Provided that in the case of such incapacity of the Chairman the Council may nominate an existing member of the Council to be the Chairman during the period of such incapacity.