(1) If a Trustee or a Member is unable to attend any meeting of the Central Board or the Regional Committee, as the case may be, he may, by a written instrument signed by him, addressed to the Chairman of the Central Board or the Regional Committee, as the case may be, and explaining the reasons for his inability to attend the meeting appoint any representative of the organisation which he represents on the Central Board or the Regional Committee, as his substitute for attending that meeting of the Central Board or the Regional Committee in his place:
Provided that no such appointment shall be valid unless-
(i) Such appointment has been approved by the Chairmen of the Central Board or the Regional Committee, as the case may be; and
(ii) the instrument making such appointment has been received by the Chairman of the Central Board or the Regional Committee, as the case may be, before the date fixed for the meeting.
(2) A substitute validly appointed under sub-paragraph (1) shall have all the rights and powers of a Trustee or a Member, in relation to the meeting of the Central Board or the Regional Committee, in respect of which he is appointed and shall receive allowances and be under obligations as if he were a Trustee or a Member appointed under the Act and the Scheme respectively.
(3) A Trustee or a Member appointing a substitute for attending any meeting of the Central Board or the Regional Committee, as the case the may be, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this paragraph, continue to be liable for the misappropriation or misapplication of the Fund by the substitute and shall also be liable for any act of misfeasance or non-feasance committed in relation to the Fund by the substitute appointed by him.
