Section 40. Special and adhoc committies and ward committees, etc.

(1) 1[2[The Corporation]] may constitute as many special and ad hoc committees as it thinks fit for the exercise of any power or discharge of any function which 3[4[the Corporation]] may by resolution delegate to them or for inquiring into, reporting or advising upon any matter which 3[4[the Corporation]] may refer to them. (2) Any such committee shall consist of members of 3[4[the Corporation]] only: Provided that an ad hoc committee may with the sanction of 3[4[the Corporation]] co-opt not more than three persons who are not members of 3[4[the Corporation]] but who in the opinion of 3[4[the Corporation]] possess special qualifications for serving on such committee. 5* * * * * (6) Each committee constituted under this section shall elect one of its members 6[who is a councillor] as the Chairman and another member as the Vice-Chairman. (7) Any matter relating to each of the committees constituted under section 39 or this section, not expressly provided in this Act may be provided by regulations made in this behalf.