(1) There shall be a Secretary to the Council, who shall be a Muslim, appointed by the Chairperson on such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Council.
(2) The Secretary shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Council and shall exercise powers of control, supervision and management over the office and staff of the Council.
(3) The Secretary shall give effect to the decisions of, and carry out the instructions that may, from time to time, be given by the Council or the Chairperson:
Provided that when Council is in the process of reconstitution or unable to meet for reasons beyond its control, the Secretary may seek the orders or approval of the Chairperson on an urgent matter:
Provided further that all such orders or approval of the Chairperson shall be placed before the Council for its decision, as soon as the Council meets.
(4) The Secretary shall ensure that all the records of the Council are properly maintained and kept in the safe custody.
(5) The Secretary shall be responsible for the presentation of the annual statement of accounts of the Council duly authenticated in the proper form to the auditor appointed by the Central Government for this purpose.
(8). Meeting of the Council.-(1) There shall ordinarily be two meetings of the Council every year which may be increased to five, if necessary.
(2) An extraordinary meeting of the Council may be convened by the Secretary, if the Chairperson so desires, or if a requisition in that behalf is presented to the Chairperson 3 by at least one third members of the Council and such requisition shall set out matters for consideration in the meeting.
(3) The date and venue of the meeting shall be such as may be decided by the Chairperson.
(4) An ordinary meeting of the Council may be called by giving not less than one month’s notice in writing and an extraordinary meeting by giving not less than one week’s notice in writing:
Provided that an extraordinary meeting may be called by giving shorter notice if the urgency of the business to be transacted, so requires.