Section 5. Power to co-opt, etc

5. Power to co-opt, etc.— (1) The Board or the Committee may, at any time and for such period as it thinks fit, co-opt any person or persons as a member or members of the Board or of the Committee. (2) A person co-opted under sub-section (1) shall exercise and discharge all the powers and functions of a member of the Board or of the Committee, as the case may be, but shall not be entitled to vote.