HOTEL AND TOURISM TRAINING INSTITUTE ACT.

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Hotel and Tourism Training Institute, to provide for its functions, to provide for its management and finances and for other connected matters.

PART I
INTERPRETATION.

1. Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) "board" means the board of governors of the institute established by section 6;

(b) "chairperson" means the chairperson of the board appointed under section 6;

(d) "institute" means the Hotel and Tourism Training Institute established by section 2;

(e) "Minister" means the Minister responsible for tourism;

(f) "officers and staff" includes the academic staff, administrative staff and any other category of employees of the institute;

(g) "registrar" means the registrar of the institute appointed under section 12.

PART II
ESTABLISHMENT, OBJECT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE INSTITUTE.

2. Establishment of the institute.

(1) There is established an institute to be known as the Hotel and Tourism Training Institute.

(2) The institute shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall be capable of suing or being sued in its corporate name.

(3) The institute may, for and in connection with its functions under this Act, purchase, hold, manage and dispose of any property, whether movable or immovable, and may enter into any contract and other transaction as may be expedient and may do any other act or thing that a body corporate may lawfully do.

(4) The common seal of the institute shall be such device as the board may determine and shall be kept in the custody of the director.

(5) The common seal of the institute shall, when affixed on any document, be authenticated by the signature of the chairperson and the director of the institute.

(6) In the absence of the chairperson, two other members of the board designated in that behalf by the board shall sign; and in the absence of the director of the institute, the person performing the functions of the director may sign.

(7) The signature of the chairperson and director or other members of the board prescribed under subsection (5) shall be independent of the signing by any other person as witness.

(8) Every document purporting to be an instrument issued by the institute and sealed with its common seal, authenticated in the manner prescribed by subsections (5) and (6), shall be received in evidence without further proof as such an instrument duly entered into or executed, unless the contrary is proved.

3. Object of the institute.

The object of the institute is to provide for studies and training in subjects relating to tourism, hotel management and catering.

4. Functions of the institute.

(1) For the attainment of its object under section 3 and with a view to promoting the highest level of professional qualifications and standards, the institute shall have the following functions—

(a) to organise and conduct courses in tourism, hotel management and catering and to make provision for the advancement, transmission and preservation of knowledge;

(b) to conduct examinations and grant certifica

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