Act No. 13, 2003 MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT, 2003 (4) A person who knowingly fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N$8 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both the fine and imprisonment. Remuneration 10. (1) There must be paid to a member of the Council or of a committee, who is not in the full-time employment of the State, in respect of his or her services as a member of the Council or of any such committee, such remuneration as the Minister, in consultation with the Minister responsible for finance, may determine. (2) Different amounts of remuneration may be determined under subsection (1) according to the different offices held on the Council or committee, or the work performed for the Council or committee, by the persons concerned. Executive committee 11. (1) The Council must establish from amongst its members an executive committee, which consists of the chairperson and not more than four other members of the Council. (2) Subject to the directions of the Council, the executive committee may exercise the powers, and must perform the functions, of the Council during the periods between the meetings of the Council. (3) Unless specifically empowered by the Council to do so, the executive committee may not set aside or vary a decision of the Council. (4) An action taken or a decision made by the executive committee is subject to review at the first ensuing meeting of the Council. Veterinary medicines committee 12. (1) The Council must establish a veterinary medicines committee, which may exercise the powers conferred on, and must perform the functions assigned to, the veterinary medicines committee by this Act. (2) The veterinary medicines committee consists of ­ (a) one veterinarian designated by the Council from amongst its members, who must be the chairperson of the committee; (b) two veterinarians designated by the Minister responsible for agriculture; (c) one veterinarian designated by the Veterinary Association of Namibia; and (d) one pharmacist who is a member of the Council. (3) The veterinary medicines committee may appoint not more than two other persons to be additional members of the veterinary medicines committee, subject to approval by the Council. (4) Section 6, with the necessary modifications, applies also to those members of the veterinary medicines committee, who are not members of the Council. (5) The Council or the Permanent Secretary, as the case may be, may not exercise any powers, take a decision, or perform a function in terms of section 18(2), 19(4) or (11), 20(1) or (4), 21(4), 22(1) or (3), 25(2), 27(1) or (3), 29(1), (3), (15), (23), (24), (27) or (29), 29(1), 31(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5), 32, 33, 37, 42(a)(i), 44(1) or 45 with respect to a veterinary medicine, unless the veterinary medicines committee recommends so.