18. The duties of the advisory council shall be:(a) to advise the Minister on any matter he submits to it in respect of any subject pertaining to the field of financial institutions;
(b) to undertake, with the prior approval of the Minister, the study of any matter pertaining to the field of financial institutions and to carry out or have carried out any research it deems useful or necessary;
(c) to exercise any other advisory capacity the Government may assign to it.
The advisory council may receive and hear petitions and suggestions from individuals and groups on any matter contemplated in this section.
1966-67, c. 72, s. 18; 1975, c. 76, s. 7.