Section 8: Chairperson of Council
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
8. Chairperson of Council
(1) The Council shall elect a Chairperson from among the members
elected under section 4 (2).
(2) The Chairperson shall preside at every meeting of the Council.
(3) The Chairperson shall, in the event of an equality of votes, have a
casting vote.
(4) When the Chairperson is absent from a meeting, the members
present shall elect one of the members elected under section 4 (2) to chair the
meeting.
(5) A member who intends to stand as candidate for the office of Chairperson under subsection (1) shall, not less than 3 days before the date fixed
for the election of the Chairperson, notify the Registrar by registered post of
his intention.
[S. 8 amended by s. 5 of Act 1 of 2002 w.e.f. 29 January 2002.]