Section 13: Meetings of Board
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13. Meetings of Board
(1) The Board shall meet as often as is necessary and at such time and
place as the Chairperson may determine.
(2) Everything authorised or required to be done by the Board shall be
decided by simple majority of the members present and voting.
(3) In the absence of the Chairperson at any meeting, the other members
shall designate a Vice-chairperson to preside at the meeting.
(4) At any meeting of the Board—
(a) except where the Board meets for the purpose of opening bids,
no person other than a member or a person referred to in section 8 (1) shall be present;
(b) the Chairperson or a Vice-chairperson and 2 other members shall
constitute a quorum; and
(c) each member shall have one vote on the matter in question and,
in the event of an equality of votes, the person chairing the
meeting shall have a casting vote.
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(5) Where a member does not, for good cause, attend a meeting of the
Board, the Secretary shall forthwith communicate to him the gist of every
decision taken at the meeting, and he may, within 24 hours, request the
Chairperson to reconvene the Board so as to reconsider the decision.
(6) Subject to this section, the Board shall conduct its proceedings in
such manner as it may determine.