Section 59: Meetings

59. Meetings (1) The Regional Assembly shall hold an ordinary meeting as often as its business may require and at least once every quarter. (2) The Chairperson of the Regional Assembly shall convene a special meeting of the Regional Assembly— (a) at the written request of the Chief Commissioner; or (b) at the written request of not less than one third of the members. (3) A request for a special meeting shall be addressed to the Chairperson of the Regional Assembly through the Clerk and shall state the reasons for the convening of the Regional Assembly. (4) Subject to the powers of the Regional Assembly to sit in Committee, all ordinary meetings or special meetings of the Regional Assembly shall be open to the public but the Chairperson of the Regional Assembly may order the removal of persons for disorderly conduct or obstruction of the proceedings. (5) The Regional Assembly shall appoint, with or without delegated powers of the Assembly— (a) a Committee of the Whole Assembly; and (b) such other Committee as it thinks fit. (6) — (7) (a) Every Committee shall submit its confirmed report to the Regional Assembly either in the form of minutes of its proceedings or as a formal report signed by its Chairperson. (b) Any report of a Committee, when adopted by the Regional Assembly, shall become a resolution of the Regional Assembly. [S. 59 amended by s. 4 of Act 23 of 2006 w.e.f. 25 November 2006.]