Section 4, Smuggling Act, 2022

(1) The Task Force shall meet for the dispatch of itsbusiness at least once every 3 months and at such time and place as the Chairman may determine. (2) At a meeting the Chairman shall preside, and in his absence, the members of the Task Force shall elect a Chairman from among their number. (3) The quorum at a meeting of the Task Force shall be 7. (4) Decisions of the Task Force shall be taken by a simple majority of the members of the Task Force present and voting and, in the case of equality of votes, the Chairman or other member presiding shall have a casting vote. (5) The Task Force may, in addition to members listed under subsection (1) of section 2, co-opt any person to advise or otherwise render assistance to it at any of its meetings but such person shall not vote on any matter for decision by the Task Force. Meetings of Task Force. (2) In deciding whether electronic evidence should be admitted under paragraph (b) of subsection (1), the court shall have regard to factors in the interest of justice including – (a) how much probative value the evidence has (assuming it to be true) in relation to a matter in issue in the proceedings, or how valuable it isfor the understanding of other evidence in the case; (b) what other evidence has been, or can be, given on the matter or evidence mentioned in paragraph (a); (c) how important the matter or evidence mentioned in paragraph (a) is in the context of the case as a whole; (d) the circumstances in which the evidence was obtained; (e) how reliable the evidence appears to be. 28. An attempt or conspiracy to commit or aiding, abetting, counselling, commanding, or procuring the commission of an offence under this Act shall be punishable as if the offence had been completed. Attempt, aiding and abetting, etc. No. 12 The Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Act, 2022No. 12 The Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Act, 2022 (6) A proposal circulated among all members and agreed to in writing by a two-thirds majority of all members of the Task Force shall be of the same force or effect as a decision made at a properly constituted meeting of the Task Force and shall be incorporated in the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the Task Force; provided that if a member requires that such proposal be placed before a meeting of the Task Force this subsection shall not apply to the proposal. (7) Members of the Task Force shall be paid such allowances as determined by the Minister of Social Welfare, after consultations with the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, and the Minister of Finance.