Section 9, The Public Procurement Act, 2004

(1) The Board shall hold its first meeting on such dateand at such place as the Minister, after consultation with the Board, may determine; and thereafter, the Board shall meet for the dispatch of business at such time and place as the Chairman may decide but shall meet at least once every month. (2) At any meeting of the Board where he is present, the Chairman shall preside and, in his absence, the members present may elect one of their number to preside. (3) The quorum at a meeting of the Board shall be four, including the Chief Executive. (4) Each member including the Chief Executive, shall have one vote but in the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall have a casting vote. (5) The Board may at any time co-opt any person to provide special or additional technical knowledge or advise or otherwise assist the Board at any of its meetings but the person coopted shall not vote on any matter for decision by the Board. (6) All acts, matters or things authorised or required to be done by the Board shall be decided at a meeting where a quorum is present and the decision is supported by the votes of at least four members, including the Chairman. (7) Any proposal circulated among all members and agreed to in writing by a two-thirds majority of all members shall be of the same force or effect as a decision made at a duly constituted meeting of the Board and shall be incorporated in the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the Board: Provided that, if a member requires that such proposal be placed before a meeting of the Board, this subsection shall not apply to such proposal. 8 9 Meetings of Functions of Remuneration of members. Filling of vacancies. No. 14 Public Procurement 2004No. 14 Public Procurement 2004 11 (8) The Board shall cause minutes of all its meetings to be taken by the Secretary to the Board and signed by the Chairman and kept in the proper form as a public document. (9) Subject to this Act, the Board shall regulate its meetings and procedure as it thinks fit.