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Section 7, The Telecommunications Act, 2006
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(1) The Commission shall meet for the dispatch of itsbusiness at such time and place as the Chairman may determine, but
shall meet at least once every three months.
(2) A special meeting of the Commission shall be
summoned by the Chairman or at the written request of not less than
two other members of the Commission.
(3) The Chairman shall preside at meetings of the
Commission at which he is present and in his absence, a member
elected by the members present from among their number, shall preside.
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(4) Each member shall have one vote but where there is
an equality of votes, the Chairman or other member presiding shall
have a casting vote.
(5) All acts, matters or things authorized or required to
be done by the Commission shall be decided at a meeting where a
quorum is present and the decision is supported by the votes of a
majority of the members.
(6) The quorum for a meeting of the Commission shall be
five.
(7) Any proposal circulated among all members and
agreed to in writing by a majority of all members shall be of the same
force or effect as a decision made at a duly constituted meeting of the
Commission and shall be incorporated in the minutes of the next
succeeding meeting of the Commission:
Provided that, if a member requires that such proposal be placed
before a meeting of the Commission subsection (7) shall not apply to
such proposal.
(8) The Commission may co-opt any person to attend
and participate in its deliberations on any matter but such person
shall not vote on any matter for decision by the Commission.
(9) The Commission shall cause minutes of all its meetings
to be taken and signed by the Chairman and kept in proper form as a
public record.
(10) Subject to this Act, the Commission shall regulate its
own procedure.
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