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Section 7: Commission.
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(1) The Commission shall meet for the dispatch of its business at such time and place as the Chairman may
determine.
(2) The Chairman shall preside at any meeting 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) The quorum for a meeting of the Commission shall be three.
(6) 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
(5) shall not apply to such proposal.
(7) Subject to this Act, the Commission shall regulate the procedure at its meetings.
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