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Section 8: Quorum.

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(1)Four of the members of the Commission present shal form a quorum for all meetings and no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless there is a quorum at the commencement of that meeting. (2) If within half an hour of the time appointed for the holding of a meeting a quorum is not formed the meeting shall stand adjourned to such other day, time and place as the Sec retary after consultation with the chairman, may by notice in writing to the Commissioners appoint Chairman 9. The Chairman shall take the chair at every meeting ofDresiding. the commission. If the chairman is not present within fifteen mi nutes of the time appointed for holding a meeting, the raembers present shall choose a temporary Chairman from among them sclves to act for that meeting. Adjourn 10. The Chairman may, with the consent of any meuting atneat. which a quorum has been constituted, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. ll. ()Any resolution or decision at any mecting of the Com- Voting. mission shall be passed or taken by a simple majority of votesof the members prescnt. (2) Votings at mectings shall be by a show of hands, the Chairman having a casting vote in the case of a tie in the vo ting. (3) Any Commissioner who is present at a meeting when a resolution is passed or a decision is taken shall be entitled to abstain or dissent therefrom, and upon his request, shall have his abstention or dissension and his reasons therefore set out in the minutes of that meeting.

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