Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1961

Procedure.

16.—(1) At a meeting of the Board the chairman of the Board when present shall be the chairman of the meeting.

(2) When the chairman of the Board is absent from a meeting thereof, or, if the office of chairman of the Board is vacant, the members of the Board who are present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman of the meeting.

(3) Every question at a meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question, and, in the case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

(4) The Board may act notwithstanding vacancies in its membership.

(5) The Board may from time to time fix the quorum for its meetings but, if at any time no quorum is so fixed, the quorum for meetings of the Board shall be three.

(6) Subject to the foregoing, the Board may, by Standing Orders or otherwise, regulate its own procedure and business and the procedure and business of any committee appointed by the Board.