Agricultural Produce Agents Act, 1992 (Act No. 12 of 1992)6. Meetings and decisions of council |
| (1) | The council shall meet at such times and places as the chairperson may from time to time determine. |
| (2) | The chairperson of the council may at any time convene an extraordinary meeting of the council to be held at a time and place determined by him or her and shall, upon a written request signed by not less than three members of the council, convene an extraordinary meeting thereof to be held within two weeks after the date of receipt of such request, at a time and place determined by him or her. |
| (3) | The person presiding at a meeting of the council shall determine the procedure at that meeting. |
| (4) |
| (a) | The quorum fora meeting of the council shall be a majority of all its members. |
| (b) | The decision of a majority of the members of the council present at a meeting thereof shall constitute a decision of the council. |
| (c) | In the event of an equality of votes on any matter the person presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. |
| (5) | No decision taken by the council or act performed under the authority of the council shall be invalid by reason only of a casual vacancy on the council or of the fact that any person not entitled to sit as a member of the council sat as such a member at the time the decision was taken or the act was authorized, if the decision was taken or the act was authorized by the majority of the members of the council who were present at the time and entitled to sit as members of the council. |
[Section 6 substituted by section 5 of Act No. 47 of 2003]