Mineral Technology Act, 1989 (Act No. 30 of 1989)8. Meetings of Board |
| (1) | The meetings of the Board shall be held at such times and places as the Board may fix: Provided that the first meeting shall be held at such time and place as the chairman may fix. |
| (2) | The chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, may at any time call a special meeting of the Board, which shall be held at such time and place as the chairman or the vice-chairman, as the case may be, may direct. |
| (3) | The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be a majority of its members. |
| (4) | A decision of the Board shall be taken by resolution of the majority of the members present at any meeting of the Board and, in the event of an equality of votes on any matter, the person presiding at the meeting in question shall have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote as a member of the Board. |
| (5) | No decision taken by or act performed under the authority of the Board shall be invalid by reason only of a casual vacancy on the Board or of the fact that a person who was not entitled to sit as a member of the Board, sat as a member at the time when the decision was taken or the act was authorized, if the decision was taken or the act was authorized by the requisite majority of the members of the Board who were present at the time and entitled to sit as members. |