Sheriffs Act, 1986 (Act No. 90 of 1986)Chapter II : Board for Sheriffs14. Meetings of Board |
| (1) | The Board shall meet for the first time at the time and place determined by the Minister and thereafter at least once in every year at such times and places as the chairperson may determine. |
[Section 14(1) substituted by section 21 of Act No. 74 of 1998]
| (2) | The chairperson may at any time of his own accord or shall at the written request of not fewer than five members convene a special meeting of the Board. |
[Section 14(2) substituted by section 21 of Act No. 74 of 1998]
| (3) | Seven members of the Board shall form a quorum for a meeting of the Board. |
| (4) | If both the chairperson and the deputy chairperson are absent from a meeting of the Board, the members present shall from among their number elect a person to preside at that meeting. |
[Section 14(4) substituted by section 21 of Act No. 74 of 1998]
| (5) | The decision of a majority of the members of the Board present at a meeting of the Board shall constitute a decision 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. |
| (6) | No decision taken by the Board or act performed under authority of the Board shall be invalid merely by reason of a vacancy on the Board or of the fact that any person not entitled to sit as a member of the Board, sat as such 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 majority of the members of the Board present at the time and who were entitled to sit as members of the Board. |