ELECTORAL COMMISSION ACT

PART IV-MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION
Meetings of the commission 11.
1.
The Commission shall meet at such place or places, and at such time or times as the Chairman may determine:

Provided that the Chairman shall convene a meeting within fourteen days of receipt by him of a request in writing signed by the majority of members of the Commission and specifying the purpose for which the meeting is to be convened.

2.
The Chairman shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that every member of the Commission is given due and adequate notice of every meeting of the Commission.
3.
The quorum at every meeting of the Commission shall be fifty-one per centum of the members of the Commission.
4.
The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Commission. In the absence of the Chairman the members present and forming a quorum shall elect one of their number to preside over the meeting of the Commission.
5.
At any meeting of the Commission, the decision of the Commission on any matter shall be that of the majority of the members of the Commission present and voting, and at all such meetings, the person presiding shall have, in the event of an equality of votes, a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote.
6.
Subject to the Constitution and this Act, the Commission shall have power to regulate its own procedure by standing orders and the procedure of any of its committees and may vary, suspend or revoke any such standing orders.
7.
The Chief Elections Officer or such other employee of the Commission as the Commission may designate shall be the secretary to the Commission or at the meetings of any of its committees.
8.
Minutes of each meeting of the Commission or a committee of the Commission shall be kept by the secretary and shall be confirmed at the subsequent meeting of the Commission or committee, as the case may be.

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