Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Attorneys Act, 1979 (Act No. 53 of 1979)Chapter III : Law Societies64. Meetings of council |
| (1) | A meeting of a council shall be convened in the manner prescribed and shall be held at a time and place prescribed or determined in the manner prescribed. |
| (2) | If the president and the vice-president or, if there is more than one vice-president, all vice-presidents, are absent from or unable to preside at any meeting of a council, the members of the council present at that meeting shall elect one of their number to preside at such meeting during such absence or inability, and the person so elected shall while so presiding have all the powers and perform all the functions of the president. |
| (3) |
| (a) | The decision of the majority of the members of a council present at a meeting of the council shall be the decision of the council: Provided that in the event of an equality of votes on any matter before such meeting, the person presiding at such meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his deliberate vote. |
| (b) | The method and procedure of voting at meetings of a council shall be determined by that council. |
| (4) |
| (a) | The quorum for any meeting of a council shall be as prescribed. |
| (b) | If the number of members of a council is reduced to a number less than that required to constitute the prescribed quorum, the remaining members of that council shall from among the members of the society concerned appoint such number of members as is required to constitute the prescribed quorum. |
