Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2007 (Act No. 22 of 2007)Chapter 2 : Establishment and Governance of Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa12. Quorum and procedure at meeting |
| (1) | A quorum for any meeting of the Council is 12 persons. |
| (2) | Subject to subsection (6), each member has one vote on a question before the Council. |
| (3) | Any decision by the Council must be taken by a majority vote at a meeting of the Council at which a quorum is present. |
| (4) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, the majority of members of the Council or any of its committees, is one half of the total number of the members present plus one. |
| (5) | Only members of the Council have voting rights. |
| (6) | A decision by the majority of the members of the Council present at any meeting constitutes the decision of the Council: Provided that in the event of an equality of votes, the member presiding has a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote. |
| (7) | A decision taken by the Council or an act performed under the authority of the Council is not invalid merely by reason of— |
| (a) | an interim vacancy in the Council; or |
| (b) | the fact that a person who is not entitled to sit as a member of the Council, sat as a member at the time when the decision was taken or the act was authorised by the required majority of members present at the time and entitled to sit as members. |
